Americans love their cars. They drive to work, go for rides in the country, and vacations are more likely to include a trip in the car. Times are still good for freight on the railroads. There are trucks on the roads too, but most raw materials and finished products are moved by rail. The terminal here facilitates passenger service by ferry to and from Hawthorne.
Passenger service extends westward and northward.
Southbound passengers travel west, then must change trains and ride another road. Northbound trains take the branch off the main near Arcadia. On weekdays, commuter service extends out to Lourdes and there is limited service on Saturdays. At the Western end near Lourdes, freight arrives from the south and west via interchanges with the Pennsylvania, Western Maryland and Erie Railroads. Much of the stone needed to build Hawthorne and the surrounding communities came from this quarry.