At noon on the cold wintry day of December 11, 1854, the citizens of Newton, New Jersey gathered to witness the coming of the iron horse. The large train-barn...
I've been having some luck on one of my many side projects. Among other things, I've been slowly working on drawings of the Becker's Creamery at Strader's...
On Christmas Eve morning I found an express mail package on my doorstep at 8:00 AM. Inside was my complimentary HO scale Branchville station kit from the...
A benefactor has sent me few new views of the Waterloo area. The first is a nice shot of the Sussex Railroad engine #3, the John I. Blair. The second is a...
To anyone who has the book 'Lackawanna Railroad in Northwest New Jersey'. Over the years I've found a few things which aren't quite right and I've noted them...
Dave - Thanks for that info! I have the book and will be annotating it with your corrections. I think I read on the Erie-Lackawanna mailing list that this book...
Bob, The Tri-State chapter of the NRHS (http://www.Tri-State-Rail-History.org/) has this book slated to be reprinted after Iron Mines of New Jersey....
As you are probably aware, by 1960, just prior to the Erie merger, Waterloo was served by only one train 6 days/week, westbound # 1021 (#1067 on Sat), stopping...
The Boston Flyer was the only regular through train on the Sussex Branch until the building of the Stanhope cut-off. It ran from about 1893-1896. Taber III...
... -- Pg. 153 Mail carrying on the Sussex Branch ended in 1958 ...And just about everywhere else! Wasn't that the dreadfull date when the Post Office...
Dave, I checked out the rock cut just south of Cranberry Lake. The rail bed is indeed there. In fact, with the thin layer of snow on the ground it really stood...
Dave, That is a great picture. I know this area very well and, like Doug, never suspected that there was a siding there. That is near the original horse-drawn...
The whole section between Cranberry Lake is under photographed as far as historic content goes. I'd love to find some photos of the Cascade mine operations,...
Dave, Perhaps the siding used the mule roadbed (since it was there, it would have been cheap to convert to a siding). I know the mule road makes an "S" near...
http://dlw-sussexbranch.com/Modeling/Plans/Netcong/Freight-House/freight.html The link above will take you to the latest addition to my website: drawings of...
Friends, Because of today's big storm out here in the northeast, I'm sending out this article which I'm finally deigning to type in. I'm sending it out in...
... So the engine containing all the train men with their shovels and buckets was cut loose and amid the howling wind and drifting snow, their cheery good-bye...
The conclusion... A party of five started with Mr. Burrell to try and get through to Hamler's. After an absence of nearly three hours they returned drawing Mr....
I've placed drawings of the DL&W/LNE passenger station at Augusta on the website. http://dlw-sussexbranch.com/Modeling/Plans/Augusta/augusta.html The station...
It's probably a 4th dimensional thing. The Augusta station, the one that I drew, was built in 1891 when the L&NE was built through Frankford Twp. In those...
Dave, Congratulations to you on bringing the Branchville Station back to life -- well, sort of. The new N Scale Architect kit of the Branchville station is...
Pilgrims, I have recently been informed that at the February 18th meeting of the Volunteer Railroads Association, the entertainment stands to be worth ... ...
I found the info about the time: VRA Meetings We hold the meetings on the 3rd Friday of May (21st), August (20th), November (19th) and February (2/18/2005)...
Mike, A newspaper article I have indicates that in January of 1959: "the Post Office Department terminated contracts with the Lackawanna Railroad for delivery...
Here's the article in reference to the termination of rail postal shipping to Sussex County. I've also placed it in the archives. Dave -- New Jersey Herald-...
I had occasion recently to speak to a former employee of the Becker & Son creamery. This employee actually worked in the Roseland facility, but was often on...
Dave, I was in Kittatinny State Park yesterday snowshoeing and I noticed what looked like a possible spur railbed that diverged from the Sussex Branch. I have...
Joe, I've seen that also -- many years ago, but don't know what it might have been. Norm ... From: jscheneck To: SussexBranch@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,...
Joe, You mean like right behind the portapotty where the parking lot ends? That was a spur for the Singer foundry. It went to a limestone quarry. The...
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