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Woodbury:
Woodbury's station has long platforms and a spacious waiting room and is presently being restored. The "Private Parlor Car" of G.G. Green, of patent medicine fame, stands on the siding beside the station. This car was annually open to visitors until the family moved to California. The freight yard just beyond the station is a starting point for the three south bound branches to Millville, Penns Grove, and Salem.
Woodbury Heights:
Heading south, a 3-track overpass crosses Cooper Street into Woodbury Heights. Once the location of Sewell's sister station, today the long yard affords a great opportunity to study up close various types of freight cars. Wenonah Station , which is not modeled yet, is one of the restored stations along the line. and makes for a great photo opportunity.
Mantua Creek Trestle:
Half a mile south from the Wenonah Station and just behind Tall Pines Golf Course, a wood trestle crosses thirty feet above Mantua Creek. A beautiful example of railroad engineering. Sewell Station, which is not modeled yet, is the next station along the line. Sewell station is small but exhibits the gingerbread style of old railroad architecture. The fact that it still stands, is a tribute to a railroad architecture that combines beauty with function. Pitman, the next town on the line which is not modeled yet, began as a religious retreat accessed by the railroad.
Heston Rd. Underpass:
The second elevated crossing outside of Pitman that was once a one vehicle underpass. The locals tell stories about this narrow underpass. One unfortunate fellow lost the entire top of a borrowed camper when he under-estimated the tunnel's height. In "them days", a hobo jungle could be found in the woods a few yards from the tunnel.It was a spot for illegal rail-riders to hop off and stay for the night. In the 60's, the tunnel was filled in and the roadway was raised by the Glassboro High School athletic fields.
Glassboro:
Founded by two glass families Whitney & Stanger who's foundry's built the town and employed the railroad to move raw materials in and products out. This remained true until the last owners, Owens-Corning, stopped producing bottle caps and closed. Also, one of the prime considerations for locating the New Jersey State Teachers College, now known as Rowan College, at Glassboro was the Excellent train service. Students commuting by rail found the Glassboro Station a place to relax, catch up on homework and talk with friends. At one time, you could walk under the tracks, come up on the sixty foot platform built for the Bridgeton Branch passengers.
South Glassboro:
Was a connecting point to the Williamstown & Mullica Hill Branch secondary tracks. Owen Tower handled the traffic crossing the Millville and Bridgeton Branches. Train crews waiting for the crossing could view, from their cab window, a local ball game being played on Owen's Field.
Glassboro Gas Works: The "Gas Plant" supplied coal produced gas to residents for many years. The large storage tank along the right of way provided a landmark passengers watched for. Another landmark was Carr's General Store just before the South Main Street crossing. You could buy almost anything there.
