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Taking a Ride on the Millionaires Express Train 100 Years Later

New Jersey History Project — Mon, 18 May 2026 17:54:58 +0000

Views: 2,125 A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. No exclusive subscription required. For 1 day only, ordinary passengers were invited aboard the legendary Millionaires Express, the famed Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad club car that once carried the wealthy residents of Bernardsville Mountain and the Somerset Hills between Gladstone and Hoboken in the height of railroad luxury. On… Read More »Taking a Ride on the Millionaires Express Train 100 Years Later

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Bernardsville’s Anderson Hill Road and Judge John Anderson, Esq.

New Jersey History Project — Wed, 06 May 2026 14:10:09 +0000

Views: 665 “Every day, thousands of drivers wind their way up Anderson Hill Road, one of Bernardsville, New Jersey’s defining roads, without ever stopping to ask who Anderson was or why the hill carries his name. Yet behind that familiar sign was John Anderson, one of the influential figures tied to the rise of Bernardsville… Read More »Bernardsville’s Anderson Hill Road and Judge John Anderson, Esq.

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Millionaires Express Elegant Commuting – Who Was On That Exclusive Subscriber List

New Jersey History Project — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:00:53 +0000

Views: 1,033 History says the subscriber list is lost, so Mr. Local History is trying to rebuild it. We wanted to begin this addition to our Somerset Hills train history series with the story behind what became widely known as the Millionaires Express. Officially, it was the Gladstone Car Subscription service, a special arrangement on… Read More »Millionaires Express Elegant Commuting – Who Was On That Exclusive Subscriber List

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Historic Train Accidents on the Peapack Gladstone Line

New Jersey History Project — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:40:21 +0000

Views: 718 As our researchers investigated the history of the Millionaires Express story, we found several articles about a terrible rail accident involving the Millionaires Express on June 5, 1908. We’re sharing a few stories/articles from the era and are working to expand the coverage to include other major rail accidents, starting with our home… Read More »Historic Train Accidents on the Peapack Gladstone Line

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The Millionaires Express Train – Luxury Between Hoboken & the Somerset Hills

New Jersey History Project — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:16:50 +0000

Views: 2,897 UPDATE:For 1 day only on Sunday, May 17, visitors can experience the “Millionaires Express” at the Whippany Railway Museum by riding in restored 1900s era luxury club cars once used by wealthy railroad travelers on New Jersey’s famed Lackawanna line. As part of our historic train research series, we thought it would be… Read More »The Millionaires Express Train – Luxury Between Hoboken & the Somerset Hills

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