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Mr. Jarvis.......The son of the fireman on the local - jon Broscious now a retired Amtrak conductor - would like to talk with you about this wreck!!!!! Might you e-mail me at [email protected] to arrange for the two of you to be connected!!! Thank you!!!!!!

The Hopewell Valley Historical Society is conducting a hike in the Alliger Park (Hopewell, NJ) on Saturday, June 4th, beginning at 200pm. The hike will include a view of the Mercer & Somerset RR right-of-way. Contact me ([email protected]) for details or to signup....

The Mercer & Somerset video might still be available from Lakeside Slides.....e-mail to [email protected] will provide an answer......thanks for coming to my presentation!!!

I will be presenting my Mercer & Somerset (slide) show on Wednesday, January 6th (2016) at the Hopewell Presbyterian Church (80 W. Broad Street) Hopewell, NJ, starting at 7:00pm. The day marks the 140th anniversary of the "frog war" !! Further information is available via the Hopewell ...

Recall that caboose too.....the ex D&H versions were bay window configuration....thank for your response!!!!

.......that's the one now in the blue/yellow "M&NJ" colors......

By Conrail conveyance day, the D&H received 13 ex EL bay window cabooses which were numbered 35805-17 (ex EL C-348-380). Later, 4 were sold to NJ Transit (35809/11/17 and one more.) NJT (re)numbered them 904-07. The 904 (ex 35811) is "stuffed and mounted" at Liberty State Park; the 906...

By Conrail conveyance day, the D&H received 13 ex EL bay window cabooses which were numbered 35805-17 (ex EL C-348-380). Later, 4 were sold to NJ Transit (35809/11/17 and one more.) NJT (re)numbered them 904-07. The 904 (ex 35811) is "stuffed and mounted" at Liberty State Park; the 906...

Trying to get an answer for an out-of-town colleague....He's been trying to gather some missing mileage inc. the LIC - Jamaica "Lower Montauk" Line.....(506/564 used to operate that way, but no longer and his most recent trip/attempt on train 506 went via Woodside and HPA.) Train crew told...

.......Went airbourne in 1982 (?) and r-o-w very visible then too; present M&S slide show in Morristown last week and used aerial views therewithin!!!

I'm familiar with the map; there is a Hopewell Museum on Route 518 (open Mon/Wed/Sat).

I have been asked to dust off my "Mercer & Somerset" slide show for the DelVal Chapter (NRHS) meeting on Friday, October 19 in Morrisville. I believe the meeting begins at 730pm. Interested persons can contact me off list ([email protected]) for further information.

Meets: The Sunday meet (Southampton) typically occurs a bit differently (and based on timekeeping); witnessed the following more than once, so I believe it to be the standard: Westbound has arrived on siding; eastbound into the station. Eastbound departs and westbound re-enters main and proceeds int...

Reference meets on the Montauk line: Grab the branch timetable and do some plotting of traintimes. (There used to be the "famous" meet at Southampton about 200pm on Sundays that dictated a timetable note to passengers to make sure they stayed off the tracks and board the right train! Short...

Saw a photo recently of the "Saratoga Inn" stored south of Albany; any up-date on the "Adirondack Lodge"? In preparation for supplementing an existing (broad-based) D&H slide show with one focusing on the last decade of passenger service, were the first batch of E-L cars (fiv...