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The two predecessors of the Middletown & New Jersey Railway have been well documented in print. These are the Middletown, Unionville & Water Gap Railroad and the Middletown & Unionville Railroad. The M&NJ was incorporated relatively recently, in 1947, and…
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TODAY ON THE M&NJ. On August 23rd Mike Joyce reported ties were being replaced near the top of the Branch, on the south side of Mud Mills Road. On August 29th, Mike wrote “Still putting ties in almost to the…
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PORT JERVIS, NY / BOONTON, NJ / DANBURY, CT / ARKVILLE, NY – Four non-profit organizationshave partnered to restore three identical historic locomotives to operation in New York, New Jersey,and Connecticut.Middletown & New Jersey Railroad No. 2, Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad…
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by Peter Brill October 4, 2021 Of course, the big news was the scrapping of three GE’s, No. 1 and the two ex-SP U-Boats.       After almost two decades of fires, not to mention deterioration caused by exposure to the…
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In late April, Middletown’s Mayor declared an interest in rebuilding the fire-damaged O&W station in light of an estimated $1.5 million to demolish the building. He was hopeful that as much as $5 million could be raised from various governmental…
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Construction on the Heritage Trail extension is active by Monhagen Brook along McVeigh Rd. A concrete lined tunnel will be constructed under Dolsontown Rd. A massive rebuild of the bridge over the Wallkill at New Hampton is in progress. The Toys…
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TODAY ON THE M&NJ Vol 23 No 3 Nov 2018

TODAY ON THE M&NJ In mid-June, we received word that M&NJ 2175 had been spotted on a train in Ohio. This appeared to be a GP38-2 rebuild. It reached Selkirk as of June 17th and then, for reasons unknown, embarked…
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Today on the M&NJ 22 #1 By Peter Brill

Modeling the M&NJ Enginehouse By Julian Cavalier Railroad Model Craftsman, October 1989. www.mnjrhs.org