This view was taken from Railroad Avenue in October
1998. You can see the tracks overgrown with weeds. The
light pole just left of the tracks was for the Lakehurst freight station.
Just underneath the Route 70 overpass, you can see the outline of the signal
bridge. The signal bridge was used in conjuction with movement along
the Barnegat Branch, but taken out of service by the CNJ with the arrival
of cab control systems. However, crews assigned to older locomotives
still had to phone in for orders. You can still see several of the
1929 phone booths along the line. It is great that the signal bridge
was not torn down.