United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company

United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company
Overview
LocaleNew Jersey and Pennsylvania, U.S.
Dates of operation18721976
Predecessor
SuccessorPennsylvania Railroad
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

New York
Secaucus Junction
Harrison Yards
Harrison
Newark Penn
South Street
Newark Airport
North Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Linden
North Rahway
Rahway
Perth Amboy Junction
Iselin
Metropark
Menlo Park
Metuchen
Edison
New Brunswick
Adams
Plainsboro
Princeton Junction
Hamilton
Trenton

The United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company (UNJ&CC) was a United States–based railroad company established in 1872. It was formed by the consolidation of three existing companies: the Camden and Amboy Railroad, Delaware and Raritan Canal Company, and New Jersey Rail Road and Transportation Company. The Camden and Amboy and New Jersey Rail Road were among the earliest North American railroads. The Pennsylvania Railroad leased the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company in 1872.

The C&A first purchased and operated the John Bull locomotive, the oldest surviving operable steam locomotive in the world today. It was imported from Great Britain in 1831, and its operations also led to the important development of the iron T-rail type rail tracks that became standard around the world. The canal company, first a competitor and then ally of the C&A , built the Delaware and Raritan Canal. The New Jersey Rail Road and Transportation Company built the first railway line across the New Jersey Palisades.