Antique Weighted Kerosene Lantern
by Gary Slawsky
Title
Antique Weighted Kerosene Lantern
Artist
Gary Slawsky
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
An antique kerosene lantern stands by itself on a shelf in the ticket office at Pine Creek Railroad in Wall, New Jersey. Special lanterns such as this type were weighted to prevent them from falling over from the motions produced while traveling in old railroad cars.
In 1950 a Company in New Jersey contemplated scrapping their steam engines in favor of diesel power. A small group of railroad enthusiasts bought the engines and started the Pine Creek Railroad No. 1. In 1952 the Pine Creek Railroad Museum was formed and a group volunteers added a passenger coach. In 1962 the railroad moved to Allaire State Park in Wall Township, New Jersey and the non-profit Pine Creek Railroad Division of of the New Jersey Museum of Transportation was created. Shortly thereafter a half-mile track was built. In 1967 an old railroad station from Aberdeen Township in New Jersey was relocated to the site and refurbished. Volunteers have provided many additions over the years that allow visitors to enjoy a ride through local railroad history that is still in operation today.
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August 11th, 2015
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