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The Blue Comet was initially a success but fell victim to the Great Depression. Service was reduced to a single round trip by April 1933. Also that year, the PRR and Reading Company (RDG) consolidated their southern New Jersey routes and formed the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. After the merger, the PRR owned two-thirds of the trackage. Reports from travelers indicate that Blue Comet information was not readily available at the Atlantic City station. This had the Blue Comet service at a disadvantage, as PRR Atlantic City-New York information was readily avaIlable for passengers heading to points north.
There also had been two crossing accidents in early winter 1935, one of which resulted in a death. Then in August 1939, the Blue Comet derailed in a rainstorm at milepost 86 in Chatsworth, NJ. A few were shaken or slightly injured. The dining car had its stove roll onto the chief, who later died at the hospital. At that time the train's ridership had already declined. One final accident was in store for the Blue Comet; and it happen here!
At 6:10 PM on Monday, September 8, 1941, a mother and two of her children were killed when the Blue Comet express train hit their light delivery truck (that was minus a muffler) at an unprotected crossing not far from their home. They were Mrs. Antionette Macciocca, 35 of White Horse Pike Elm, and her two daughters, Gloria 13, and Jeanne 4. The accident took place as Mrs. Mocciocca was driving back to her home after visiting a neighbor to obtain advice on canning tomatoes .
This occurred just a few minutes after the Blue Comet left Hammonton, bound from Atlantic City to Jersey City. State police said the crossing was marked with a sign but was without watchman, crossing bells, or signal lights. The train stopped several hundred yards up the tracks after the accident and it was delayed for an hour. The crew included A. Feryling, Phillipsburg, engineer, and J.F. Walsh, Somerville. They told police they saw the truck approaching and applied the emergency brakes, but were unable to stop the train that quickly.
On September 28,1941, just 2 weeks later, after a few years of hearings, the Blue Comet was finally taken out of service.
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