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PRR 6043, 0-4-2T, c. 1903
Title:  PRR 6043, 0-4-2T, c. 1903
Description:  Here is a photo via the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania of Pennsylvania Railroad motorized dummy engine #6043, a 0-4-2T built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as West Jersey Rail Road number "43" during 1888, acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad and renumbered "6043" in 1903, and sold to Keystone Lumber by 1906. The names of the photographer and of the crew members pictured here, as well as the exact date and the location, are not recorded. Williams Collection.
Photo Date:  8/15/1903  Upload Date: 2/17/2023 4:01:29 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 6043(0-4-2)
Views:  115   Comments: 0
WJRR 44, 2-4-2T, c. 1903
Title:  WJRR 44, 2-4-2T, c. 1903
Description:  Here is a photo via H. Gerald MacDonald that was taken near Ocean City, New Jersey, c. 1903. Prominent here is West Jersey Rail Road motorized dummy engine #44, a 2-4-2T built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during 1892, acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad and renumbered "6044" in 1903, and sold to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive by 1905. The photographer is not identified. (Not from the Williams Collection.)
Photo Date:  8/15/1903  Upload Date: 7/31/2023 7:36:54 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 6044(2-4-2T)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
PRR 1655, K-2SA, c. 1929
Title:  PRR 1655, K-2SA, c. 1929
Description:  Here is a photo of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1655, a K-2SA (4-6-2) "Pacific" built in Juniata as number "6064" during July of 1912, renumbered "1655" in 1914, and retired in July of 1947 after 35 years of service. The photographer's name, the date, and the location are not recorded. Harold K. Vollrath Collection.
Photo Date:  9/22/1929  Upload Date: 2/9/2025 3:34:48 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 1655(4-6-2)
Views:  30   Comments: 0
PRR 732, K-2S, c. 1929
Title:  PRR 732, K-2S, c. 1929
Description:  Here is a photo of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #732, a K-2S built in Juniata as a K-2 during July of 1910, rebuilt as a K-2S in November of 1918, and retired in June of 1947 after 37 years of faithful service. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. Harold K. Vollrath Collection.
Photo Date:  9/22/1929  Upload Date: 2/9/2025 3:36:31 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 732(4-6-2)
Views:  32   Comments: 0
PRSL 6082, E-3SD, 1934
Title:  PRSL 6082, E-3SD, 1934
Description:  Here is a photo via Paul W. Prescott that was taken in Ocean City, New Jersey, on 18 May 1934. Shown here is Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines engine #6082, an E-3SD (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built in Juniata as Pennsylvania Railroad E-2D #6082 during August of 1907, rebuilt as an E-3SD in November of 1913, later sold to the PRSL, and retired in April of 1938 after 31 years of faithful service. Gary Mittner Collection.
Photo Date:  5/18/1934  Upload Date: 10/21/2022 10:34:17 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
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Views:  172   Comments: 0
PRR 1002, E-5S, c. 1938
Title:  PRR 1002, E-5S, c. 1938
Description:  Here is a photo of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1002, an E-5S (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built in Juniata as an E-5 during April of 1910, rebuilt as an E-5S in June of 1913, and retired in April of 1949 after 39 years of faithful service. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. Raymond C. Laws Collection.
Photo Date:  8/9/1938  Upload Date: 3/18/2019 8:51:26 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 1002(4-4-2)
Views:  489   Comments: 1
PRSL 6061, E-3SD, #2 of 3, 1941
Title:  PRSL 6061, E-3SD, #2 of 3, 1941
Description:  Here is a photo via Harold K. Vollrath that was taken in Ocean City, New Jersey, in August of 1941. Shown here is Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines engine #6061, an E-3SD (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in Juniata as an E-2A during 1905, rebuilt as an E-3SD in May of 1919, later transferred to the PRSL, and retired in November of 1948 after 43 years of faithful service. Gary Mittner Collection.
Photo Date:  8/1/1941  Upload Date: 10/19/2022 6:50:57 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRSL 6061(4-4-2)
Views:  178   Comments: 0
PRR 1694, E-6S, 1941
Title:  PRR 1694, E-6S, 1941
Description:  Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Ocean City, New Jersey, in August of 1941. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1694, an E-6S "Atlantic" built in Juniata during July of 1914 and retired in September of 1952 after 38 years of faithful service. Harold K. Vollrath Collection.
Photo Date:  8/15/1941  Upload Date: 4/24/2019 9:05:33 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 1694(4-4-2)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
PRR 5706, G-5S, 1950
Title:  PRR 5706, G-5S, 1950
Description:  Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Ocean City, New Jersey, in June of 1950. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5706, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during August of 1924, renumbered "1816" in 1951, and retired in October of 1952 after 28 years of faithful service. Harold K. Vollrath Collection.
Photo Date:  6/3/1950  Upload Date: 4/27/2019 5:03:40 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5706(4-6-0)
Views:  163   Comments: 0
PRR 5706, G-5S, 1950
Title:  PRR 5706, G-5S, 1950
Description:  Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Ocean City, New Jersey, in June of 1950. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5706, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during August of 1924, renumbered "1816" in 1951, and retired in October of 1952 after 28 years of faithful service. Wave to the Engineman! Harold K. Vollrath Collection.
