A C402 CARGO PLT PERFORMS A TKOF ON A CLOSED RWY DURING A NIGHT OP AT PNE; PA.

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ON THE AFTERNOON OF APR/TUE/03; I RECEIVED AN OFFICIAL WX BRIEF FROM DUATS. I DID NOT NOTE ANY NOTAMS FOR PNE. AT ALB; I CHKED THE WSI MACHINE FOR THE WX AT TEB AND PNE AND ALSO THE NOTAMS AND DID NOT NOTICE ANY NOTAMS FOR PNE. UPON ARRIVING AT PNE; I LANDED ON RWY 24 WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WITHOUT NOTING ANY LIGHTS OUT ON RWY 33. AFTER UNLOADING MY CARGO AND STARTING UP; I TAXIED OUT TO RWY 33. DURING THE TAXI; I DID NOT NOTICE ANY MARKINGS INDICATING THAT RWY 33 WAS CLOSED. I ANNOUNCED THAT I WAS DEPARTING RWY 33 AND DID NOT SEE ANY LIGHTS OUT OR SEE ANY LIGHTED OR PAINTED 'X' ON THE RWY. AFTER DEPARTING; THE SECURITY GUARD SAID ON THE RADIO THAT RWY 33 WAS CLOSED. WHEN I CONTACTED PHILADELPHIA APCH; I ASKED THE CTLR ON DUTY IF THERE WERE ANY NOTAMS FOR PNE. HE SAID THAT THERE WERE 'NO NOTAMS ON THE LIST OF ARPT NOTAMS; BUT WITH THE AUTOMATED WX HE WAS RECEIVING; THERE WAS A NOTAM FOR 'RWY 33 LIGHTS OTS;' BUT THERE WAS NO STARTING AND ENDING TIME OR DATE. I BELIEVE THIS EVENT OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: 1) THE PIC'S RELIANCE ON UNOFFICIAL DATA (WSI MACHINE). 2) LACK OF ANY INDICATIONS OF A RWY BEING CLOSED. 3) THE RWY 33 LIGHTS WERE NOTAMED OTS; YET THEY WERE OPERATIONAL AND SEEMED TO BE STANDARD LIGHTING. AT NO TIME DID I SEE ANY INDICATIONS THAT RWY 33 WAS UNSAFE FOR DEP.