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3/19/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Chris S
Dates:1/12/2013 - 1/12/2013
Album Info:Photos from the Belvidere & Delaware River Railway, operators of a section the former Pennsy & PC Bel-Del line, along the Delaware River in western NJ
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Bel-Del Line
Title:  Bel-Del Line
Description:  The former Pennsy Bel-Del line just north of Milford, NJ; unknown at the time, I would return to this location an hour later via speeder for mow work
Photo Date:  1/12/2013  Upload Date: 1/13/2013 5:10:12 PM
Location:  Milford, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Views:  847   Comments: 3
Bel-Del line
Title:  Bel-Del line
Description:  A tight spot on the former PRR Bel-Del line; looking north, rock cliffs to the right & the Delaware River to the left. When the BDRR resumes excursion service to this long out-of-service section, it will be breathtaking.
Photo Date:  1/12/2013  Upload Date: 1/13/2013 5:20:26 PM
Location:  Milford, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Views:  1416   Comments: 7
Bel-Del Line
Title:  Bel-Del Line
Description:  As part of the days MOW crew, I pause for a quick shot along the former PRR Bel-Del line, as we continue with brush/tree clearing
Photo Date:  1/12/2013  Upload Date: 1/13/2013 5:24:31 PM
Location:  Milford, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Views:  726   Comments: 3
Bel-Del Line
Title:  Bel-Del Line
Description:  Waiting for the speeder to arrive to refuel my chainsaw, along the ex-PRR Bel-Del line, MP38
Photo Date:  1/12/2013  Upload Date: 1/13/2013 5:27:10 PM
Location:  Milford, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Views:  1013   Comments: 2
Bel-Del Line
Title:  Bel-Del Line
Description:  As we stop for lunch in Milford, I grab a shot of the 'business end' of todays MOW work detail; the adapted-for-rails wood chipper works like a charm
Photo Date:  1/12/2013  Upload Date: 1/13/2013 5:30:41 PM
Location:  Milford, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Views:  962   Comments: 6
Bel-Del Line
Title:  Bel-Del Line
Description:  Thanks for lunch, Don; our MOW gang prepares to depart the beautiful former Pennsy station in downtown Milford, exhausted but happy with the progress made on the southern end of the BDRR trackage.
Photo Date:  1/12/2013  Upload Date: 1/13/2013 5:35:09 PM
Location:  Milford, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Views:  1779   Comments: 7
BRW 752
Title:  BRW 752
Description:  When arriving for volunteer MOW work, one can never predict what the days transportation will be; today it was a February, 1956 graduate of LaGrange, Ill, originally built for the Northern Pacific. A very smooth runner, I must say.....
Photo Date:  3/2/2013  Upload Date: 3/2/2013 10:57:44 PM
Location:  Carpentersville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  BRW 752(GP9)
Views:  922   Comments: 7
BRW 752
Title:  BRW 752
Description:  The crew thought it best to park our 'ride' a ways back, in preparation for a badly leaning 75 foot tree that had to come down. Hurricane Sandy was not kind to this line, but the exhaustive efforts of the BDRR staff & volunteers have ensured that the upcoming season will operate safely, and on schedule
Photo Date:  3/2/2013  Upload Date: 3/2/2013 11:04:54 PM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  BRW 752(GP9)
Views:  909   Comments: 5
Future BDRR shop area
Title:  Future BDRR shop area
Description:  In the PRR days, this warehouse was served by rail; 6 months ago, you could hardly see the building for all of the trees. The hard working Bel-Del volunteers have done a great job of clearing the land around what will become the main shop of the railroad. If one listened closely on this day, the wood chipper could be heard screaming for mercy at times...
