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Question 1: Hostilities at the crossing of the ________'s Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Railroad in April 1872 led to an injunction against the PRR interfering with the construction.
Pennsylvania RailroadCanadian Pacific RailwayReading CompanyAmtrak

Question 2: The rest of the line to Phillipsburg opened in 1852, and on September 8, 1855 the upper level of the Lehigh Valley Railroad's Easton Bridge over the ________, taking the CNJ to Easton.
Neversink RiverRondout CreekDelaware RiverEast Branch Delaware River

Question 3: The ________ (ICC) authorized the CNJ to acquire the Wharton and Northern Railroad and the Mount Hope Mineral Railroad on February 4, 1930.
Canadian Pacific RailwayUnion Pacific RailroadInterstate Commerce CommissionCanadian National Railway

Question 4: At that time, Lehigh Valley ________ trains began running over the CNJ to Elizabeth.
CoalWind powerGrid energy storageHydroelectricity

Question 5: Though that was later canceled, the Reading continued to exert major influence over the CNJ, and used it for its ________ terminal.
New York CityBrooklynNew York metropolitan areaManhattan

Question 6: This required the addition of a third rail to join the ________ DL&W onto the standard gauge CNJ.
Rail gaugeBreak-of-gaugeNarrow gauge railwayBroad gauge

Question 7: Liberty State Park in ________ includes the CNJ's Communipaw Terminal.
Hoboken, New JerseyHudson County, New JerseyNewark, New JerseyJersey City, New Jersey

Question 8: Paralleling the Lehigh Valley Railroad from the ________ to Scranton, the CNJ was a fierce competitor for anthracite coal and freight traffic.
New York CityManhattanNew YorkHudson River

Question 9: In 1961 the CNJ purchased two portions of the dissolving ________ from the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company.
Lehigh and New England RailroadDelaware, Lackawanna and Western RailroadCentral New England RailwayLehigh and Hudson River Railway

Question 10: The line to Plainfield was completed in March 1839, connecting to the ________ in Elizabeth.
United New Jersey Railroad and Canal CompanyPennsylvania RailroadMorris and Essex RailroadDelaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
















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