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Description:
Public Service Railway
Bergen Division
By B.H. Sennstrom and E.T. Francis
Published and Sold by :
Dr. Harold E. Cox of Forty Fort, PA
This book is one of many published by Harold E. Cox on the history and operations of Streetcars and Railroads throughout the Northeast and elsewhere in the United States between the 1860's and World War II. All are extremely well researched, large format soft cover books chock full of historical text, maps, schedules, rosters and period photographs.
We had the good fortune of acquiring a fair number of Dr. Cox's publications in brand new condition in the original boxes shipped from the binder and addressed to him.
When a copy of this limited run book surfaces for sale, it regularly sells from $19.95 to $30. We bought them right and are pleased to be able to pass the savings on to you. Shipped in the US by your choice, Priority Flat Rate or Media Mail in a padded envelope. Check our store for more books from the same series.
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This book you will receive is 176 pages long and brand new in shrink wrap, with a bound, not stapled spine. We opened one to keep and were amazed at the number of period photos and the amount of historical and technical detail that this book contains. The description of the cars and Ferrys in photos is not just "here is one of the streetcars", They are identified by number, route, manufacturor, dates of service, etc. etc. It is actually quite amazing that this much info has been amassed in one place.
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Front Cover Photo:
Car 25, signed for the Englewood Line of the NJ&HR Railway and Ferry Co. is shown in the car yard adjacent to the Edgewater Ferry Terminal about 1911. Car 25 was one of 5 closed cars with 29 foot 5 inch bodies built by The American Car Company in 1900. It was renumbered as Public Service Railway 1850 in November 1912.
Back Cover Photo:
A view of the horseshoe curve on the Edgewater Hillside where the NJ&HR cars ascended and decended the Palisades on their way from and to the Edgewater Ferry. The car in the curve is one of the Hudson River's standard 14-Bench open cars, built by American Car Co., J.G. Brill and John Stephenson between 1900 and 1906.
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From The Introduction:
The system built and operated by the Bergen County Traction Company between 1895 and 1900 was the nucleus from which a new and bigger street railway system was developed. The new system was the New Jersey and Hudson River Railway and Ferry Company, a long name that was quickly condensed into Hudon River Line.
The Hudson River Line system was extended into Tenafly, Paterson, and Newark for a total system mileage of 48.44 miles within Bergen Co. in 1910. The Hudson River Line replaced the small single truck cars inherited from it's predecessor companys with large, fast double-truck cars. The HR Line improved track conditions to achieve high speed schedules over it's routes.
Until 1910, the HR Line was the only remaining large street railway system in the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey teerritory that had not been merged into the Corp. Railway system. In July of 1910, the merger took place and the HR Line's corporate existence ceased after 10 years of being one of the most efficient and modern trolly systems in the eastern US.
In addition, The Hudson River ferries were an essential part of the transportation history of Bergen Co. until after WWII. Their story has also been included in this account.
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Contents:
1. The Bergen County Traction Company
2. Hudson River Line: The New Jersey & Hudson River Ry. & Ferry Co.
3. The Hackensack Line
4. Bergen Division, Public Service Railway
5. The Riverside and Fort Lee Ferry Co.
6. The Bergen Turnpike Line
7. The Palisade Line
The Palisade Railroad Co.
North Hudson County Railway Co.
8. Saddle River Traction Co.
9. Jersey City, Hoboken & Paterson Street Railway Co.
10. North Jersey Rapid Transit Co..
