Five photos of an Architectural Gem on the old Lackawanna.
On January 15, 2015, Jack May and I visited this grand old railroad station on our exploration of NJ Transit lines in the area.
The station building was designed by DL&W’s Frank J. Niles and completed in 1903.
![Newark Broad Street Station on January 15, 2015. Exposed with a Canon EOS 7D with 20mm lens.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Newark_Broad_Street_Station_IMG_0057.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Newark Broad Street Station on January 15, 2015. Exposed with a Canon EOS 7D with 20mm lens.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Newark_Broad_Street_Station_IMG_0055.jpg?resize=474%2C711)
Although the days when long distance trains paused here on their way to and from Buffalo have long since past, the triple track former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western mainline was alive with suburban traffic.
On going maintenance on track 1 improved our photographs of inbound trains, but confused passengers as to which platform to stand on.
![An informative plaque at Broad Street makes for its own caption.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Newark_Broad_Street_Station_detail_IMG_0070.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![An NJT ALP46 shoves at the back of an inbound train: next stop, Hoboken. Canon EOS 7D with 20mm lens.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/NJT_4606_Newark_Broad_Street_Station_IMG_0078.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![An outbound NJ Transit commuter train approaches Broad Street. On the left you can see the Empire State Building. Canon EOS 7D with 100mm lens.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Newark_Broad_Street_Station_w_Empire_State_IMG_0080.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
I’ve just completed text for a book on railroad stations to be published by Voyageur Press. This among the many stations that I may choose to illustrate.
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I remember this station from my teenage years . My older sister Grace attended East Stroudsburg State Teachers College in the early 60’s . During snow storms and inclement weather, my mom would have my sister take the train from
East Stroudsburg to Newark to avoid driving . I always remember 3 F’s or E’s on the front end plus a wonderful string of matched D.L.& W. passenger cars trailing in a long train .
Ah, what I would give to see that sight again . Sadly , the trains are gone and the college is now a university At least
the stations in PA and NJ have been saved .