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A Tour Through CNJ History in Photos

These photos range across the earliest days, the exciting operating years and the dark decades of abandonment but culminate in a glorious revival as modern Liberty State Park. Click on a photo to enlarge it.
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Arial view from directly over the CNJ terminal.
Directly overhead		 Looking south through the transfer shed. Ferries to the left and track gates to the right.
Transfer shed
Inside terminal
North side of the terminal and transfershed view from outside.
North side		 View towards NYC thru the crew level of the ferry docks. On either side are two of the floating gangways with chains to conterweights. Twin towers of the World Trade Center partially visible on left.
View towards NYC		 Aftermath of the abandonment prior to the cleanup that was to make Liberty State Park a few years later. View is from the Conrail Shared Assets Communipaw yard end of the property.
Aftermath of abandonment
View from what now is the western edge of Liberty State Park parking lot showing the recently abandoned terminal with most of the tracks except for 1-3 having been removed. Note that the just started World Trade Center has yet to become high enough to be visible in Jersey City.
Terminal about 1970