Antique Show Coming

The Great Lehigh Valley ANTIQUE SHOW and Special Guest Wade Nulton Glass Repair and Polishing
Merchants Square Mall1901 S. 12th StreetAllentown, PA 18103
Saturday, November 14, 2009 10 am – 4 pm
Admission $4.00 ** 12 and under FREE

We are pleased to present Dealers from a three (3) State area. Come enjoy over 10,000 square feet of Antiques ranging from the 1880’s—1960’s for show and sale. Browse through Linens, Depression Glass, Fine and Costume Jewelry, Pottery, Vintage Purses, Porcelain, Primitives, Vintage Books, Antique Glass and China, Roseville, Victorian items, Dolls, Trains, Furniture and more. View and purchase items of the past!
There is something for everyone!
We hope to see you at The Great Lehigh Valley ANTIQUE Show
After the show enjoy Merchants Square Mall 100,000+ square feet of Antique and Specialty Shops.
Allentown’s Best Kept Secret!
Don't forget The Great Lehigh Valley Antique TOY & COLLECTIBLE Show on Dec 12, 2009.
Info http://www.valleygoto.com


DON'T MISS THIS ONE!
Valley Rail Promotions
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LIONEL 6464 BOXCARS

LIONEL 6464 BOXCARS Lionel Boxcars From 1900-1950, railroads provide dominant means of transport for goods via "house cars". The railroad term "house cars" applies to all enclosed freight cars. These were more commonly called “Box Cars”.Lionel primarily produced 3 types of box cars:The Scout type introduced in 1948 with double doors molded with the body.Injection molded 9 1/4 inch boxcars - improvement over stamped sheet metal which made it’s debut in 1946.10 5/8 inch 6464 series boxcars - which had larger proportions overall.The 6464 series box cars are some of the most collected. They come in a great variety of colors and are known for their balanced and pleasing proportions. Many of these particular cars are quite valuable in addition to adding realism to any setup.You can Find Vintage and New 6464 Series Box cars and Many Types in StockValley Rail Trains. Merchants Square Mall 1901 S 12th stAllentown Pa 18103 http://www.mosttrians.com/Your best Source for Lionel ,Prewar ,Postwar Trains ,Parts and MoreAlso. Dont miss The Great Lehigh Valley Train Meet http://www.valleygoto.com/

Lionel Operating Accessories in Stock

Valley Rail Trains Merchants Square Mall 1901 S 12th st Allentown Pa 18103 Open Fri 12-9 Sat 10-7 Sun 10-5 http://www.mosttrains.com 610-440-0487 We Carry All Types and gauges of Trains and Related items; We have 100,s of Prewar, Postwar and New lionel , American Flyer, Trains, parts and more in stock Vintage Lionel Just in this week, Lionel #12847 Operating Icing Station $70.00 MIB, Lionel #2318 Operating Control Tower MIB $65.00, Lionel#19409 Southern Flat & Stakes $23.00, Lionel#16907 Flat with tractors $32.50,Lionel#16955 AT & SF Flat with Ertl Challenger $34.50Lionel #16742 Gil Trout Farm $35.00 Lionel#Operating Control Tower $65.00, Lionel #12750 Crane Kit $15.00, Lionel #Operating Signal Bridge $48.50, Lionel #19832 Cola Ice Car $48.50, Lionel #12809 Animated Billboard $25.00, Lionel #16935 Union Pacific Flat with Bulldozer $37.50, Greenbergs Vol III Book Of Cataloged Sets Used/Good Condition $24.50, We Carry New and Used items, All Gauges We Buy Toys,Trains,Slot Cars,Call 610-440-0487 Cash paid,Mall Info http://www.merchantssquaremall.comAlso Dont MissThe Great Lehigh Valley Train Meethttp://www.valleygoto.com

