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Wildwood Junction Station |
Description: |
Looking north along the Cape May Branch. The former Wildwood Junction Station can be seen to the right. There has been recent talk of demolishing the station due to its deteriorating condition. Wildwood Junction Station was built in 1913, and closed in 1972. |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 6:55:37 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood Junction, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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Title: |
Looking South |
Description: |
Looking south along the Cape May Branch. The line to Wildwood can be seen at the switch in the distance |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 6:56:38 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood Junction, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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840 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
In the Woods |
Description: |
Here, the south leg of the wye joined the south connection of the Wildwood Branch. The tracks continue south from here towards the Cape May Branch |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 6:57:23 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood Junction, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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752 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Wildwood Branch |
Description: |
The southern connection of the start of the Wildwood Branch. From here, the line continued east over Route 9, under the Garden State Parkway, and into Wildwood. The Wildwood Branch was abandoned in 1976. |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 6:58:14 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood Junction, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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757 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Wildwood Junction Station |
Description: |
Opened in 1913, the Wildwood Junction Station served as the mainland terminus of the Wildwood Branch. The station still stands today, but in very bad condition. |
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4/8/2012 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 3:46:13 PM |
Location: |
Whitesboro, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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Station |
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1436 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The rails end |
Description: |
Wildwood Junction Station and the wye are directly ahead through the trees and overgrowth. The line branches to the left, and then south to Cape May. It also splits to the right, and north to Tuckahoe. The former grade crossing at Rt 9 is directly behind me. The rails have been cut and removed from here on out into Wildwood. |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:06:23 PM |
Location: |
Whitesboro, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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1217 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Garden State Parkway Overpass |
Description: |
Looking towards Wildwood, this is where the former line passed under the GSP |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:05:50 PM |
Location: |
Whitesboro, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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764 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Former ROW |
Description: |
Just under the Garden State Parkway, this view is of the old roadbed looking towards Wildwood |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:05:55 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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700 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Another shot of the Parkway Overpass |
Description: |
Turning around and looking back towards the mainland, the GSP overpass is visible |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:06:21 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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575 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Future of the Wildwood Branch |
Description: |
Just past the Parkway overpass, this sign was placed stating that the remainder of the rail embankment will be removed to restore the natural marshlands |
Photo Date: |
3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:07:13 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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1027 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Wildwood in the distance |
Description: |
The rails and ties have long since been removed and the grade has been leveled. The former line began to curve in towards Wilwood |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:05:57 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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671 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Old Turtle Creek (looking towards mainland) |
Description: |
The former Wildwood and Delaware Bay Short Line RR trestle still remains. At the foot of the trestle are the last remaining, remnants of ties. To the left is the float bridge erected to allow passage of the heavy construction equipment being used to remove the former roadbed. |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:05:59 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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1226 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Wooden trestle over Old Turtle Creek |
Description: |
A side shot of the WDBSLRR trestle that spans Old Turtle Thorofare |
Photo Date: |
3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:06:01 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
Categories: |
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911 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Collapsed mid-span |
Description: |
Standing on the new float bridge, this shot shows part of the wooden trestle that has fallen into Old Turtle Creek. (Rt 47 bridge in background) Had the float bridge not been in place, passage to Grassy Sound would not have been possible that day. |
Photo Date: |
3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:06:17 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
Categories: |
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872 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Looking towards Grassy Sound and Wildwood |
Description: |
Cement slabs had been placed over top of the wooden pillings of the trestle. The missing section of trestle is to my rear. |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:06:19 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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Bridge |
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615 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Curve in the roadbed |
Description: |
Just off of the Old Turtle Creek bridge, the roadbed begins to curve south towards Grassy Sound. (Note the foundations in the sand.) |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:06:02 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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570 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Grassy Sound Ahead |
Description: |
The raised mound of sand and dirt is what remains of the roadbed. Grassy Sound is in the distance. |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:06:04 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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529 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
End of the rehabilitation zone |
Description: |
As seen by the undisturbed suroundings, the marshland rehabilitation did not include the area around the former drawbridge site |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:06:06 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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721 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Sole remaining rail |
Description: |
Off of the roadbed embankment, the erosion has exposed the only remaining pieces of rail left on the Wildwood Branch. Grassy Sound is to the right. |
Photo Date: |
3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:06:08 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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861 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Grassy Sound |
Description: |
What remains of the former drawbridge at Grassy Sound. |
Photo Date: |
3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:06:09 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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696 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Another view of Grassy Sound |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:06:09 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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510 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Rusting Away |
Description: |
The mid section of the drawbridge is all that remains after a failed attempt to completly remove the bridge took place in the 70's. |
Photo Date: |
3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:06:11 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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Bridge |
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836 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
North side view of the drawbridge remains |
Description: |
Wildwood is on the far side |
Photo Date: |
