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Starting a new thread for posting on the new Dover & Delaware River Railroad and associated operation the Dover & Rockaway River Railroad. Please posting sightings of DDRR road freight RP-1 and the new DRRR RW1 symbols or any other observations concerning these two roads.

The Morristown & Erie commenced operation of this year's Whippany Polar Express trains on November 18th. Does anyone know if the trains operate east, first, toward Morristown, before heading back west toward Hanover? Also, do they stop at Troy Hills Road to view Santa? Thank you

Blue Ridge Lumber in Kenvil receives several carloads of lumber per month. Cars are placed at the new Kenvil Team Track, located along the High Bridge Branch, for unloading

Last regularly scheduled freight train that passed Excee Tower was the 681 (Elizabethport to B&O-Eastside Yard) and counterpart train 682. Southbound 681 would pickup empty freight cars off the Staten Island RR in Cranford, while northbound 682 would set off loads. The Excee towerman would be bu...

Don't forget to paint the 21 and 23! The M&E gets lots of public exposure. Locomotives are utilized on those well attended Whippany Santa Trains. The railroad needs to show a positive image. The tagged M&E 23 looks terrible and is not a good way to advertise the railroad. Back when Ben ran t...

Apparently the former CNJ/Staten Island Railroad interchange yard in Cranford (between the site of Excee Tower and South Avenue) is being redeveloped. Any word on what is being developed at this site?

Morris County owns the track from Chester Junction to Horseshoe Lake. This portion of the Chester Branch is served by the Morristown & Erie Railway one or two days per week. Customers are Holland Manufacturing and Kuiken Brother Lumber in Succasunna. From Horseshoe Lake, thru Randolph, to just o...

Any news from URHS? What is happening at Boonton? Also, any progress with the repainting of the ex NJDOT E8 into the B&O livery?

M&E 18, with covered hopper cars, was eastbound through Dover, N.J., on the D&R Branch, at 10:20 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 10.

It's the former Chevron refinery, located between the Conrail Chemical Coast Line and NJ Transit's former PA&W Line (North Jersey Coast Line). Refinery is located adjacent to the site of the former CNJ RR Barber station.

SEPT. 16, SUN: FIRST ANNUAL NJ HISTORICAL TRANSPORTATION FESTIVAL at 100 Morris Avenue, Boonton, N.J. Featuring historic locomotives (PRR GG1 4877, Reading FP7, NJDOT E8), antique buses and trucks. From 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Adm: donations accepted. Info: phone (973) 838-6265 (from 9:00 a.m. to 9:0...

Conrail never operated the line. Delaware Otsego (NYS&W parent) ran the railroad from about 1985 to 1992. Power that traversed Rahway Valley rails had included at least one of the NYS&W GP18s, the SW9, NYO&W NW2 116,and, of course, the two RV GE70 ton units.

Was the 802 moved from Washington to Dover, NJ on Thursday afternoon? If not, going to assume that H-02 will tow the unit today, from Washington to Dover. Any updates are appreciated.

The Rockaway Valley RR once ran between a connection with the CNJ RR at Whitehouse, N.J. and Morristown, N.J. Primary business was the movement of peaches. The railroad went out of business about 90 years ago. Do any bridges or structures still remain? What portions of the right-of-way are still int...

Former Amtrak SW1 740 has been scrapped. Ex CP C424 4204 is in transit to the M&E. The locomotive departed Allentown, Pa. on January 10 on NS 38G, for Camden, NJ.