Welcome back to the Forgotten Railway Stories! This series will cover the stories of forgotten train stations, rolling stock, locomotives, and derailments that no one knows of!
Episode 4 is about a vital 1910s piece of railroad infrastructure that nearly no one knows about in New Jersey called interurban railroads. These big little railroads were basically commuter railroads and trolley lines combined into a smaller size - they were really efficient and fast, and were widely loved among the people of America. New Jersey's most famous one (so to speak) was called the North Jersey Rapid Transit, and it was everyone's favorite way of getting around Northern NJ but it quickly failed after just 20 years of operation due to competition with buses and automobiles. Welcome to... New Jersey's Lost Interurban Railroad!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:19 Paterson's Huge Transport Role
1:55 Formation
2:59 Rolling Stock & Service
4:28 Headquarters
5:42 How the public was affected
7:21 The Problems
9:42 World War I
11:22 Bus Companies
12:53 Decline & Closure
14:22 Conclusion
14:52 Thanks for watching!
SOURCES:
https://www.american-rails.com/njinthstory.html
https://mahwahmuseum.org/researcht/local-history/the-old-station-timetable/the-north-jersey-rapid-transit-line/
https://www.glenrockhistory.org/post/2019/08/29/all-aboard-the-north-jersey-rapid-transit-trolleys-in-glen-rock
https://www.hhkborough.com/community/pages/north-jersey-rapid-transit-ho-ho-kus-trolley
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/state/2018/04/12/where-do-these-new-jersey-town-name-originate-may-need-explanation/500297002/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv4aFeLNWaI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UINHgqFpRe0&list=PLOm_WXlBEwnlji_qWUiRhTiX5yZfbc3Cs&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKgNn0lXL1I
MUSIC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg2vtWezWbw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aME0qvhZ37o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPICKMP4xKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj6jF7I2s10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E5l2GHBxB8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3IiUMuzg3s
Thank you all again for watching!!