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Overview | |
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Headquarters | Camden, New Jersey, U.S. |
Locale | Camden and Winslow Junction to Atlantic City and Millville/Cape May, New Jersey |
Dates of operation | 1896–1933 |
Successor | P-RSL |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Electrification | 600 V DC third rail |
The West Jersey and Seashore Railroad (WJ&S) was a Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiary in the U.S. state of New Jersey with a connection to Philadelphia. It was formed through the merger of several smaller roads in May 1896.[1] At the end of 1925 it operated 379 miles (610 km) of road on 717 miles (1,154 km) of track; that year it reported 166 million ton-miles of revenue freight and 332 million passenger-miles. The railroad became part of Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines in 1933.