At its fullest extent it ran 22.3 miles (35.9 km) from Pavonia, near Camden, to Pemberton Township.

It eventually became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's network and is now owned by Conrail Shared Assets Operations.

This line reached the Atlantic coast in 1881 under the Philadelphia and Long Branch Railway.

[8] Conrail abandoned the section between Pavonia and Pennsauken in 1981 and between Pemberton and Mount Holly in February 1982.

[9][10] Conrail Shared Assets Operations owns the remaining portion between Pennsauken and Mount Holly, which it calls the Pemberton Industrial Track.