Route 78 crossing after work was completed. This is part of rehab
work being done to repair crossings and clear the line, possibly to
Slate Hill.
Photos taken on 1/23/10, From left to right: Looking
West from Uhlig Rd, Uhlig Rd West, Uhlig Rd Northeast view, Wawayanda
Ave Northeast view, Wawayanda Ave Northeast view.
Photos taken on Wednesday Jan 27th as they were coming
back from Agway. They did some very quick switching at the station and
DG yard. Then back to Agway. Someone was getting a workout!!!!!! I was
wondering if they really had a 2nd crew for that night. Although I did
see a youtube video from the 26th of some East Penn guys and the No 2
running. They were towing it out of the enginehouse. I do not know what
they did with it after that.
I was given permission to enter the
Agway site today to check it out. Bring on the customers. Bridge is
owned by the railroad. Railroad Ave crossing completed, my understanding
is that Wisner Ave is next. There equipment is still at the railroad.
Supposedly 17 more cars were brought in and moved up the line recently.
Not confirmed yet. NS was supposed to bring in some articulated
container cars today. They have been sitting in Campbell Hall.
Left photo by Jeff Otto additional photos by Randy Stone
For more recent photos please
click here.
1-31-09
Here's one taken by my lovely wife Erika last
Thursday. M&NJ returns to Slate Hill. The MNJ has
opened the line to the passing loop behind the Slate Hill fire house
and are now storing hopper cars on the south end of the line.
Many of the cars carry PLCX markings which indicates ownership by GE
Railcar Services. Some published reports indicate that Class 1
railroads have as many as 30% of their cars in storage so this is a
"growth" industry in our down economy. Yesterday, July 1, 2009 the
train brought 9 more hoppers to Slate Hill. The cars are now
spotted on both sides of US 6. This photo taken June 25.
Train is departing SH with one hopper which is to be deposited at MP4
to block an illegal crossing. Dan Myers
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Five hopper cars at Slate Hill, June 18
2009. Randy Stone Photos.
May 26, 2009 - Hoops Rd with the hoppers blocking the
unauthorized crossing and then shots from McBride Rd. 1st North (east?)
towards Hoops Rd; then South (west ?) towards Slate Hill. Randy Stone Photos
May 29, 2009 - shots at DG yard with more hoppers for
Genpak & empties for Slate Hill line. Randy Stone Photos.
Work Continues on and around the M&NJ.
May 26, 2009 - Hoops Rd with the hoppers blocking the
unauthorized crossing and then shots from McBride Rd. 1st North (east?)
towards Hoops Rd; then South (west ?) towards Slate Hill
May 29, 2009 - shots at DG yard with more hoppers for
Genpak & empties for Slate Hill line. Randy Stone Photos.
Repairs being made at the Wickham Ave Crossing May
14, 2009. Photos by Ray Kelly.
Signage on
Wawayanda Avenue warns of crossing work on County Route 78 on Tuesday April
28, 2009.
Work crews from East Penn open up the
County Route 78 crossing.
Brush mowing ceased at the Creeden Hill crossing where
Elvree Farms has placed large amounts of packed dirt on the crossing. This
is an official road in the Town of Wawayanda.
Elvree Farms has created a second crossing about 100
yards south of the town road crossing. Careful study of the photo will
reveal the rails ands Milepost 4 lying in the immediate foreground.
Photos taken on 4-29 & 4-30
March 3, 2009, No. 773 and the last of the
flatcars staged and ready to leave. They left shortly after.
Last runs of the No. 2 Aug 25, 2007
NS Track work equipment at DG.
Looking north from Wisner Ave. O&W yards near the
yard office.
Is that BALLAST?
WOW! Has to be the 1st time in years
that a section of O&W track received ballast!
More Photos of NS track repair equipment stored at the M&NJ
from Randy Stone.
July 2007 Brings New Power to the M&NJ
From Dan Myers on 08/07/2007
A bulldozer has been put in place at O'Connor's Crossing (County Route
93) to begin pulling the rails of the M&NJ Ry.
The contractor is from Unionville and will begin to remove the rails
immediately toward Unionville.
Thus ends the 140 year steel connection between Wawayanda and Minisink.
The photo shows the Cat loader and the crossing at O'Connors 8-7-07.
A few weeks ago I took a commemorative 'last
run' on the lower end of the M&NJ Railway in the Town of Minisink.
Both of the enclosed photos were taken at Waterloo Mills, NY. Today I
returned to the site and found nothing but leaves where the rails had been
for the past 140 years. It will be interesting to see whether any
rails remain in the Town of Minisink in five weeks when the actual 140th
anniversary of the Middletown. Unionville & Water Gap RR's first run
occurred. Dan Myers - Fall 2007
Misc. Photos from the M&NJRHS
Archives
Click on each thumbnail photo and it will display a larger image.
The Images of Greg Suess
Special Thanks to Randy Stone for
sending these to the site!
Here's a photo of DG from the air in a 1963 aerial
survey.
This was given to Randy Stone and the M&NJRHS by the Middletown Historical
Society.
Aerial Photo of O & R Coal Gas Plant near the M&NJ RR
at Genung St Middletown NY - 1963
Photo Courtesy of the Middletown Historical Society
Westtown Depot - 1958 - Brian Parr Collection
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