  the united new jersey railroad and canal company was part of the pennsylvania railroad (prr) system in new jersey, including their main line to new york city (now amtrak's northeast corridor). prior to 1872, its main lines were the camden and amboy rail road and transportation company, the first railroad in new jersey and one of the first in the u.s., and the new jersey rail road and transportation company, the first railroad across the new jersey palisades. the c&a first purchased and operated the oldest surviving operable steam locomotive in the world today, the john bull. the united company also included the delaware and raritan canal, an early foe and then friend of the c&a. ==history==  the first railroad charter in the united states was issued february 6, 1815 to the new jersey railroad company on behalf of john stevens and others. based on turnpike charters, it allowed the company to build between new brunswick and trenton, and became a model for railroad charters in the future. ===camden and amboy: 1830-1834===  the camden and amboy rail road and transportation company (c&a) was chartered on february 4, 1830, on the same day as the delaware and raritan canal company, after the two competing companies had come to a compromise. the c&a and d&r had the same goals â to connect the delaware river, serving philadelphia, with the raritan river, for access to new york city. the d&r was built to the west of the original c&a, leaving the delaware at trenton and running roughly northeast to new brunswick on the raritan, while the original c&a ran from camden, across the delaware from philadelphia, to [[sou
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