Queen of the Valley

Queen of the Valley

Queen of the Valley, circa 1930s, including mail car and passenger revenue cars
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	Northeastern United States
First service	1911
Last service	1967
Former operator(s)	Central Railroad of New Jersey/Reading Railroad
Route
Termini	Jersey City, New Jersey Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Distance travelled	179.5 miles (288.9 km)
Average journey time	4 hours, 47 minutes, westbound; 4 hours, 18 minutes, eastbound
Service frequency	Daily, except Sunday (1936); daily (1961)
Train number(s)	199 (westbound) and 192 (eastbound)
On-board services
Seating arrangements	Coach
Catering facilities	Dining-Club car
Observation facilities	Parlor car (1936)
Other facilities	Mail car
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Legend Jersey City Elizabeth Bound Brook Somerville Raritan North Branch White House Lebanon Annandale High Bridge Glen Gardner Hampton Phillipsburg NJ PA Easton Bethlehem Reading Wernersville Myerstown Lebanon Hershey Harrisburg This diagram: view talk edit

The Queen of the Valley was a named train of the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) that ran between Jersey City, New Jersey, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, via the Lehigh Valley and Reading. The train took about 4 1⁄2 hours to traverse the 179.5-mile (288.9 km) route, the longest in the CNJ system, exceeding the Atlantic City-bound Blue Comet. First operated in 1911, it was the longest-running train of the CNJ when discontinued in 1967.