Editing Mannington Township, New Jersey (section)

====Freight rail====
Once also providing passenger service, the {{convert|18.6|mi}} southern portion of the freight rail [[Salem Branch]] operated under contract by [[Southern Railroad of New Jersey]] runs through Mannington, with Mannington Mills being one of the short line's major customers.<ref>Staff. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB5CE0866B923A6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Short Lines, Long History \ Little Railroads Once Flourished. Now, They Live Again."], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', April 20, 1999. Accessed September 23, 2013. "And now the 18-mile stretch of aging track through woods and farmland is a branch of the Southern Railroad Co. of New Jersey, one of the largest short lines in the state.... On the Salem branch, the railroad picks up loaded freight cars in Swedesboro and delivers such things as crushed limestone to Mannington Mills, a floor-tile maker, and soda ash to Anchor Glass in Salem County."</ref><ref>Young, Alex. [http://www.nj.com/salem/index.ssf/2015/04/salem_county_awards_contract_to_replace_oldmans_tr.html "Salem County awards contract to replace Oldman's Trestle railroad bridge"], [[NJ.com]], April 3, 2015. Accessed October 31, 2016. "The work is all part of the long-term plan to upgrade the Salem County short line railroad in order to bring the dated track back up to standard and benefit local industry. The rail line starts at the port of Salem and travels north through Mannington, Woodstown and Pilesgrove before crossing the Gloucester County line and going on to Swedesboro."</ref>