- List of Central Railroad of New Jersey precursors
These railroads were bought, leased, or in other ways had their track come under ownership or lease by the
Central Railroad of New Jersey .The Central Railroad of New Jersey was consolidated into
Conrail .The
Allentown Terminal Railroad ,Bay Shore Connecting Railroad ,Beaver Meadow, Trescow and New Boston Railroad ,New York and Long Branch Railroad andRaritan River Railroad were partly owned by the CNJ.*
American Dock and Improvement Company
*Bayonne Port Terminal
*Buena Vista Railroad
*Carteret Extension Railroad
*Carteret and Sewaren Railroad
*Central Railroad of Pennsylvania
**Easton and Western Railroad
*Constable's Hook Railroad
*Cumberland and Maurice River Railroad
**Bridgeton and Port Norris Railroad (succeededNovember 30 ,1878 )
*Cumberland and Maurice River Extension Railroad
*Dover and Rockaway Railroad (leasedApril 26 ,1881 )
*Elizabeth Extension Railroad
*Freehold and Atlantic Highlands Railroad
**Atlantic Highlands Railroad
**Freehold and New York Railway (consolidatedJanuary 8 ,1890 ?)
***Monmouth County Agricultural Railroad
**Keyport Railroad (consolidatedJanuary 8 ,1890 ?)
*Hibernia Mine Railroad (leasedSeptember 30 ,1910 )
*High Bridge Railroad (leased)
**Taylor Iron Works
*Lafayette Railroad
*Lake Hopatcong Railroad
*Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company
*Long Valley Railroad
*Longwood Valley Railroad
*Manufacturers' Railroad
*Manufacturers' Extension Railroad
*Mauch Chunk, Summit Hill and Switchback Railway
**Mauch Chunk Switch-Back Railway
*Middle Brook Railroad
*Middle Valley Railroad
*Mount Hope Mineral Railroad (bought February 1930)
*Navesink Railroad
*New Jersey Southern Railway
**New Jersey Southern Railroad
***Kent County Railroad (leased) (later reassigned to PRR)
***Long Branch and Sea-Shore Railway (leased)
***Maryland and Delaware Railroad (leased) (later reassigned to PRR)
***Pemberton and New York Railroad (leased) (later reassigned to PRR)
***Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad (succeededSeptember 14 ,1869 )
***Toms River Railroad (leased)
***Toms River and Waretown Railroad (leased)
***Vineland Railway (leased)
****Vineland Railroad (succeededMarch 30 ,1877 )
*New Jersey Terminal Railroad
*Newark and Elizabeth Railroad
*Newark and New York Railroad (leased)
*Newark Warehouse Company
*Ogden Mine Railroad (leasedJanuary 1 ,1882 )
*Passaic River Extension Railroad
*Perth Amboy and Elizabeth Railroad
*Raritan North Shore Railroad
*Somerville and Easton Railroad (consolidatedFebruary 22 ,1849 ?)
**Elizabeth and Somerville Railroad (consolidatedFebruary 26 ,1847 ?)
*Sound Shore Railroad
*South Branch Railroad
*Toms River and Barnegat Railroad
*Vineland Branch Railway
*West End Railroad
*West Side Connecting Railroad
*Wharton and Northern Railroad (bought February 1930)
**Hibernia Branch Railroad (consolidatedDecember 7 ,1905 )
**Morris County Railroad (consolidatedDecember 7 ,1905 )
***Charlotteburg and Green Lake Railroad (bought 1888)
****Green Pond Railroad (succeededAugust 17 ,1876 )
**Morris County Connecting Railroad (consolidatedDecember 7 ,1905 )
**Port Oram Railroad (consolidatedDecember 7 ,1905 )
*Wilkes-Barre and Scranton Railway (leasedMay 1 ,1888 )References
* [http://www.earlpleasants.com/search_1.asp Railroad History Database]
* [http://www.montevue.co.nz/chorina/fallen/conrail_box.pdf Conrail family tree] (PDF)
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