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Port Reading, New Jersey

Port Reading, New Jersey
Administration
Full namePort Reading, New Jersey
Official namePort Reading, New Jersey
Settlement typeCDP
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
CountyMiddlesex
Geography
Total Area2.9 sq mi (7.5 km2)
Land Area2.2 sq mi (5.7 km2)
Water Area0.6 sq mi (1.6 km2)
Elevation20 ft (6.1 m)
Demography
Total Population3829 (2000)
Density (pop.)663/km2 (1717.6/sq mi)
Other information
Time zoneEastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code07064
Area code732
FIPS code34-60540 
GNIS feature ID0879444 

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Port Reading is a census-designated place and unincorporated area within Woodbridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 3,829.

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In 1986, BM&R (now Reading & Northern) #425 pulled an excursion from Hoboken, NJ to Port Jervis, NY. On this trip, she's wearing a Pennsy 3-chime, and she really sings and moans with it too! Clip is from " Blue Mountain Odyssey" by Mark I Video www.mark1video.com
6.83 min. | 5.0 user rating		 The Thursday Morning Modeling Group of the Garden State Central Model Railroad Club visits Port Reading New Jersey for some train watching. After catching the switching at the yard we visit the old McMyler Dumper which is still standing.
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0.67 min. | 5.0 user rating		 This video features previously-unseen footage throughout the NS Harrisburg Division. Trains are seen on the Lehigh, Reading, and Harrisburg Lines, as well as the Royalton, Port Road, and Lurgan Branches. You'll see some foreign/leased power as well as Conrail engines on many of the trains in this video. All of the trains in this video were shot between summer 2010 and spring 2011.
17.72 min. | 5.0 user rating		 During the last days of my summer vacation, I headed down to Bound Brook, New Jersey. I had an amazing time with my friends. We saw a good amount of trains for the begining of the day, then action died down. Make sure to chcek out SCL7500's videos and MrBearSito's videos. Thanks for watching!!
13.45 min. | 4.5 user rating
This installment of Jersey Rails finds us jumping around to a few different railfan spots in the Garden State. We start of along the Lehigh Line in Piscataway, NJ where we see NS Intermodal 20E & CSX Manifest Q410 Then we head to Port Reading Jct & CP PD along the Chemical Coast Secondary, where we catch a CSX ethanol train power move & OI16 with NS & CSX SD45-2s. We wrap up just outside of Browns Yard on the Amboy Secondary in Parlin, NJ with OI16 again. Shot on 3/11/12
12.75 min. | 5.0 user rating		 A NS C40-9W leading with a BNSF C44-9W behind and a BNSF SD70mac in the executive paint scheme trailing.
3.17 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Part 2 of 4 In this part we head over to the Port Reading Secondary to catch a trash train, and move from South Plainfield to Union for night railfanning. Train 1: 33K--3:07 PM Croxton, NJ-Allentown, PA Next is NS 33K, rolling through South Plainfield with a pretty standard lashup and a short train. NS #9928 C40-9W NS #8719 C40-8 NS #9534 C40-9W Train 2: 18N--3:15 PM Fostoria, OH-Doremus, NJ Soon after 33K clears 18N thunders through with two D9s and a very good sized train. NS #9805 C40-9W NS #9133 C40-9W Train 3: Q706--3:39 PM Philadelphia, PA-Elizabethport, NJ We heard something on the scanner get permission to depart Bound Brook onto the Port Reading Secondary so we raced over to the line to catch this trash train. CSXT #340 AC44CW Train 4: Q439--4:27 PM Selkirk, NY-Hamlet, NC We returned to South Plainfield and after a little while Q439 came through with a GEVO and a standard cab headed for North Carolina. CSXT #5428 ES40DC CSXT #8352 SD40-2 (ex-CR #3018) Train 5: 39Z/257--5:50 PM Oak Island, NJ-Binghamton, NY After Q439 it began to get dark and so we drove over to Union to use the lights for some nigh t railfanning. As we were going down the platform the headlights of this train were in view, and it rolled west with two CPs and a CITX ex-UP leaser. CP #5671 SD40-2 CP #5677 SD40-2 CITX #2792 SD40M-2 Train 6: NS Lite Power--6:22 PM Two NS locomotives, one GE and one EMD head west after sunset. NS #9487 C40-9W NS #2641 SD70M Train 7: Q410--6:41 PM Waycross, GA-Selkirk <b>...</b>
11.08 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Conrail YPJR02 is seen at Port Reading with a pair of SD45-2s. Even though their 20 cylinder engines are gone these ex-EL units still sound pretty good.
2.12 min. | 5.0 user rating		 This is Norfolk Southern's 69Q Empty Ethanol Train traveling westbound through Bound Brook,NJ on the Port Reading Secondary Line. Leading is NS #5405 (EMD SD50, still in Conrail paint scheme), BNSF #648 (GE D9-44CW/C44-9W, in Santa Fe Warbonnet paint scheme) and BNSF #765 (GE D9-44CW/C44-9W, in BNSF Warbonnet paint scheme) along with 2 spacers, one at the beginning and one at the end and 80 Ethanol Tanks totaling 82 cars. Filmed on October 8,2009 at 9:01pm EDT.
4.80 min. | 5.0 user rating

