Blue Comet

The Blue Comet was a named passenger train operated by Central Railroad of New Jersey from 1929 to 1941 between the New York metropolitan area and Atlantic City.

The Blue Comet
A reproduced sign for former Blue Comet service at Communipaw Terminal in Jersey City
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
StatusDiscontinued
LocaleNew Jersey, United States
First serviceFebruary 21, 1929
Last serviceSeptember 27, 1941
Former operator(s)Central Railroad of New Jersey
Route
TerminiJersey City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Distance travelled136.3 miles (219.4 km)
Average journey time3 hours
Service frequencyvaried
On-board services
Seating arrangementsReserved coach seat
Catering facilitiesDining car
Observation facilitiesObservation car
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Route map
Jersey City
Newark Bay Bridge
over Newark Bay
Elizabethport
Raritan Bay Draw
over Raritan River
Red Bank
Farmingdale
Lakewood
Lakehurst
Barnegat Branch
Atsion
PRSL to Philadelphia
Winslow Junction
Hammonton
Atlantic City

Designed by Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) president R.B. White in 1928, this train whisked passengers from Communipaw Terminal in Jersey City to Atlantic City, making the total trip from Manhattan (via ferry to the Jersey City terminal) to Atlantic City in three hours. The Blue Comet would travel via the CNJ-co-owned New York and Long Branch Railroad to Red Bank, then follow the CNJ Southern Division Main Line to Winslow Junction, where it would travel over the Atlantic City Railroad's tracks to Atlantic City.

The colors chosen for the Blue Comet's locomotive and passenger cars were ultramarine and Packard Blue, for the sea, cream, for the sandy coastal beaches, and nickel. The tickets for the train were blue, the dining car chairs were upholstered in blue linen, and the porters were dressed in blue as well. The locomotive was capable of 100 miles per hour, and the railroad claimed the train itself was the first east of the Mississippi to be equipped with roller bearings for easy starting and stopping.

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