Essay Tower

The tower was in later years used to control the South Amboy Engine Facilities for the New York and Long Branch Railroad.

The tower served through the shortly-lived Penn Central, and then Conrail followed by New Jersey Transit from 1983 on.

The tower closed on a warm July 2, 1986, when a GE E60 electric handed train 104 to an EMD F40PH Diesel-Electric Locomotive.

[1] Essay Tower closed following the electrification to Long Branch, New Jersey and service is now automated.

This New Jersey train station-related article is a stub.