Series IV: Central Railroad of New Jersey: Buttonwood Yards and Wilkes-Barre Interchange

This series consists of photographs of the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey's and other carriers' facilities in and around Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. These photographs were submitted to the Commission as Employees' Exhibit 49, are referred to by the letter Z in testimony, and were taken by James Stemrich. Mr. Stemrich was a qualified fireman and engineer for the CNJ and worked in yard service. The CNJ was a class I railroad that operated primarily in New Jersey with branches that extended into Pennsylvania in association with the Reading Railroad. The photographs in this series document the various interchanges between, facilities of, and industries served by the CNJ, the Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, and the Pennsylvania Railroad. These include the Buttonwood Yards, Hazard Wire Works, and the Pit Tracks of the CNJ.