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Pennsylvania R.R.
New York Division

Source: "Pennsylvania RR Co., General Notice: The following is a revised list of Office Calls, embracing all the Offices on New York City, Division and D. and R. Canal wires, to go into effect at 12:01AM, May 17, 1891. /s/ Wm. Ettinger, Div. Opr. N.Y., /s/ E.F.Brooks, Acting Sup't, N.Y. Div."

BROOKLYN

JG ---- 4th Street Freight Station
FU ---- No. 800 Fulton Street
AX ---- Annex Office
BK ---- No. 4 Court Street

NEW YORK CITY

HY ---- Harlem River Transfer
WH --- Windsor Hotel
SN ---- No. 944 Broadway
B ------ No. 849 Broadway
BO --- 362 Broadway (C.& O. Ticket Office)
WG --- No. 435 Broadway
AF ---- No. 346 Broadway
AH ---- Astor House
JH ---- 59 Broadway (Adams Express)
MY ---- No. 55 Broadway (National Storage)
CH ---- No. 2 Beaver Street (General Agent's Office)
CO ---- No. 1 Broad Street (Red Star)
BA ---- No. 15 Broad Street (Supts. [sic] of Eastern Division, P.P.C. Co.
PU ---- No. 15 Broad Street (Vice President and Eastern P.A., P.P.C.Co.
MR ---- No. 129 Broad Street (Canal Office)
RN ---- Pier No. 1
GP ---- Piers Nos. 4 and 5
CG ---- Pier No. 16
BR ---- Pier No. 28 (Fall River Line)
NU ---- New Pier No. 28
DS ---- Desbrosses Street
S ------ 35th Street

JERSEY CITY

FO ---- Hoboken Shops
SJ ---- Stock Yard
HK ---- Elevator
JY ----- Union Line Office Cove [Note: this was Harsimus Cove]
JX ---- Yard Master's Office Cove [Note: this was Harsimus Cove]
FM ---- Float Master's Office
JW ---- Adams Express Co.
TR ---- Yard Master's Office [Note: TR is no typographical error!]
MD ---- Freight Office
JA ----- P.P.C.Co. (Asst. Supt's. Office)
PC ---- Pullman P.C. Ticket Office
JD ---- Ticket Office, Station

PENNA. R.R., NEW YORK DIV., p.2

J ------- General Business Office
GS ---- General Superintendent's Office
SO ---- Superintendent's Office
MK ---- Red Star
BF ----- Communipaw Avenue, National Storage Co.
HY ----- Communipaw, National Storage Co.
BM ---- National Docks, National Storage Co.

NEW YORK DIVISION

JC ---- Train Dispatcher's [sic] Office, Jersey City
A ------ Tower Washington Avenue, Jersey City
NA ---- Newark Avenue, Jersey City
RU ---- New Jersey Jct., Jersey City
HO ---- Point of Rocks
SC ---- Shanley's Cut
MX ---- Marion
DN ---- Marion Tower
HB ---- East End Hackensack Bridge
WV --- Yard Switches, E. End, Meadows
WS --- Tower, Meadows
CA ---- Yard Master's Office, Meadows
OX ---- Tower West End, Meadows
GY ----- Yard Switches, W. End, Meadows
FS ----- Frank Creek
NK ---- Harrison Tower
KY ----- Passaic Bridge
JM ----- Center Street Jct., Newark
MS ---- Market Street, Newark
JK ----- 789 Broad Street, Newark
CK ---- Green Street, Newark
US ---- Pennington Street, Newark
RD ---- West Newark Junction, Newark
WA --- Tower, Waverly
WF ---- Station, Waverly
CW --- County Line
NE ---- Mary Street Tower, Elizabeth
Z ------- Station, Elizabeth
ZX ----- Freight Office, Elizabeth
SA ---- South Street Tower, Elizabeth
KF ----- Linden Park
DU ---- 17th Mile Post
RV ----- Linden
FX ---- 18th Mile Post
CM ---- Grant Street, Rahway
RA ----- Station, Rahway
DX ----- P. Amboy Jct. [Note: this is Perth Amboy Jct]
WD ---- Woodbridge
QW ---- Long Branch Jct.
WX ---- Woodbridge Jct. (C.R.R.)
PD ----- L.V. RR, Perth Amboy
PA ----- P.R.R. Station, Perth Amboy
AM ----- P.R.R. Crossing, South Amboy