Photo Date:  5/5/2013  Upload Date: 5/5/2013 8:54:45 PM
Location:  Riegelsville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Scenic
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Views:  1122   Comments: 7
BDRR MOW crew
Title:  BDRR MOW crew
Description:  Looking south on the former Pennsy Bel-Del line at MP41, with the NRG/Reliant Energy Gilbert Generating Station to the right. Once coal-fired, this plant saw 80 car coal trains in the 1960s, until the change to oil, then to natural gas.
Photo Date:  4/6/2014  Upload Date: 4/6/2014 7:30:32 PM
Location:  Riegelsville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Views:  816   Comments: 3
BDRR MOW crew
Title:  BDRR MOW crew
Description:  I don't think anyone on the Belvidere & Delaware River thought that it would take this long to get to Milford; a terrible winter season kept work crews at bay, with the snow & ice just melting away in the past 2 weeks. It could have been worse, some flangeway clearing and a dozen or so trees across the row to clear, and the crew is ready for lunch. The rusty rails tell the whole story.....
Photo Date:  4/6/2014  Upload Date: 4/6/2014 7:36:16 PM
Location:  Milford, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Views:  836   Comments: 5
BDRV 1567
Title:  BDRV 1567
Description:  New on the property, BDRV 1567 rests on the Baer yard lead in fresh paint; unknown origin, said to be an ex-CEFX lease unit
Photo Date:  11/8/2014  Upload Date: 11/8/2014 10:52:06 PM
Location:  Carpentersville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BDRV 1567(SW1500)
Views:  902   Comments: 2
NYSW 142
Title:  NYSW 142
Description:  This is probably why shortline volunteers 'volunteer'; a quick cell phone pic, and back to work at the Belvidere & Delaware River Railway shops. A day on the RR is not easy, but scenes like this surely make it worthwhile...
Photo Date:  9/17/2016  Upload Date: 9/18/2016 4:09:33 PM
Location:  Carpentersville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NYSW 142(2-8-2)
Views:  1333   Comments: 0
NYSW 142
Title:  NYSW 142
Description:  Getting ready for her excursion duties on this beautiful late summer day, 142 backs out of the shop area to access the BDR mainline...the old PRR Bel-Del main along the Delaware River.
Photo Date:  9/17/2016  Upload Date: 9/18/2016 4:06:06 PM
Location:  Carpentersville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NYSW 142(2-8-2)
Views:  1228   Comments: 2
Excuse me....
Title:  Excuse me....
Description:  What the......?! One never knows what they will encounter during MOW duties along the railroad. A local business decided to use part of their driveway as a staging area, until the yard jockey was convinced that this was not the best idea.
Photo Date:  9/17/2016  Upload Date: 9/18/2016 4:18:12 PM
Location:  Riegelsville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Views:  738   Comments: 0
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  The first train to sit in front of the old PRR station in Milford in over 20 years; thousands of volunteer hours have made this day possible.
Photo Date:  9/24/2016  Upload Date: 9/24/2016 11:03:31 PM
Location:  Milford, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  1168   Comments: 4
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  Restored loco 146 sits on restored rails in Milford; many said this scene would never happen, but the dreams & hard work of many proved them wrong.
Photo Date:  9/24/2016  Upload Date: 9/24/2016 11:10:45 PM
Location:  Milford, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  888   Comments: 1
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  The first train across Bridge Ave. in Milford, NJ, in nearly a quarter-century rolls northward on the old PRR Bel-Del mainline on a beautiful early Autumn day.
Photo Date:  9/24/2016  Upload Date: 9/24/2016 11:16:15 PM
Location:  Milford, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  887   Comments: 1
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  Resting peacefully before her excursion runs, restored GE 45-tonner 146 sits on the old PRR Bel-Del main; this is the first train on this portion of the Belvidere & Delaware River Railway in over 20 years.
Photo Date:  9/24/2016  Upload Date: 9/24/2016 10:57:05 PM
Location:  Milford, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  880   Comments: 2
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  First class accomodations for the MOW gang this day, a far cry from the chilly speeder trips of years ago....
