Metuchen

Metuchen and the Railroads: A Great Town for Trains

July 22, 2025 Railfanning.org Digital Library

Metuchen, New Jersey, is a great railroad town. Let’s revisit a presentation from April 2021 and talk about what makes the community great for ferroequinologists!

Railfanning.org Editor Todd DeFeo Presents on Northeast Corridor to Metuchen-Edison Historical Society

April 16, 2021 Railfanning.org News Wire

The story of the Northeast Corridor is the perfect example of railroad history, Railfanning.org Editor Todd DeFeo told the Metuchen-Edison Historical Society on Thursday.

Cigarette Capers Make Off With $2,000 in Smokes During Great Metuchen Cigarette Heist of 1938

November 8, 2019 Todd DeFeo

In the early morning hours of Dec. 8, 1938, a 71-car westbound Pennsylvania Railroad freight train ground to a halt at the Grove Avenue crossing in Metuchen, N.J.

A Look Back at the 1977 Metuchen Derailment

June 22, 2018 Todd DeFeo

In the grand scheme of railroad history, the 1977 derailment of a freight train in Metuchen was a decidedly minor event.

The Meatballs are Gone, But Metuchen is Still Here

November 2, 2017 Todd DeFeo

There are “new” stops along the Northeast Corridor. Others — such as North Rahway — are gone, but the line is otherwise much the way I remember it.

Metuchen Wreck Illustrated Railroad Woes of Late 1970s

July 31, 2015 Todd DeFeo

By the late 1970s, railroad were not in a state of good repair. The issue over railroad safety and repair became an issue after a June 1977 Conrail derailment in Metuchen, N.J. In that wreck, 17 cars derailed and took the busy Northeast Corridor out of commission.

Metuchen and the Railroads: A Great Town for Trains

Railfanning.org Editor Todd DeFeo Presents on Northeast Corridor to Metuchen-Edison Historical Society

Cigarette Capers Make Off With $2,000 in Smokes During Great Metuchen Cigarette Heist of 1938

A Look Back at the 1977 Metuchen Derailment

The Meatballs are Gone, But Metuchen is Still Here

Metuchen Wreck Illustrated Railroad Woes of Late 1970s

Throwback Thursday: Views from Metuchen (2003)

Boiler Explosion a Reminder of Railroads’ Perils

Arrow III Pulling Into Metuchen, N.J.

New web site features trains in Metuchen, N.J.