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Those tracks you see led to the Sterling Hill (NJ Zinc) mine in Ogdensburg NJ. They were once the NYS&W Hanford Branch, and the original mainline of the New Jersey Midland RR.

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When the Erie took control of the Squeak in the late 1800's, most, if not all, of the NYS&W steamers were retired and replaced with Erie power. Many were purchased by the NYS&W after the split, with the rest remaining on lease. The gray and maroon scheme on the new diesels were the colors of...

I saw 3 Corman semi's leaving Sparta today after dropping off several pieces of track equipment on the Mohawk siding. This was around 1:30 pm. Possibly ready to start CWR installation.
Bill T

SU-99 runs Mon/Wed/Fri nights. Usually leaves Ridgefield Park around 5 pm. I caught it in Franklin (ZINC) Wednesday at 7 pm.

In 1976, becomes part of Conrail.

To answer your questions: 1) Conrail kept the L&HR open from P'burg to Framklin/Ogdensburg to serve the Sterling Hill zinc mine until it closed around 1980. They began to pull up the rails from Sparta Junction west to stop ay further expansion of the "new" NYS&W around 1986. 2) The...

That's NYS&W's yard. They interchange with NS(CSAO?) and M&E there by way of the connecting track from the NJT Bergen County (Erie) line.

As per a thread on the Susquehanna forum, they are going back into revenue service.

They're currently on their way west on the 99

That would be the DL&W Sussex Branch

The former L&HR Rwy Vernon NJ station is The Place By The Tracks Deli. Good food and coffee.

116 is an EMD NW2 built 1948 as O&W 116

F45, Built 1971 as BN 6640. Bill T