Mint Lionel Trains

Lionel Passenger Cars Mint
Valley Rail TrainsMerchants Square Mall1901 S 12th StAllentown Pa 18103Open Fri-Sun http://www.mosttrains.comWe are a full service Hobby Store with new and vintage trains in all Gauges ,100,s of Pre-war,Post war, New and Used Lionel, American Flyer, Athern,Roundhose, Trains, Parts and More.Now in StockLionel #19017 Lionel Lines Manhattan Madison Car $97.50, MintLionel #19018 Lionel Lines Sager Plane observation $114.50, MintLionel 16750 Lionel City Aquarium Car $35.00 MintLionel # 16125 Virginian Stock Car $23.50 MintLionel 19822 Pork Dispatch Car $43.00 MintPlasticville Apartment Building New edition $21.50Lionel #16939 Boat Car $32.50Lionel#16368 KATY Oxygen Car $24.00,Lionel 18411 Canadian Pacific Fire Car $92.50 Mint/NewLionel #18430 NYC Crew Car $33.50 New,Lionel#18423 On-Track Step Van $31.50 New,Lionel#16690 Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Outlaw Car $35.00 new,Lionel #16666 Toxic Waste $34.50 new,Lionel #19536 Soo Line REA refridgerator Car $34.50Lionel #19319 Union Pacific Hopper $23.50Lionel #16235 REA Reefer $24.50 new,Lionel #19540 Broken Arrow Ranch Stock Car $31.50,Lionel #19420 Lionel Lines Vat Car $26.50,Lionel#16131 Texas and Pacific Reefer $24.oo,Lionel#16133 Santa Fe Reefer $27.50,We also carry USA,Atlas,Micro-trains,Marklin and many other trains and supplies,We Buy Toys, Trains,Slot Cars, Call 610-440-0487Consignments Accepted , Display cases for rent for dealersMall Info http://www.merchantssquaremall.comAlso Dont missThe Great Lehigh Valley Train Meethttp://www.valleygoto.com

Lionel Train Store Allentown Pa

Valley Rail Trains
Merchants Sqaure Mall
1901 S 12th st
Allentown Pa 18103
Open Fri 12-9 Sat 10-7 and Sunday 10-5
610-440-0487
http:www.mosttrains.com
http://www.valleygoto.com
Allentowns Discount Train Store.
We carry everything new and old. Watch for many items coming . We have the largest selection of Vintage trains in stock in the area. 100,s of items in stock and more coming every week.
Coming in this week.
Vintage Lionel Trains
Lionel #3472 Milk Car $32.50
Lionel #3456 N+W Hopper New Body /Repaint $60.00
Lionel #6656 Yellow Stock Car $24.50
Lionel #6111/6121 Dark Gray Flat/Rpro Pipes Decals Included $17.50
Lionel #2461 Transformer Repro Insulation/Bake wheel $65.00
Lionel #6465 Orange LL Tank $20.00
Lionel #6465 Green Cities Service Tank $18.50
Lionel #5364-17 Pa Caboose Lighted $45.00
Lionel #64273 Lionel Lines Port Hole Caboose $27.50
Lionel #6111/6121 Lionel Light Gray Flat Repro pipes $17.50
Marx M10005 engine $32.50
Lionel #8556 Chessie Switcher O/B $195.00
Lionel#2465 Sunoco tank 1946-1948 $24.50
Lionel # 2466T Tender $18.50
Lionel Jersey Central tender
Lionel Prewar #3651 Flat $45.00
Lionel Prewar # 529/529/530 Set of 3 Small Passenger Cars Orange $89.50 all 3
Lionel #807 restored red caboose $27.50
Lionel #6800 Flat and Repalcement Plane $65.00
Lionel # 3927 Track Cleaner- Repalcement tanks $95.00
Lionel Lot of Super O Track 10 straight sections Cleaned with pins and Connectors $42.50
Lionel Lot of Super O Track 10 Curved Sections with pins and connectors #32.50
MANY MORE ITEMS COMING THIS IS ONLY A PARTIAL LIST
WE BUY AND SELL TOYS,TRAINS,SLOT CARS
Lionel # 260 Super O Bumper O/B $22.50
Lionel # 38-85 Accessory Adaptor O/B $25.00
Lionel #36 Remote Control Set O/B $22.50
Lionel #120 90 Degree Crossing O/B $15.00
Lionel #1122-500 O-27 Switch adapters $3.50 each
Lionel #9528 Pa Campaign Car Truman O/B $100.00
Lionel # 140 Banjo Signal O/B $34.50
Lionel #2620 Prewar Red Searchlight Car $115.00
Lionel Prewar #2757 Prewar Pa Cabose $42.00
Lionel # 2757 Prewar Baby Ruth Box car maroon Roof $27.50
Lionel Prewar # 1680 Orange Shell Tank $27.50
Lionel Prewar # 2652 Orange Gondola $45.00
Lionel Prewar #150 Electric ( Restored Maroon) $125.00
We Will Ship please call 610-440-0487 for picture and info

