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John Bensch <members@...> #3 It was not only linked, but I saw LOTS of PRSL equipt. in use on that line. Both passenger and freight. When I get a chance to sit down and write something, you will be amazed at the stuff that found it's way to the Pemberton Branch. I lived 20 feet away from the track at the 21 mile marker pylon.It waqs in Ewansville at the Rt.206 bridge. John Bensch toggle quoted message Show quoted text -----Original Message----- From: Bill Lane [mailto:bill@...] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 11:00 AM To: members@... Subject: [members@...] NJ narrow gauge John, Thanks for sharing that nugget. 20 years ago I worked in Moorestown for a HVAC Plumbing and general contracting company. Is was right across the tracks from Martin Marietta on Marne Hwy. My former employer is long gone but the building is now another plunbing contractor. Sybron was a massive customer of the HVAC service when I was there. This line was linked to the PRSL so it is very in topic for discussions here. -----Original Message----- From: John Bensch [mailto:john.bensch@...] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 10:22 AM To: members@... Subject: [members@...] NJ narrow guage Hello all: Just a quick note that kind of goes along with the Westville cutoff discovery. There was an industrial narrow guage located at Birmingham, NJ that was operated by the Permuttit Co. to haul marl soil from a marl pit to the plant,a distance of about 2 miles.. I think they used it as an additive to water softening agents that they made. I remember as a kid seeing the rails cross the road and the crossing signs, and some of the trestle remains over the Rancocas Creek. The plant is still operating today, it is called Sybron Inc., but the tracks crossing the road are gone along with the signs. There may still be remains of the trestle though. The plant was served by the PRR Pemberton Branch by the CB-20,sometimes using a PRSL Baldwin, there still are the remains of the siding there. I know this is not PRSL, but I figured it would be of interest to those of us interested in NJ narrow guage. John Bensch
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John Bensch <members@...> #4 By the way, Martin Marietta was originally RCA Defense Electronic Systems. And I know exactly the plumbing /HVAC co. you are talking about. In a side note, I used to date the Permutit/Sybron plant managers daughter. They usede to live in Mt. Holly, but later moved to Moorestown. Maybe that is how your company got Sybron work. JB toggle quoted message Show quoted text -----Original Message----- From: Bill Lane [mailto:bill@...] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 11:00 AM To: members@... Subject: [members@...] NJ narrow gauge John, Thanks for sharing that nugget. 20 years ago I worked in Moorestown for a HVAC Plumbing and general contracting company. Is was right across the tracks from Martin Marietta on Marne Hwy. My former employer is long gone but the building is now another plunbing contractor. Sybron was a massive customer of the HVAC service when I was there. This line was linked to the PRSL so it is very in topic for discussions here. -----Original Message----- From: John Bensch [mailto:john.bensch@...] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 10:22 AM To: members@... Subject: [members@...] NJ narrow guage Hello all: Just a quick note that kind of goes along with the Westville cutoff discovery. There was an industrial narrow guage located at Birmingham, NJ that was operated by the Permuttit Co. to haul marl soil from a marl pit to the plant,a distance of about 2 miles.. I think they used it as an additive to water softening agents that they made. I remember as a kid seeing the rails cross the road and the crossing signs, and some of the trestle remains over the Rancocas Creek. The plant is still operating today, it is called Sybron Inc., but the tracks crossing the road are gone along with the signs. There may still be remains of the trestle though. The plant was served by the PRR Pemberton Branch by the CB-20,sometimes using a PRSL Baldwin, there still are the remains of the siding there. I know this is not PRSL, but I figured it would be of interest to those of us interested in NJ narrow guage. John Bensch
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John Bensch <members@...> #6 In Ref to the cab signal question, the east end of the Pemberton Branch was wayside semaphore signals only,notyhging on the Toms River Branch in the later days. Pemberton was the end of the block. There wass nothing on the Kinkora Branch either. John Bensch toggle quoted message Show quoted text -----Original Message----- From: John Bensch [mailto:john.bensch@...] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 4:52 PM To: members@... Subject: RE: [members@...] NJ narrow gauge By the way, Martin Marietta was originally RCA Defense Electronic Systems. And I know exactly the plumbing /HVAC co. you are talking about. In a side note, I used to date the Permutit/Sybron plant managers daughter. They usede to live in Mt. Holly, but later moved to Moorestown. Maybe that is how your company got Sybron work. JB -----Original Message----- From: Bill Lane [mailto:bill@...] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 11:00 AM To: members@... Subject: [members@...] NJ narrow gauge John, Thanks for sharing that nugget. 20 years ago I worked in Moorestown for a HVAC Plumbing and general contracting company. Is was right across the tracks from Martin Marietta on Marne Hwy. My former employer is long gone but the building is now another plunbing contractor. Sybron was a massive customer of the HVAC service when I was there. This line was linked to the PRSL so it is very in topic for discussions here. -----Original Message----- From: John Bensch [mailto:john.bensch@...] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 10:22 AM To: members@... Subject: [members@...] NJ narrow guage Hello all: Just a quick note that kind of goes along with the Westville cutoff discovery. There was an industrial narrow guage located at Birmingham, NJ that was operated by the Permuttit Co. to haul marl soil from a marl pit to the plant,a distance of about 2 miles.. I think they used it as an additive to water softening agents that they made. I remember as a kid seeing the rails cross the road and the crossing signs, and some of the trestle remains over the Rancocas Creek. The plant is still operating today, it is called Sybron Inc., but the tracks crossing the road are gone along with the signs. There may still be remains of the trestle though. The plant was served by the PRR Pemberton Branch by the CB-20,sometimes using a PRSL Baldwin, there still are the remains of the siding there. I know this is not PRSL, but I figured it would be of interest to those of us interested in NJ narrow guage. John Bensch
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