NARCOA Susquehanna & Western On Sep 23 & 24 the Susquehanna turned over the track from Hawthorne, NJ to Warwick, NY to the North American Rail Car Owners Association(NARCOA) to run excursions. There were 35+ motor cars each day. VRA
M&NJ PICNIC 2000
The M&NJRHS hosted a great picnic on Sunday August 13th at Slate hill, and we were invited to attend. The day started out with a group of our members meeting at Johnson to get the cars out of the barn
Initial Sparta Cleanup
On Saturady, July 29, 2000 we made our initial assault on the Sparta station. On hand were (in alphabetical order) John Bazelwich, Dean Coupland, Jeff MacDuff, Charles Smith, K. C. Smith and Paul Trabert. First order of business was to
NEW M&NJ RULES
The following are 4 new rules that we have instituted for the operation of motor cars on the M&NJ. 1. The operation of motor cars on the M&NJ will not start until after 8 AM and will not end later
MOTOR CAR TRIP ON NYS&W
The VRA will be hosting a NARCOA motor car meet on the NYS&W on September 23rd and 24th. The trips will be based out of Butler NJ and run west on Saturday to Warwick, with a side trip down the
VRA helps with URHS Earle NWS trips
On June 24 th & 25th our Volunteer Railroaders opened the Y2K season by helping the URHS operate 4 round trips from Earle Naval Weapons Station to pier 3 at Leonardo, NJ. This was the first time the Navy has
Breakthru to Waterloo Road
On June 8, we resumed our weekday schedule of work on the M&NJ. Todays session was attended by K. C. Smith, Joe Weber, Charlie Roselius and Paul Trabert. We concentrated on clearing trees and brush near the newly built bridge
One washout filled – Another discovered
On Sunday, May 7th, 2000 a large group went up to Westown NY to help finish off the filling of the washout south of Westown. Included in the party were (alphabetically) Allen Alloco, Marie Bartiromo, Jim Conklin, Walter Conklin, Frank