Middletown & New Jersey Railway Historical Society
New Publication
The Monticello & Port Jervis Railway Company was incorporated to construct and operate a railroad from Monticello to the Erie at Port Jervis, a distance of 23.75 miles. The broad gauge road officially began operations on January 23, 1871. The M&PJ was reorganized as the Port Jervis & Monticello Railroad Company on July 16, 1875. The PJ&M was reorganized as the Port Jervis, Monticello & New York Railroad Company on November 17th, 1886. The PJM&NY entered receivership on November 14th, 1893. On March 15th, 1900, the O&W announced it had acquired stock control of the PJM&NY and, on December 12, 1902, the O&W organized the Port Jervis, Monticello & Summitville Railroad to succeed the PJM&NY.
This book covers. about a dozen years, the last days of steam and the entire diesel era. An eclectic variety of diesels, still limited in size by the Neversink River bridge, arrived in the late 1940’s: double-headed GE 44-tonners, Whitcombs, an experimental GE diesel produced for the US Army and an F3A would be employed, and not all types were up to the task. Finally, the restricting bridge was strengthened, and the diesel power situation was resolved in a manner similar to that for the entire O&W system. The NW-2’s would handle the local jobs. Only the NW-2’s remained and one of their number, out of Middletown, would power the last train on March 29, 1957.
A large selection of train paperwork illustrates operations in the very late steam era and in the diesel era. Customers and commodities are presented. An ill-fated proposal for the movement of air-activated cement container traffic off the New York Central to Monticello is discussed in detail with illustrations and correspondence.
A final chapter presents steam era material gathered since the first volume. It includes a look at some of the commodities handled.
188 pages, 64 black & white images, 105 railroad documents, 8 maps/diagrams, indexed, soft cover and glossy paper
Members only price is $40.00 + $5.00 P&H
Non-Member price is $50.00 + $5.00 P&H
Make checks payable to MNJRHS and send to:
MNJRHS
P.O. Box 848
New Hampton, NY 10958-0848
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Recently the Middletown & New Jersey Railway Historical Society received an email from the TOYX,Inc. group concerning the Rapido model railroad manufacturers announcement. Rapido is producing the MNJ No 2 GE 44 Tonner in HO scale. The TOYX, Inc. group has a special offer for purchasing the model and the proceeds will be applied towards the refurbishment of the actual MNJ No 2 which is in Port Jervis, NY. See below……….