New Train Store Opens

Valley Rail Discount Trains
Now Open.
Merchants Square Mall
1901 S 12th st
Allentown Pa 18103

Easy access from I-78 and Pa Turnpike,

Visit the Lehigh Valleys only Vintage Train Store. We have the best selection of Vintage Lionel, American Flyer, Marx, Repair parts, and more. We have new items coming in every week. Large selection of Repair parts and Repair Services. We are also a full service Model train store with all the new items you would expect. All gauges from Z to G gauge. Scenery,Track, Atlas,Micro-trains, Marklin,USA Trains, Athern, We offer the best prices all are items start at 20% off retail. Lots of specials up to 50% of retail. We wont be beat on price and service.

Open Friday 12am-9pm
Saturday 10am-7pm
Sunday 10am-5pm

Call 610-440-0487
http://www.mosttrains.com
http://www.lehighvalleytrainmeet.com
We Buy Trains and Collections. Have a large collection to sell consignments accepted only %10 fee of what sells.

The Central Railroad of New Jersey, more commonly known as the Jersey Central Lines or CNJ, was a regional railroad with origins in the 1830s, lasting until 1976 when it was absorbed into Conrail with the other bankrupt railroads of the Northeastern United States. Its main line ran from a terminal at Jersey City west through New Jersey to Phillipsburg and across the Delaware River to Easton and Scranton in Pennsylvania. Branches also stretched into southern New Jersey to Delaware Bay.

The CNJ was acquired by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway in 1883. Though that was later canceled, the Reading continued to exert a major influence over the CNJ, and used it for its New York City-area terminal.

Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey includes the site of the CNJ's terminal.





History

Origins
The Elizabethtown and Somerville Railroad was chartered on February 9, 1831 to build from Elizabeth on the Newark Bay (with a steamboat transfer to New York City) west to Somerville. The line to Plainfield was completed in March 1839, connecting to the New Jersey Rail Road in Elizabeth. Extensions took it west to Dunellen in 1840, just east of Bound Brook in 1841 and the rest of the way to Somerville in 1842.

The Somerville and Easton Railroad was chartered February 26, 1847 to continue the line west to Easton. The first extension, to Whitehouse, opened in 1848 and was leased to the Elizabethtown and Somerville Railroad. On February 11, 1849 the Elizabethtown and Somerville Railroad bought the Somerville and Easton Railroad, and on February 26 the two companies were consolidated as the Central Railroad of New Jersey.


Jersey City Terminal ca. 1900The rest of the line to Phillipsburg opened in 1852, and on September 8, 1855 the upper level of the Lehigh Valley Railroad's Easton Bridge over the Delaware River, taking the CNJ to Easton. At that time, Lehigh Valley coal trains began running over the CNJ to Elizabeth. A similar operation with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, joining at Hampton, began May 27, 1856. This required the addition of a third rail to join the broad gauge DL&W onto the standard gauge CNJ.