Photo Date:  1/14/2017  Upload Date: 1/17/2017 8:55:18 PM
Location:  Carpentersville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  1172   Comments: 1
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  With Don at the controls of his beautifully restored 45-tonner, and Rob & Jeff taking down some intruding limbs, I pause for a beautiful winter scene along the Delaware River as the snow begins to lightly fall while we work northward from Riegelsville.
Photo Date:  1/14/2017  Upload Date: 1/17/2017 9:01:49 PM
Location:  Riegelsville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Scenic,Winter
Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  1411   Comments: 3
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  Another annual winter MOW gang clearing trees along the right of way, just north of the yard in Carpentersville.
Photo Date:  1/14/2017  Upload Date: 1/17/2017 8:51:25 PM
Location:  Carpentersville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  936   Comments: 0
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  Todays MOW crew rests beside an old PRR phone shanty just north of Riegelsville on the old PRR Bel-Del mainline, waiting for lunch to be delivered after a hard mornings work.
Photo Date:  1/14/2017  Upload Date: 1/17/2017 8:58:22 PM
Location:  Riegelsville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  1072   Comments: 1
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  Greetings from Riegelsville, NJ; work continues on the out-of-service section of the Belvidere & Delaware River Railway. Promising things ahead for this section of the old PRR Bel-Del mainline, stay tuned....
Photo Date:  1/21/2017  Upload Date: 1/22/2017 8:41:28 PM
Location:  Riegelsville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  1616   Comments: 2
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  For only the third time in the last 20 years, a train visits small Riegelsville, NJ, on the old PRR Bel-Del main line. Thousands of volunteer man-hours and agressive fund raising has resurrected this southern portion of BDRR trackage, where 100 car freights once roamed the line.
Photo Date:  1/22/2017  Upload Date: 1/22/2017 1:18:17 AM
Location:  Riegelsville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  1417   Comments: 2
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  No, a tornado has not recently passed through this area; it's just the MOW gang felling trees along the southern end of the BDRR. Along with MOW work, a tie replacement project will help get trains back to Milford, some 6 miles south (away from the camera) from here.
Photo Date:  1/22/2017  Upload Date: 1/22/2017 1:25:24 AM
Location:  Pohatcong Twp, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  1588   Comments: 0
BDRR Track Equipment
Title:  BDRR Track Equipment
Description:  Ex-NS, nee-CR Tie crane rehabilitation; mechanically sound, Rob (left) and Pete prepare the new BDRR aquisition for a fresh coat of yellow paint.
Photo Date:  8/19/2017  Upload Date: 8/21/2017 11:14:10 PM
Location:  Holland Township, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Views:  720   Comments: 0
BDRR Track Equipment
Title:  BDRR Track Equipment
Description:  Newly acquired BDRR Tie Inserter is ready for work after a recent rehab. Why call Maaco when you can do a better job with a few dedicated RR volunteers?! She will be pressed into service this week as the southern end of the BDRR receives new ties on the old PRR Bel-Del line into Milford, NJ.
Photo Date:  8/19/2017  Upload Date: 8/21/2017 11:32:13 PM
Location:  Holland Township, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Views:  696   Comments: 0
BDRR Track Equipment
Title:  BDRR Track Equipment
Description:  With a couple of welds completed to strengthen the frame, our newly acquired Tie Inserter is receiving a new coat of safety yellow; master paint mixologist Pete (right) adds to the paint gun of spray master Don.
Photo Date:  8/19/2017  Upload Date: 8/21/2017 11:25:40 PM
Location:  Holland Township, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Views:  680   Comments: 0
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  The train returns to Milford for only the second time in the past 25 years; extensive trackwork on this section of the long neglected section of the old Pennsy line along the Delaware River should see trains returning to Milford more frequently over the next few years.
Photo Date:  9/23/2017  Upload Date: 9/25/2017 10:52:07 PM
Location:  Milford, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  947   Comments: 1
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  The Belvidere & Delaware River Railway is back in Milford for the 'Milford Alive' day-long festivities. Caboose hops were provided on the half-hour for over 300 patrons over the weekend. The old Pennsy lives!
