CNJ Jersey City Terminal in another film

Howard P. · **Posted:** Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:10 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=941zbA9HuRgn (from 1:47 to 3:55)

From The Terrace, shot in 1960. RDG 2124 and Myrna Loy, with CNJ Terminal in a supporting role (standing in for Reading Terminal in Philly). The dingy brick office where Supt. DD Jones makes his call was the Stationmaster's Office.

The book was set about 30 years earlier and had some good railroad detail. John O' Hara wrote quite a few books set in the region between Philadelphia and Pottsville ("Gibbsville" in his books). "Port Johnson" looks like Lukens Steel in Coatsville.

Howard P.

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:28 pm

Link to the other CNJ Jersey Terminal thread:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=33496

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:06 pm

"From The Terrace" is available on YouTube (automatic playlist):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=941zbA9H ... 4B965B7F5C

Like "Funny Girl," which was shot in the same place some eight or nine years later, Jersey City Terminal has a nice, authentic, gritty, smokey look to it in this movie.

I can't find anything right now, but as I recall, Jersey City was chosen as a location because the real station in Philadelphia couldn't accommodate a T-1, due to clearances.

Also, I believe "Life" magazine ran a story on the Reading Rambles, and the story also featured the T-1's appearance in "From The Terrace;" I seem to recall, as in some other films that had steam engines in them, that the locomotive was jokingly billed as the "biggest" star in the movie.

eldiner · **Joined:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 8:39 am **Posts:** 534

In the years since the CNJ terminal was abandoned (1967), the Lackawanna's terminal in Hoboken has been the site of several movie shoots. Three Days of the Condor and Julie/Julia come to mind.

For those of you who are in the area, the CNJ headhouse is part of Liberty State Park and you can board ferries from here to both the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The great CNJ train shed is still in place but fenced off. Small sections have collapsed and if no stabilization is done soon there is a great likelihood that the whole thing will come crashing down.

RDG 179 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:24 pm

Does anyone know what station was used for the scene where Paul Newman arrives home?

Howard P. · **Posted:** Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:29 pm

Don't forget the backlit B&O Pacific on the passenger train (probably a stock shot).

I hoped the RDG guys would know what/where "Port Johnson" really was!

Another film shot partly at DL&W Hoboken Terminal was "Once Upon A Time In America" with De Niro.

Howard P.

RDG 179 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 27, 2012 3:28 pm

I used to think that ''Port Johnson'' was Jenkintown, but looking at it today, it is definately not.