Photo Date:  6/6/1950  Upload Date: 4/27/2019 5:04:31 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5706(4-6-0)
Views:  160   Comments: 1
PRR 1347, E-6S, 1950
Title:  PRR 1347, E-6S, 1950
Description:  Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Ocean City, New Jersey, in July of 1950. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1347, an E-6S "Atlantic" built in Juniata during June of 1914 and retired in August of 1950 after 36 years of faithful service. Harold K. Vollrath Collection.
Photo Date:  7/7/1950  Upload Date: 4/24/2019 9:07:37 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 1347(4-4-2)
Views:  317   Comments: 1
PRR 1818, G-5S, 1953
Title:  PRR 1818, G-5S, 1953
Description:  Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Ocean City, New Jersey, in July of 1953. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1818, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata as number "5710" during August of 1924, renumbered "1818" in 1951, and retired in September of 1953 after 29 years of faithful service. Harold K. Vollrath Collection.
Photo Date:  7/7/1953  Upload Date: 4/26/2019 2:07:06 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 1818(4-6-0)
Views:  210   Comments: 1
PRR 5218, E-6S, c. 1953
Title:  PRR 5218, E-6S, c. 1953
Description:  Here is a photo of Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5218, an E-6S (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built in Juniata during March of 1914 and retired in November of 1953 after 39 years of faithful service. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. Harold K. Vollrath Collection.
Photo Date:  7/7/1953  Upload Date: 2/9/2025 3:30:26 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 5218(4-4-2)
Views:  27   Comments: 0
PRR 5720, G-5S, 1953
Title:  PRR 5720, G-5S, 1953
Description:  Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Ocean City, New Jersey, in August of 1953. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5720, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during September of 1924. Harold K. Vollrath Collection.
Photo Date:  8/15/1953  Upload Date: 4/26/2019 2:05:31 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5720(4-6-0)
Views:  247   Comments: 1
PRR 1600, E-6S, 1954
Title:  PRR 1600, E-6S, 1954
Description:  Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken in Ocean City, New Jersey, on 7 August 1954. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #1600, an E-6S (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built in Juniata during July of 1914 and retired in April of 1956 after 42 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:  8/7/1954  Upload Date: 6/20/2018 2:46:29 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 1600(4-4-2)
Views:  1049   Comments: 1
PRR 645, E-6S, 1955
Title:  PRR 645, E-6S, 1955
Description:  Chione. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken near Ocean City, New Jersey, on 21 August 1955. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #645, an E-6S (4-4-2) "Atlantic" built in Juniata during July of 1914 and retired in October of 1955 after 41 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:  8/21/1955  Upload Date: 7/1/2018 11:23:32 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 645(4-4-2)
Views:  901   Comments: 0
e/b RDC-1 #M-410 arriving
Title:  e/b RDC-1 #M-410 arriving
Description:  CR Operated, NJDOT Financed
Photo Date:  8/24/1979  Upload Date: 8/19/2021 1:15:58 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Gerard Putz
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PRSL M410(RDC1)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
Karl Putz watches passengers leave RDC-1 #M-410
Title:  Karl Putz watches passengers leave RDC-1 #M-410
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/24/1979  Upload Date: 8/19/2021 1:19:26 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Gerard Putz
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PRSL M410(RDC1)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
PRSL RDC-1 #M-410
Title:  PRSL RDC-1 #M-410
Description:  CR Operated, NJDOT Financed
Photo Date:  8/25/1979  Upload Date: 8/19/2021 1:22:13 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Gerard Putz
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRSL M410(RDC1)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
PRSL station
Title:  PRSL station
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/27/2007  Upload Date: 10/28/2007 12:39:25 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  joe scherbenco
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Views:  215   Comments: 1
PRSL station
Title:  PRSL station
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/27/2007  Upload Date: 10/28/2007 12:40:25 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  joe scherbenco
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Views:  158   Comments: 0
PRSL station
Title:  PRSL station
Description:  Now a bus station
Photo Date:  3/27/2007  Upload Date: 10/28/2007 12:41:52 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  joe scherbenco
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Views:  180   Comments: 0
Garden State Parkway overpass in the distance
Title:  Garden State Parkway overpass in the distance
Description:  Standing on the former roadbed, looking back towards the GSP overpass and the mainland
Photo Date:  5/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:09 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  752   Comments: 1
Bridge over one of the small creeks out in the marshes
Title:  Bridge over one of the small creeks out in the marshes
Description:  Not far from the Parkway overpass stands this small bridge spanning a creek in the marshes
Photo Date:  5/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:09 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  940   Comments: 1
Bridge on the Ocean City Branch
Title:  Bridge on the Ocean City Branch
Description:  Another view of the small bridge, looking back towards the mainland
Photo Date:  5/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:10 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  800   Comments: 1
Another view of the bridge
Title:  Another view of the bridge
Description:  Standing on the former roadbed, looking towards the mainland
Photo Date:  5/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:11 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  470   Comments: 0
Former roadbed
Title:  Former roadbed
Description:  With the small bridge in the foreground, this shot is facing the mainland
Photo Date:  5/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:12 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  295   Comments: 0
Former signal poll
Title:  Former signal poll
Description:  Looking towards Ocean City with what remains of the former poll that once held the semaphore
Photo Date:  5/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:12 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  582   Comments: 1