Photo Date:  9/23/2017  Upload Date: 9/25/2017 10:31:23 PM
Location:  Milford, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  840   Comments: 1
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  This loco has spent her entire life in this area; purchased for the power plant 6 miles north of here, and recently restored to full operation, 'Millie' leads one of the many caboose hops on this day. This section of the old Pennsy Bel-Del route continues to be rebuilt, and the future looks very promising...
Photo Date:  9/23/2017  Upload Date: 9/25/2017 10:43:18 PM
Location:  Milford, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  899   Comments: 1
BDRV 133
Title:  BDRV 133
Description:  With yours truly flagging the crossing, and conductor Don keeping an eye out for engineer Don, BDRR Extra 146 shoves into the old Pennsy station to the delight of both young and old......
Photo Date:  9/24/2017  Upload Date: 9/25/2017 10:35:21 PM
Location:  Milford, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  732   Comments: 1
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  The first Belvidere & Delaware River Railway Santa Train in the past 15 years is ready to depart for Milford, NJ, on the old PRR Bel-Del Division main
Photo Date:  12/14/2018  Upload Date: 12/19/2018 8:35:49 PM
Location:  Holland Township, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  864   Comments: 1
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  BDRR Extra 146 (aka, The Santa Train) pauses alongside the Delaware River on the old PRR Bel-Del Main, where coal and ore trains ran just 50 years ago.
Photo Date:  12/14/2018  Upload Date: 12/19/2018 8:39:17 PM
Location:  Holland Township, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Night
Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  776   Comments: 1
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  Not knowing what to expect on our first Santa Train arrival in Milford in over 15 years, the crew was overwhelmed with 200 of our (now) closest friends. I did not even have to climb down to flag the Bridge St. crossing, as the Milford Fire Company had all bases covered & we rolled up to the ex-PRR station in grand fashion. Heartwarming is an understatement; this is exactly why we bust our butts rebuilding this scenic line with an all volunteer crew. Thank you Milford!
Photo Date:  12/14/2018  Upload Date: 12/19/2018 8:44:14 PM
Location:  Milford, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Night,Station
Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  733   Comments: 0
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  This crew's first Santa Train, arriving in Milford NJ. The all volunteer crew has been rebuilding the ex-Pennsy Bel-Del main from Milford northward to connect with the northern part of the Belvidere & Delaware River Railway which operates southward out of Phillipsburg, NJ. Seen here behind the Chestnut Hill Bed & Breakfast alongside the Delaware River with the hills of Pennsylvania in the background.
Photo Date:  12/14/2018  Upload Date: 12/19/2018 8:53:26 PM
Location:  Milford, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Winter,Night
Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  727   Comments: 0
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  Extra 146 is about to depart the new shop facility at Port Delaware on the Belvidere & Delaware River Railway to pick up NYS&WT&HS members at Lehigh Junction for a tour of the new shop and then a trip to DCS Snyders (5 miles south) for the annual meeting & picnic on a beautiful late summer day alongside the Delaware River in northwest NJ.
Photo Date:  9/7/2019  Upload Date: 9/9/2019 9:37:46 PM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  873   Comments: 3
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  BDRV Extra 146 is holding on the shop lead as BDRV train 506 shoves north to Lehigh Junction. Extra 146 will soon depart to pick up members of the New York, Susquehanna & Western Technical & Historical Society for the annual meeting, shop tour and picnic.