PENNA. R.R., NEW YORK DIV., p.3

FI ----- D & R Canal, South Amboy [Note: this was Delaware & Raritan Canal]
BY ---- Terminal Agent's Office, South Amboy
RO ---- Houtenville
CV ---- Iselin
NP ---- Menlo Park Tower
HU ---- Tower, Metuchen
MH ---- Perth Jct. (L.V.R.R.), Metuchen
RX ---- Stelton
BU ---- East Brunswick
U ------ Tower, New Brunswick
CB ---- Canal Office, New Brunswick
DK ---- Canal Office, New Brunswick
JH ----- New Street, New Brunswick
CN ---- Millstone Junction
HN ---- Millstone
VA ---- Ten Mile Lock
K ------ Franklin Park
DA ---- Deans
X ------ Monmouth Junction
VK ---- Kingston
CU ---- South End, Monmouth Junction
P ------ Plainsboro
C ------ Princeton Junction
VO ---- Princeton Draw
RP ---- Princeton
VD ---- Stout's Crossing
FN ---- Lawrence Tower
MO ---- Millham Junction
KS ---- Barracks
DO ---- Monmouth Street, Trenton
UX ---- Asst. Train Master's Office, Trenton
D ------ Station, Trenton
FR ----- Freight Office, Trenton
DM ---- Coal Port, Trenton
GV ---- Canal Office, Trenton
2 ------- Supt's Office, Bel. Div., Lambertville
FH ----- Freight House, Lambertville
DY ----- Bordentown Canal Office
WB ---- South Trenton
SV ----- Morrisville
CO ----- Trenton Cut Off [Note: this entry is rubber stamped in place]
XN ----- South End, Morrisville
HF ----- Wheat Sheaf
Q ------- Tullytown
GF ----- Landreth's
BD ---- Tower, Bristol
WU ---- Station, Bristol
SB ----- South Bristol
GX ----- Schencks
KX ----- Tower, Cornwells
GU ----- Station, Cornwells
RS ----- Torresdale
OA ----- Pennypack Tower [this entry is overprinted "Liddonfield Tower" with a rubber stamp]
BG ---- Station, Holmesburg Junction
HG ---- Tower, Holmesburg Junction
BV ----- Bustleton
W ------ Tacony

PENNA. RR, NEW YORK DIV., p.4

WY ---- Station, Tacony
RK ---- Fitlers
WR --- Tower, Frankford
WI ----- Freight Office, Frankford
FJ ----- F.J. Tower
VN ---- Frankford Road Y Switches
QN ---- 83rd Mile Post
N ------ North Penn Junction
GO ---- Station, Germantown Junction
GD ---- Tower, Germantown Junction

QK ---- Cricket Station } NOTE: although the list does not indicate it,
G ------ Germantown (Chelten Avenue) } stations Cricket to Chestnut Hill were
AQ ---- Allen Lane } on the Chestnut Hill Branch.
VX ---- Wissahickon }
GK ---- Chestnut Hill }

QX ---- Twenty-second Street
RG ---- Lloyd's Siding
QO ---- Engleside
BX ---- East End Schuylkill Bridge
3 ------- Mantua
SY ----- Mantua Yard
HV ---- 52nd Street
CR ---- 37th Street, West Philadelphia
CX ---- Schuylkill Canal
F ------- West Philadelphia
A ------ 17th Street Tower, Philadelphia
PX ---- Station Master's Office, Philadelphia
PS ---- General Agent's Office, Philadelphia
MN ---- P.P.C.Co. (Supt's Office), Philadelphia
JI ------- Anchor Line, Philadelphia
EL ----- Empire Line, Philadelphia
NX ----- Union Line, Philadelphia
PO ----- General Offices, Philadelphia
PD ----- Purchasing Agent's Office, Philadelphia
JR ----- General Sup't. Transportation.
GM ---- General Manager's Office
VP ----- Vice President's Office
FD ----- Walnut Street Wharf
V ------- Richmond Junction (P.& R. RR)
RH ----- Kensington
HX ----- Kensington Freight House
HS ----- Pavonia Shops, Camden [Note: this was Camden, NJ]
CF ----- Supt's. Office, Amboy Division, Camden
CD ----- Supt's. Office, W.J. R.R., Camden

/s/ WM. ETTINGER,
Div. Opr., N.Y. Div.
/s/ E. F. BROOKS
Acting Sup't., N.Y. Div.








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