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English: From the Museum Collection: Timetable. 09/30/1928. DL&W RR Morris & Essex Division, employee. Effective 30Sep1928. No. 56. Tan cover, blue-green print. "Protection/Safety" encircling "DL&W" on front cover. 100 PP. Text includes some rules, regulations; surgeons & hospitals inside reverse cover. Names of RR officials, f & r covers. Pencil notes on hours, engines, money on p. 100. Light soil.

The Morris & Essex (M&E) was a railroad established by the Stevens family that became part of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, and successors. Its eastern terminus was Hoboken. The M&E was incorporated on January 29, 1835 and opened its first segment between Newark and Orange, New Jersey on November 19, 1836 (using horsepower until 1837). The M&E continued to expand, reaching Dover by 1848 and Phillipsburg by 1860. Originally primarily built for passenger traffic, the M&E became increasingly interested in hauling freight. On December 10, 1868 the Lackawanna Railroad leased the M&E and began to route its traffic via the M&E rather than via the Jersey Central. The M&E made massive improvements and reconstruction, mostly during the first three decades of the twentieth century. These improvements would create the heavy-duty railroad lines and stations that form the backbone of today's NJ Transit lines in the area. The electrification of the M&E was a first for a suburban system involving substantial grades; the technology chosen was overhead wire distribution of 3000-volt direct current.

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