At the beginning of the 20th century, Atlantic City was one of the nation’s leading resort destinations. In the period before the rise of the automobile, the major method of transport was the railroad, as thousands of coal-fired steam engines crisscrossed the nation, filling cities with smoke and ash.
In 1906, Scientific American magazine did a feature on how Atlantic City was in the forefront of a new, clean method of transportation.
“The Pennsylvania Railroad has equipped for electric operation its West Jersey and Seashore Branch, involving the…
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