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Oil and natural gas daily review (December 28, 2010) - Stock Markets Review Tweet this news
Stock Markets Review--Hess Corp said its 70000 barrel-per-day refinery in -Port Reading-, -New Jersey-, was unaffected by the blizzard. - Iraq's oil production currently exceeds 2.6 ... - Date : Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:51:13 GMT+00:00
2010 Redux: Another Forgettable Year For Developers and Construction Firms - CoStar Group Tweet this news
CoStar Group--By mid-December, however, Tishman Construction Corp., construction manager for the property owner, the -Port- Authority of -New- York & -New Jersey- and builder ... - Date : Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:17:39 GMT+00:00
US shakes off blizzard, but not travel misery - Sydney Morning Herald Tweet this news
Sydney Morning Herald--The three major area airports -- John F. Kennedy International, La Guardia and Newark International in -New Jersey- -- reopened late Monday, but passengers ... - Date : Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:07:33 GMT+00:00
Hess' 70000 bpd Port Reading refinery restarted - Reuters Africa Tweet this news
Reuters Africa--N: Quote) said its 70000 barrels per day -Port Reading-, -New Jersey-, refinery returned to service on Friday following unplanned maintenance due to a brief ... - Date : Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:31:43 GMT+00:00
Gasoline Futures Slide as Refineries Restart Production Units - BusinessWeek Tweet this news
BusinessWeek--s refinery in -Port Reading-, -New Jersey-, returned to normal operations after completing work on a gasoline-making fluid catalytic cracker. ... - Date : Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:21:44 GMT+00:00
New York Reformulated Gasoline Premium Rises to 14-Month High - BusinessWeek Tweet this news
BusinessWeek--Hess Corp. is doing maintenance on the fluid catalytic cracker at its 70000 barrel-a-day -Port Reading-, -New Jersey-, refinery this week. ... - Date : Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:14:42 GMT+00:00
Gasoline Refining Margins Double on Outages: Energy Markets - BusinessWeek Tweet this news
BusinessWeek--Hess is preparing to restart its -Port Reading-, -New Jersey-, fluid catalytic cracker after repairs following a Nov. 10 power failure. ... - Date : Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:33:23 GMT+00:00
FocusFrench refinery strikes pump up US gasoline market - ICIS (subscription) Tweet this news
ICIS (subscription)--In addition, Hess' 70000 bbl/day refinery in -Port Reading-, -New Jersey-, was off line from 10 November until 19 November for a turnaround. ... - Date : Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:49:01 GMT+00:00
Chicago Gasoline Discount Widens on Husky, Marathon Restarts - BusinessWeek Tweet this news
BusinessWeek---...- in New Jersey and Hess Corp. is restarting operations at its -Port Reading-, -New Jersey- plant after completing repairs on a fluid catalytic cracker. ... - Date : Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:12:53 GMT+00:00
NYH-USG gasoline, RBOB spreads collapse as East Coast demand peters out: trade - Platts Tweet this news
Platts--Hess said on Monday it had returned its -Port Reading-, -New Jersey-, refinery to normal rates after unplanned repairs, while Irving said Monday that it had ... - Date : Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:56:10 GMT+00:00

Municipalities and communities of Middlesex County, New Jersey

County seat: New Brunswick
CitiesNew Brunswick * Perth Amboy * South Amboy
BoroughsCarteret * Dunellen * Helmetta * Highland Park * Jamesburg * Metuchen * Middlesex * Milltown * Sayreville * South Plainfield * South River * Spotswood
TownshipsCranbury * East Brunswick * Edison * Monroe * North Brunswick * Old Bridge * Piscataway * Plainsboro * South Brunswick * Woodbridge
CDPsAvenel * Brownville * Clearbrook Park * Colonia * Concordia * Cranbury * Dayton * Fords * Heathcote * Iselin * Kendall Park * Kingston * Laurence Harbor * Madison Park * Monmouth Junction * Old Bridge * Plainsboro Center * Port Reading * Princeton Meadows * Rossmoor * Sewaren * Society Hill * Whittingham * Woodbridge
CommunitiesBrowntown * Deans * Hopelawn * Keasbey * Menlo Park Terrace * Parlin * Raritan Landing



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