“All Aboard--

for Edgewater Park, Burlington. Steven’s Station, Florence, Roebling, Bordentown and Trenton, change for New York—

All Aboard!”

Beverly students attending Burlington City’s Wilber Watts High School swarm aboard Pennsylvania Railroads 7:30 A.M. train for the three mile trip to Burlington City; taxes were not used to transport those students prior to World War II

The commuter train for Philadelphia would be standing on the Southbound track just outside the station, waiting for the East bound train to pull out (the line was double tracked in those days) so that the passengers bound for designations down the line could be safely picked up. Trains would terminate at either Camden Ferry Terminal or Broad Street Station (across from City Hall) Philadelphia depending on train schedules

The Beverly Station was located about 100 feet east of the Cooper Street Crossing and was of the standard Pennsylvania train architecture. One still exists in Mount Holly, serving as a thrift shop [another is in Riverside].

The design of the brown painted building had the appearance of a show box, with a roof extending over the platform. There were two waiting rooms located at either end of the building, one for Gentleman and the other for Ladies, separated by the Station Master’s office and two rest rooms. A baggage room was located adjacent to the Ladies Waiting room. Coal stoves were used to heat the room.

Pete Havens was the Station Master whose duties included operating the telegraph, selling tickets as well as supervising the loading and unloading of parcels and baggage. During the summer months, bushel baskets of snails taken from the Delaware destined for the New York City markets were loaded too.

The conductor gave two pulls of the signal cord running through the coaches and the Engineer replied with two blasts of the whistle. The train pulled away from the Beverly Station and into another day.