Signal Poll
Title:  Signal Poll
Description:  An old signal poll rusting away out in the marshes. (facing the mainland)
Photo Date:  5/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:13 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  370   Comments: 0
Final bridge spanning a creek before Crook Horn
Title:  Final bridge spanning a creek before Crook Horn
Description:  The rails remain, although badly mangled on this bridge leading to the island before Crook Horn Creek
Photo Date:  5/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:14 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  1460   Comments: 2
Bridge prior to Crook Horn
Title:  Bridge prior to Crook Horn
Description:  Standing atop the final bridge before the island leading to the once Crook Horn Movable Bridge
Photo Date:  5/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:15 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  918   Comments: 0
Badly Mangled Rails
Title:  Badly Mangled Rails
Description:  "End of the line" for me! Due to the years of unsuse and fast moving currents at high tide, the badly damaged rails prevent any access to the small island that led to Crook Horn Bridge
Photo Date:  5/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:16 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  733   Comments: 0
On the bridge with Ocean City behind
Title:  On the bridge with Ocean City behind
Description:  Looking back at where the Ocean City branch broke into the marshes from the mainland
Photo Date:  5/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:17 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  550   Comments: 0
Twisted Iron
Title:  Twisted Iron
Description:  Close up view of the severely twisted rails across the bridge
Photo Date:  5/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:18 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  1125   Comments: 0
Start of the sole remaining rail on the Ocean City Branch
Title:  Start of the sole remaining rail on the Ocean City Branch
Description:  The beginning of the only section of rail left on the Ocean City branch in the marsh (bridge in foreground, looking towards OC)
Photo Date:  5/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:19 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  604   Comments: 0
The mainland in the distance
Title:  The mainland in the distance
Description:  The great span of marshland separating Ocean City and the mainland of NJ
Photo Date:  5/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:20 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  553   Comments: 0
Sun Bleached Ties
Title:  Sun Bleached Ties
Description:  All that remains are the former ties that onced carried passengers to the seashore (GSP in the distance)
Photo Date:  5/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:21 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  704   Comments: 0
Sole Fishplate
Title:  Sole Fishplate
Description:  Of the hundreds of ties that remain on the former roadbed, this was the only fishplate that had not been removed
Photo Date:  5/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:21 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  489   Comments: 0
Garden State Parkway Overpass
Title:  Garden State Parkway Overpass
Description:  Just under the Parkway overpass (facing the mainland), the roadbed now heads out into the marsh
Photo Date:  5/26/2012  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:22 PM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  455   Comments: 0
Overgrown roadbed in Ocean City
Title:  Overgrown roadbed in Ocean City
Description:  Standing at about 51st Street in Ocean City and looking towards Crook Horn
Photo Date:  5/27/2012  Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:27 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  385   Comments: 0
The curve into Ocean City
Title:  The curve into Ocean City
Description:  At about 52nd Street, one can look back and still notice the curve of the former line into Ocean City
Photo Date:  5/27/2012  Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:29 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  471   Comments: 0
View towards Crook Horn
Title:  View towards Crook Horn
Description:  Standing on the roadbed and looking towards Crook Horn with the old bridge access road to the left
Photo Date:  5/27/2012  Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:31 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  382   Comments: 0
Former semaphore stand
Title:  Former semaphore stand
Description:  Although badly rusted, the finial still remains atop of the old semaphore poll
Photo Date:  5/27/2012  Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:32 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  473   Comments: 0
Close up of the semaphore poll
Title:  Close up of the semaphore poll
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/27/2012  Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:33 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  442   Comments: 0
Base of the semaphore stand
Title:  Base of the semaphore stand
Description:  Part of the access ladder still remains at the foot of the semaphore stand
Photo Date:  5/27/2012  Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:34 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  396   Comments: 0
Looking towards NJ's mainland
Title:  Looking towards NJ's mainland
Description:  Crook Horn Bridge once stood just pass the bushes and shrubs that now dot the former roadbed
Photo Date:  5/27/2012  Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:35 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  568   Comments: 0
Rusted mechanisms
Title:  Rusted mechanisms
Description:  Part of the semaphore and smashboard interlocking mechanisms
Photo Date:  5/27/2012  Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:36 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  503   Comments: 0
Smashboard Base
Title:  Smashboard Base
Description:  All that remains of the smashboard stand
Photo Date:  5/27/2012  Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:37 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  431   Comments: 0
Rusting away
Title:  Rusting away
Description:  Interlocking piping still in the stand and rusted guide wheel
Photo Date:  5/27/2012  Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:37 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  455   Comments: 0
Interlocking lever
Title:  Interlocking lever
Description:  Part of the interlocking mechanism for the signal and smashboard, now covered in poison ivy
Photo Date:  5/27/2012  Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:38 AM
Location:  Ocean City, NJ
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
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Views:  590   Comments: 0


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