Photo Date:  9/7/2019  Upload Date: 9/9/2019 9:54:59 PM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner) BRW 811(GP9)
Views:  804   Comments: 2
BDRR Shops
Title:  BDRR Shops
Description:  Using relay rail from the home road (NYS&W), Don drills new bolt holes for Track Two into the new shops
Photo Date:  10/27/2019  Upload Date: 11/27/2019 9:58:00 PM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Yard,Track
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Views:  559   Comments: 0
BDRR Shops
Title:  BDRR Shops
Description:  NYS&WT&HS Society volunteers starting on Track Two into our new shop facility
Photo Date:  10/27/2019  Upload Date: 11/27/2019 9:53:48 PM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Yard,Track
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Views:  488   Comments: 0
BDRR Shops
Title:  BDRR Shops
Description:  NYS&WT&HS volunteers have developed into a legitimate track gang as they drill, plate, gauge and spike Track Two into the new shops
Photo Date:  10/27/2019  Upload Date: 11/27/2019 10:03:21 PM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Yard,Track
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Views:  549   Comments: 0
BDRR Shops
Title:  BDRR Shops
Description:  The NYS&W Track gang hard at work installing Track Two into the new BDRR shop facility
Photo Date:  11/16/2019  Upload Date: 11/27/2019 10:08:55 PM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Yard,Track
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Views:  494   Comments: 0
BDRR Shops
Title:  BDRR Shops
Description:  What a crew; crew leader Tommy (center) from the NYS&W watches as Don tightens bolts with Ron, Rob and Pete making sure everything is "dead-on balls accurate" on Track Two..
Photo Date:  11/23/2019  Upload Date: 11/27/2019 10:13:09 PM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Yard,Track
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Views:  487   Comments: 0
BDRR Shops
Title:  BDRR Shops
Description:  And......that's a wrap, folks. Few people realize how much work it is to lay rail. A small rolling gantry crane makes all the difference in the world, sliding each 1700 lbs of stick rail into place without major effort. Track 2 is complete, Track 3 alongside the building is a year or two off. NYS&W 142 (to the right) is coming along nicely with her 15 year inspection/overhaul, and the crates to the immediate right contain new tubing to be installed over the coming months.
Photo Date:  11/23/2019  Upload Date: 11/27/2019 10:17:42 PM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Views:  552   Comments: 0
NYSW 142
Title:  NYSW 142
Description:  Taken out of service in 2018 for her 15-year overhaul, the in-house project took a hit from the Pandemic. She is better than half-way through her stay in the shop as the NYS&WT&HS crew performs nearly all of the work themselves in hopes of getting the 142 back on the main in 2022. Don't try this at home, folks, this is an undertaking of huge proportions...
Photo Date:  8/8/2020  Upload Date: 8/15/2021 8:55:32 PM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NYSW 142(2-8-2)
Views:  715   Comments: 0
DRRV 2005
Title:  DRRV 2005
Description:  Newly acquired 2005 rests at the Port Delaware shops while PTC installation is completed.
Photo Date:  8/29/2020  Upload Date: 8/15/2021 9:02:02 PM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  DRRV 2005(GP38-2)
Views:  473   Comments: 0
NYSW M1
Title:  NYSW M1
Description:  The M1 is in the Port Delaware shops for inspection and initial work to get her running on her own again. This will be a several month project but should see a successful outcome later in 2022.
Photo Date:  10/24/2020  Upload Date: 8/15/2021 9:07:17 PM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NYSW M1(RDC1)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
DRR 146
Title:  DRR 146
Description:  The NYS&WT&HS mow crew assists in spreading ballast on track 2 at the Port Delaware shops. The forthcoming track 3 can be seen in it's beginning stage to the left of Ron in the orange shirt.
Photo Date:  5/15/2021  Upload Date: 8/15/2021 9:11:53 PM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  DRR 146(45Tonner)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
Port Delaware Shops
Title:  Port Delaware Shops
Description:  Work finally begins on Track 3 at the Port Delaware Shops of the New York, Susquehanna & Western Technical & Historical Society alongside the Belvidere & Delaware River Railway
Photo Date:  6/26/2021  Upload Date: 8/15/2021 8:05:57 PM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Views:  379   Comments: 0


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