New Jersey Central Blue Comet Drumhead Ornament

The Seashore's Finest Train... The Blue Comet was a named passenger train operated by Central Railroad of New Jersey from 1929 to 1941 between the New York and Atlantic City. The train and its engines were painted in Packard Blue to suggest the sea and the sky. The passenger cars all had a cream band running the length of the side at the windows to evoke the sand of the shore. The paint scheme was unusual, since the road name did not appear on each car. Rather only the name of the train "THE BLUE COMET" appeared in gold lettering on the letter board. Each car was named for a different comet.