The train initially ran a short track including West Creek, Manahawkin, Barnegat, Beach Haven and Whitings.

Track was built past Tuckerton station to the waterfront at Edge Cove for connections to steamships that took vacationers to Long Beach Island during summer months.

The route from Whitings toward the coast traverses part of the Pine Barrens region.

In 1879, TR&W built an extension to Barnegat, running parallel with the TRR for about 2 miles.

This opened up resorts north of Long Beach Island to Philadelphia traffic.

3, coal burning instead of wood, was ordered from Baldwin to handle the planned construction of the Long Beach Railroad.

It was built with 60 lb rail on the island connecting Barnegat City to Beach Haven, and leased to the PRR.

LBI traffic was noted as being less than expected and caused a drain on resources for the TRR.

The Barnegat City branch was foreclosed by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), and all train service on it was terminated.

In 1894, Long Beach Railroad was officially dissolved and broken into two pieces.

Among the people riding the train to Beach Haven in subsequent years was the family of author Catherine Drinker Bowen.

[3] She described her family's annual June trip to their summer house as "... the trip down began for us in a ferryboat from Philadelphia to Camden, then the dusty, cindery cars, very stuffy until we reached the bridge and the bay, when a life-giving air came suddenly, as if someone opened a door.

"[4] In 1908, PRR canceled the Manahawkin & Long Beach Transportation Company's lease of Barnegat Railroad due to track conditions.

In 1913, there were now three round trips scheduled between Whitings and Beach Haven as passenger traffic slowly increased.

PRR cooperated with the TRR and installed a block signal system between Whitings and Beach Haven for the summer months.

In 1914, the first automobile bridge was completed from the mainland to Long Beach Island.

In 1925, freight tonnage was almost doubled with moving cement, sand, fill, and stone for the new NJ State Highway No.

The TRR had higher than average freight tonnage due to building of the automobile causeway to Long Beach Island.

In 1931, bus service was coordinated with the PRR for trains at Manahawkin to Beach Haven.

14 flipped on her side but got repaired, only to have a grade crossing accident which put her out of service for good.

On November 16, 1935, a nor'easter storm struck the Long Beach Island area.

7, with a freight train made its way from Beach Haven across the bridge to the mainland despite waves breaking over the rails.

The most likely carrier would have been the Central Railroad of New Jersey (reporting mark CNJ), operating the line from its Toms River branch which terminated in Barnegat.

In 1937, the new operator was named as Southern New Jersey Railroad Company, Inc. (SNJ), as repairs to Engines No.

CNJ Blue Comet equipment showed up in Barnegat and SNJ Engine No.

In 1941, the last shipment from SNJ, consisting of three cars of scrap, left Barnegat January 16.

In 1973, the last piece of TRR track, used in Barnegat as a siding by the CNJ, was taken up in the spring.