On December 1, 1859 the CNJ arranged to run over the New Jersey Rail Road to the latter's terminal in Jersey City. That operation began December 19, and included a third rail for DL&W trains.

The South Branch Railroad, controlled by the CNJ, opened July 1, 1864 as a branch from Somerville to Flemington. The CNJ's extension to their new terminal in Jersey City, including the first CRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge, opened on July 29, 1864, with a ferry transfer to Cortlandt Street in New York City, ending operations over the NJRR. On July 23, 1869, the Newark and New York Railroad opened, providing a straight route from downtown Newark to the CNJ's Jersey City terminal. The Newark Branch, running north from Elizabethport to the N&NY in Newark, opened June 7, 1872.


Expansion
On October 6, 1873 the CNJ leased the New York and Long Branch Railroad, which was in the process of building from Perth Amboy southeast to Long Branch. At the same time the Perth Amboy and Elizabethport Railroad was building from Elizabethport on the CNJ south to Perth Amboy. Hostilities at the crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Railroad in April 1872 led to an injunction against the PRR interfering with the construction. The CNJ bought the PA&E later that year. The full line to Long Branch opened September 7, 1875, and was later extended south, reaching Bay Head in 1881 by acquiring other companies. In 1882 the CNJ and Pennsylvania Railroad agreed to use the line jointly, with trackage rights granted to the PRR over the Perth Amboy and Elizabethport between the Perth Amboy and Woodbridge crossing and its south end at the Raritan River bridge.

The CNJ leased the Dover and Rockaway Railroad for 990 years from April 26, 1881.

The CNJ leased the Ogden Mine Railroad for 999 years from January 1, 1882.

The CNJ leased the Hibernia Mine Railroad for 20 years from October 1, 1890; this lease was renewed at least once for another 20 years.


A CNJ camelback locomotive built by Baldwin in the 1920s.In late 1917, the following companies were absorbed into the CNJ:

Buena Vista Railroad
Carteret and Sewaren Railroad
Carteret Extension Railroad
Cumberland and Maurice River Railroad
Cumberland and Maurice River Extension Railroad
Elizabeth Extension Railroad
Freehold and Atlantic Highlands Railroad
Lafayette Railroad
Manufacturers' Extension Railroad
Middle Brook Railroad
New Jersey Terminal Railroad
New Jersey Southern Railroad
Navesink Railroad
Passaic River Extension Railroad
Raritan North Shore Railroad
Sound Shore Railroad
Toms River Railroad
Toms River and Barnegat Railroad
Vineland Railroad
Vineland Branch Railway
West Side Connecting Railroad
West End Railroad
The first commercially successful diesel-electric locomotive manufactured by Alco in 1924 was built for the Central Railroad of New Jersey.

In 1929, the CNJ began operating its most famous train, The Blue Comet, which ran from the Jersey City terminal to Atlantic City. Service ran until 1941.

The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) authorized the CNJ to acquire the Wharton and Northern Railroad and the Mount Hope Mineral Railroad on February 4, 1930.

The Hibernia Mine Railroad was merged into the CNJ on November 25, 1930.


Decline
On June 6, 1935, the ICC authorized the CNJ to abandon the Ogden Mine Railroad.

In 1961 the CNJ purchased two portions of the dissolving Lehigh and New England Railroad from the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. This became the Lehigh and New England Railway, with two segments - Lansford to Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, connecting coal mines to the Reading Railroad, and Bethlehem to Bath and Martins Creek, Pennsylvania, connecting cement mills to the CNJ and Lehigh Valley Railroad.

Paralleling the Lehigh Valley Railroad from the Hudson River to Scranton, the CNJ was a fierce competitor for anthracite coal and freight traffic. With heavy commuter traffic and short freight hauls, the company was in and out of bankruptcy throughout its history. In 1967, bankruptcy was declared for the last time. In 1972 all Pennsylvania operations ceased and the Lehigh Valley Railroad took over the remaining Pennsylvania trackage. The CNJ was merged into Conrail on April 1, 1976.