3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:06:13 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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497 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Rusted crane |
Description: |
This abandoned crane resting on the drawbridge was supposedly used in the failed attempt of the removal of the bridge. Being lighter in weight than the section it was removing, the crane dropped the drawbridge span into Grassy Sound Channel where it still remains. |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:06:16 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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1286 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Looking back towards the mainland |
Description: |
With the Grassy Sound drawbridge behind me, this view shows almost the entire former ROW from the mainland, through the marshes |
Photo Date: |
3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:06:11 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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395 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Opposite side of Grassy Sound Channel |
Description: |
Now actually in Wildwood, this view show the remains of the former drawbridge and ROW from the island |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:07:07 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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535 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Another view from Wildwood |
Description: |
Looking towards the mainland |
Photo Date: |
3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:07:09 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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312 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
New development on the ROW |
Description: |
These house have been constructed on where the former ROW would have come off of the Grassy Sound drawbridge |
Photo Date: |
3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:07:10 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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508 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Sunset Lake Bridge |
Description: |
This bridge carried trains over the small waterway called Sunset Lake in Wildwood, and then onto Oak Ave. (Oak Ave is to the rear.) |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:06:27 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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878 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Another view of the Sunset Lake Bridge in Wildwood |
Description: |
To the left is Oak Ave. To the right, Grassy Sound |
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3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:07:12 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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506 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Third shot of Sunset Lake Bridge |
Description: |
The bridge has been divided to allow waterway passage |
Photo Date: |
3/31/2013 Upload Date: 1/2/2014 4:07:11 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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Bridge |
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477 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
Looking north towards Wildwood Crest. Ties remain in the cinder laden, former roadbed |
Photo Date: |
3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:08:12 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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269 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
Cross ties and large amounts of cinder and ballast along the former roadbed |
Photo Date: |
3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:08:58 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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261 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
A pair of heavily rusted and weathered spikes |
Photo Date: |
3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:09:46 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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296 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
Looking north towards Wildwood Crest and some of the remaining, in place ties |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:11:05 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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235 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
More ties in place along the old roadbed, which begins to curve in the distance as its meets the other end of the loop which can be seen by the tree line in the background |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:11:53 PM |
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Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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239 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
Ties curving towards the begining of the former Cold Spring Harbor reversing loop |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:12:44 PM |
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Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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201 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
One of many rusted tie plates out in the marshes |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:13:27 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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196 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
Old ties "whitewashed" and cracked from sunlight, and covered in dead marsh grass |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:14:25 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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188 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
Rusted ring, possibly from the standpipe that was used to replenish water levels of thirsty locomotive tenders |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:15:05 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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137 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
A glass insulator fragment lying amongst cinders and seashells |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:16:00 PM |
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Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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150 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
At this point, the loop ended and rejoined the line back into Wildwood Crest |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:16:39 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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281 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
Looking north across the marshes and small channel at the ties in the roadbed where the line continued into Wildwood Crest |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:17:21 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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127 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
The lack of bridge prevented any kind of passage across the small channel, and north along the old roadbed seen buried under the tree growth |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:18:01 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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148 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
Looking south, towards the entire former reversing loop. Both ends joined at this point to continue north, back into Wildwood |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:18:50 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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128 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
In this shot, two sets of ties can be seen. The set straight ahead was the start the reversing loop which extended out to where the buildings in the distance can be seen, before "looping" back around as seen with the second set of ties to the right |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:19:40 PM |
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Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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165 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
Looking south at the former roadbed |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:20:42 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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239 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
Tie ends protruding from the trees and marsh grass that has slowly engulfed the old roadbed over the years |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:21:25 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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255 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
A pile of weathered tie plates |
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3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:22:16 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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252 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cold Spring Harbor Loop |
Description: |
More cross ties in this shot looking south (towards Cape May) |
Photo Date: |
3/18/2019 Upload Date: 3/18/2019 5:22:48 PM |
Location: |
Wildwood, NJ |
Author: |
Ben Kranefeld |
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231 Comments: 0 |
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