User:EinstiensParadox/sandbox/Eatontown Junction

Eatontown Junction is a former JCT. at Lewis st (Eatontown, NJ). This currently houses a Conrail Shared Assets Operations "yard" for maintenance vehicles, ties and other railroading equipment. This junction is only a railroad crossing now with the WPSA-31 coming down weekly (usually Thursdays) to deliver freight to customers farther down the line. These customers include: Woodhaven Lumber - the largest customer, Extech Building Materials and Brick Recycling. Eatontown JCT. once was a junction with the New Jersey Southern's Southern division (Present day Southern Secondary) and the Seashore Long branch connection which is now abandoned. Raritan & Delaware Bay RR controlled the Southern Secondary before any other RR controlled it. CNJ (Central Railroad of New Jersey) also took ownership of the Southern Secondary in 1879 from the Raritan & Delaware Bay RR. CNJ had the famous Blue Comet to Atlantic City go down the SS between 1929 to 1941. In 1976, Conrail took over all operations to resume what the Pennsy (Pennsylvania RR), the NYC (New York Central) and the Penn central started and to reorder regional freight service. Conrail lasted between 1976 and 1999 when Conrail split up into 2 1/2. The successors were: Norfolk Southern, CSX Transportation, and Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CSAO). CSAO is often referred to as the ghost of Conrail. The tracks owned by Conrail were split evenly between NS ans CSX. To conclude, Eatontown JCT. is along the Southern Secondary in Eatontown NJ.