Our reading this week comes from the June 30, 1880 issue of the New Jersey Herald New Jersey Herald - June 30 1880 issue (from the 125 Years Ago section of the...
I decided to send this out the evening before in case anyone wishes to scare their kids. On July 10, 1966 the Sussex Branch of the Lackawanna railroad saw the ...
Dave, Pls send to iron mines Group. I can't find email addr. Ron I got a look at Google Earth on my brother in law's computer. It's way cool! My only hope...
That 'gate was a feature of the boonton line cars to keep passengers from walking through the open vestibules while the train was moving. The train mentioned...
Today's reading comes from The September 11, 1902 issue of the New Jersey Herald. Interesting the mention of soft coal on a DLW train in 1902. I thought they...
Kent Loudon wrote: My experience has been that reporters of the past made up some facts if it made the story more interesting. Dave -- ... -- The First...
I think it might be a vast conspiracy by gov't insiders to slander the DL&W for sneaking in inferior coal, thus rendering the Phoebe Snow campaign inaccurate,...
Warren LeMay
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Warren LeMay wrote: ...vast conspiracy by gov't insiders to slander the DL&W for sneaking in inferior coal, thus rendering the Phoebe Snow campaign...
I just got back from a visit to the NJ state Archives in Trenton. It was a good trip. I found a few interesting bits which I will be releasing in the coming...
To start with the less Earth-shatttering finds, in the Public Utilities Commission Land/Engineering report, I discovered 2 entries for the water tanks at...
More from the Public Utilities Commission reports (1918) Franklin is listed as having a Scale house (on the DL&W.) It was built in 1898 and had a tin shingle...
This just in... There IS a structure indicated on my map which closely matches the footprint of this interlocking. It is DLW timetable west of the station on...
Dave, Assuming the height and diameter are equal, 20,000 gallons of water would fit into a tank approximately 15' height and 15' diameter. Adding for...
And there's the math, courtesy of Bill Nowicky. ... 22,590 ... Dave, Assuming the height and diameter are equal, 20,000 gallons of water would fit into a tank...
Dave, My April 1915 DL&W Equipment and Facilities book lists the Newton water tank as 24,000 gallons with 1-10 inch crane. Branchville Jct water tank was...
fred heilich
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Dave, Checking my 1918 NYS&W Val Maps that were updated for a period shows the Franklin Station as 20 ft x 66 ft not counting the platform. It was at station...
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Bill, As a mechanical engineer, I agree as it worked out to be about 100 ft (101 ft) per station. I had worked it out some time ago for the NYS&W with the 0...
fred heilich
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Responding to Dave's "surveying question" and using the information of Fred below........... ... (non metes and bounds) measurements, a "station" is strictly a...
Bill Truran
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... Just HOW did they transport one to Branchville Jct? -Kent...
As does my 1915. I must have mis-typed 22,000, or I've got that number stuck in my head. They were both 24,000. Dave -- Dave, My April 1915 DL&W Equipment...
Probably on a flat car. It's only about 3 miles. ... -- The First Railroad in Sussex County New Jersey http://DLW-SussexBranch.com Monomania can be a good...
Fred, I have those same map. RE the passenger station. Compare the footprint of that with the DL&W 1918 vals. You'll see 2 things: The station is about 40...
(forwarded from another list, but I thought it was interesting enough to pass along. -DR) I'm planning an O scale shortline layout based on the premise that...
... alternate universe -- cast-off some older lines in an effort to streamline and maintain solvency? I'm just curious... Not based on any factual knowledge,...
There was talk of running ski trains up the DL&W to Netcong to Andover Jct to the L&HR to the Vernon Valley resorts back in the late 60's, but it didn't come...
fred heilich
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New Jersey Herald - August 3, 1905 issue (From the NJH 7 Aug 2005 Local Page) TOWN DOINGS CLEVERLY TOLD The new turn table has been put into place and is...
This is curious. According to this article, through trains were about to be run from Greycourt (a Lehigh and Hudson town) to Waterloo (a SRR/DLW station) The...
My friend, Bill Truran is presenting a slide show on the history of Franklin Borough's railroads on August 25 at 7 PM at the Franklin Branch of the Sussex...
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