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Central Railroad of New Jersey EMD GP9M Pack

The Central Railroad of New Jersey has gone by a number of different names from CNJ to Jersey Central, and the aforementioned moniker.

Regardless of its many titles the CNJ was a New Jersey institution although it was only regional in operation and, at its peak, just 711 miles in length.

The Jersey Central served much of its home state along with northwestern Pennsylvania, including Easton, Bethlehem, and Wilkes-Barre. It also acquired a part of the old Lehigh & New England during the 1960s to pick up desperately need freight tonnage.

The demise of the CNJ was the result of several factors including a region too saturated with railroads, stiff government regulation, and markets already served by more efficient competitors (such as the Pennsylvania and Reading).

However, for all of these setbacks the railroad was further burdened by heavy taxation through the state of New Jersey.

These issues ultimately led to the railroad’s bankruptcy and inclusion into Conrail in 1976. Today, little remains of the old Jersey Central lines, many of which have been abandoned across its home state and eastern Pennsylvania.

Here we have the Central Railroad of New Jersey EMD GP9M locomotives.

• Central Railroad of New Jersey GP9M 1531 available at 1958 and retires in 1967.
  
• Central Railroad of New Jersey GP9M 1532 available at 1958 and retires in 1967.
  
  
  Features:
  • Group listed
    
  • Custom sounds by Mr. Cheesecake
    
  • Credit to american-rails for the info.