Toms Raritan River
Railroad Page
www.RaritanRiver-RR.com
Last Update 1/19/2008
(New content is in yellow)
rrrr-south-river-bridge.jpg
This is a great shot
of EMD Number 4 and an assortment
of
cars running over the South River Swing
Bridge.
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Introduction
I grew up in East
Brunswick, New Jersey in the early 80s, long after the
.
Raritan River Railroad
·
1. South
River, New Jersey
2. World War I
sabotage on the Raritan River Railroad!!!
3. Ducks
Nest Pond as an official stop 1926-1937
4. Forgotten
traces as seen in the maps from 1915-1940
- My Favorite Pictures MyFavs
- I have so many, I decided to create a single page for these gems! new 9/13/05
- Maps Maps Page Includes two Official RRRR
System maps from 1937 and 1947!
- NRHS Pictures NRHS
Pictures - Courtesy North Jersey Chapter 3/25/2005
- 53
pictures discovered from the NRHS Archives and published with permission!
- Includes
some never seen before pictures of Passenger Cars, Combines, US Railway
Express Cars, Cranes, Gondolas, Engines, Cabooses.
- Of
course a few new pictures from the NRHS Special of May
28, 1938!
- My Favorite
Picture from the collection full size! (7/31/1937)
·
Pictures from Bill Burke 40 Pictures of
the RRRR 9/6/2005
- Fred
Diebert used some of Bills photos when
compiling Rails up the Raritan
- Published
with permission by Bill himself!
- Includes
my favorite
shot, the
new Parlin Station in 1917 with SIX passenger cars all ready to
go!!!!!
- Joe Basaras
Pictures Posted! 11/5/2005
- Surviving
Rolling Stock Check out the 4 remaining cars of the RRRR!
- Box Car 100 9/6/2005 - The
Raritan River Railroads original Box car number 100 Found in
Quakertown and Documented This car is so special it
requires a page all to itself.
- Speeders! Who would have guessed!
1. 1927-28 Locomotive No.11
2. 1947 Locomotive No.15
- Movies The RRRR
was actually in a few silent films from the early 1910s. Here I hope to include a list
- Field Trips Every year, a small
group of loyal Railfans take a walking tour
along the line.
- Train Chasing
on the Western End of the old Raritan River Mainline 4/2005 - a fun
filled day chasing the local train as it makes its way west to the last
active customer on the line -
- Memorabilia
- Models
The Raritan River Railroad lives on in O HO and N Scale Model
Trains!
- HO
Scale BoxCars
- N
Scale Box Cars
- O
Scale EMD Engine and Caboose
.
- Books/Magazines Articles
- Rails up the Raritan, Fred Deibert, Railpace
Publishing, 1983
- Usually
found on Ebay Average Price $65!
- Most
local libraries in Middlesex County
will have a copy.
- Rarely
shows up at Train Shows.
- Scanned
and Posted Here
- Trains
(magazine), Raritan River Railroad (article title), By Fred Deibert (author), Page 38-43, Copyright 1944
- Fred
Deiberts First
published article about the RRRR 39
years before Rails up the Raritan!
- HIGHBALL A Pageant of Trains
Chapter 1 is almost entirely dedicated to the Raritan River Railroad. By Lucius Beebe (author), Pages 14-26, Copyright 1945
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- Web Sites Other Fine Sites and
Pages Dedicated to the Raritan River
Railroad
.
- Contact Me, Please!
- If you have a Raritan River Story to tell, or just want chat
about the old Ricky, send me an e-mail.
I would love to hear from you and post your stories. Also, if you
see an error in my details, please let me know!
- Tom_E_Reynolds@yahoo.com
- Send me a letter at:
Thomas Reynolds
960 Cadmus
Rd
Pottstown, PA 19465
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