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Kenilworth, New Jersey, served as the headquarters of the Rahway Valley Railroad, and it was here, at the corner of North 31st Street and the Boulevard, that the railroad’s physical heart gradually took shape. The station, erected in 1899, was the first permanent marker of the line’s presence. In the years that followed, the supporting infrastructure of a working railroad emerged piece by piece: a water tank and coal bunker rose nearby, yard tracks spread outward, and in 1919 an engine house was added to shelter and service the line’s locomotives.
Directly across the street from the station stood the railroad’s original four industrial customers, anchoring what soon developed into a compact but lively industrial district. Together, the station, yard, and surrounding factories formed the operational and economic center of the Rahway Valley Railroad, a place where trains, workers, and industry converged on a daily basis.
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Facilities:
Garage
Sanding Facilities
Blacksmith Shop
Passing Siding or Runaround Track
Freight Agency / Team Track
Yard Tracks
Industrial Sidings
Grade Crossings:
Industries:
#5
American Circular Loom Co.
Monarch Roofing Co. / Monarch Roofing & Covering Co.
Carpenter Steel Co.
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co.
Jacobson Manufacturing Co., Inc.
International Wines, Inc., division of Western Grape Products
Avis Machinery, Inc.
Reduction & Refining Co.
#6
Kenilworth Button Manufacturing Co.
Kenilworth Plastic Co., Inc.
Columbia Leather & Coating Co., Inc.
#7 - Richard M. Rothfuss, Inc. / High Point Salvage Co.
#8
New Orange Decorative Leather Co.
National Air Cell Covering Co.
Howard Ramie Fibre Manufacturing Co.
Kenilworth Rubber Co.
American Reclaiming & Refining Co.
Charles E. Wright Co.
Donald J. Reilly
Ricca Manufacturing Co.
American Veneer Co.
Grady & Shrodes
Volvo Wire Co., Inc. / Volvo Brass & Copper Co., Inc.
#9 - Christie Enterprises, Inc.
#10 - Papyrus Co.
#11
Opal Chemical Co.
Protexol Corp.
#12
Kenilworth Steel Co.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
Other:
Borrow Pit
The facilities at Kenilworth, 11/7/1933. Locomotives Nos. 13 and 11 are inside the engine house. (Jeff Jargosch collection)
The facilities at Kenilworth, c.1940s. (Richard J. King collection)
The Kenilworth office, 11/1939. No. 15 heads to work. (Richard Fullerton photo, Jeff Jargosch collection)
No. 14 begins a day's work at Kenilworth. Volvo Brass is seen across the Boulevard. (Richard Fullerton photo, Jeff Jargosch collection)
Facilities at Kenilworth. (Richard Fullerton photo, Jeff Jargosch collection)
No. 15 is about to begin a day's work at Kenilworth, 11/1939. Fireman Tom Mangini stands atop the tender. Conductor George Davis walks towards the office.
(Richard Fullerton photo, Jeff Jargosch collection)
(Richard Fullerton photo, Jeff Jargosch collection)
Facilities at Kenilworth, 5/13/1951. Nos. 13, 15, and 14 are pictured. Diesel No. 16 is inside the new engine house. (William S. Young photo)
Facilities at Kenilworth, 1959. (Jeff Jargosch collection)
Facilities at Kenilworth, 4/4/1969. (Rich Taylor photo)
Facilities at Kenilworth, 2/1972. (Richard J. King collection)
Facilities at Kenilworth, 9/1977. (Richard J. King collection)
Facilities at Kenilworth, 10/25/1978. (Daniel G. McFadden photo)
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