This article is about the early 20th century CNJ train. For the episode of the television series The Sopranos that is named after the train, see The Blue Comet. For the mid 1980s anime series, see Blue Comet SPT Layzner.
The Blue Comet
A reproduced sign for former Blue Comet service at Communipaw Terminal in Jersey City
Overview
Service type
Inter-city rail
Status
Discontinued
Locale
New Jersey, United States
First service
February 21, 1929
Last service
September 27, 1941
Former operator(s)
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Route
Termini
Jersey City, New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey
Distance travelled
136.3 miles (219.4 km)
Average journey time
3 hours
Service frequency
varied
On-board services
Seating arrangements
Reserved coach seat
Catering facilities
Dining car
Observation facilities
Observation car
Technical
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map
Legend
Jersey City
(
Communipaw
Terminal
)
Newark Bay Bridge
over Newark Bay
Elizabethport
Raritan Bay Draw
over Raritan River
Red Bank
Farmingdale
Lakewood
Lakehurst
Barnegat Branch
Atsion
PRSL to Philadelphia
Winslow Junction
Hammonton
Atlantic City
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The Blue Comet was a named passenger train operated by Central Railroad of New Jersey from 1929 to 1941 between the New York metropolitan area and Atlantic City.
Designed by Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) president R.B. White in 1928, this train whisked passengers from Communipaw Terminal in Jersey City to Atlantic City, making the total trip from Manhattan (via ferry to the Jersey City terminal) to Atlantic City in three hours. The Blue Comet would travel via the CNJ-co-owned New York and Long Branch Railroad to Red Bank, then follow the CNJ Southern Division Main Line to Winslow Junction, where it would travel over the Atlantic City Railroad's tracks to Atlantic City.[1]
The colors chosen for the Blue Comet's locomotive and passenger cars were ultramarine and Packard Blue, for the sea, cream, for the sandy coastal beaches, and nickel. The tickets for the train were blue, the dining car chairs were upholstered in blue linen, and the porters were dressed in blue as well. The locomotive was capable of 100 miles per hour, and the railroad claimed the train itself was the first east of the Mississippi to be equipped with roller bearings for easy starting and stopping.[2]
^When the Blue Comet started service in 1929 the Atlantic City Railroad was wholly owned by the Reading Railroad. By 1933 the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines were jointly owned by the Reading Company and the Pennsylvania Railroad.
^"New De Luxe Train Viewed" (PDF). The New York Times. Feb 15, 1929. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
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