Elizabeth, New Jersey, was an important crossing point for railroads. The New Jersey Rail Road extended its line to Elizabeth, first known as Elizabethtown, in 1835.
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.
The first locomotive to be painted in Norfolk Southern’s 30th anniversary heritage paint schemes rolled out of the company’s Juniata Locomotive Shop here yesterday.
