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Belvidere And Delaware River Railway
The Belvidere & Delaware River Railway Company also known as Delaware River Railroad or Bel-Del, is a class III railroad in the United States. It was formed in 1995 when the Conrail Delaware Secondary line was purchased by the Black River Railroad System, which operates several railroad services in western New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. The Black River Railroad System also owns and operates the Black River and Western Railroad (BR&W). BR&W has leased of trackage to BDRV since 2004. The main freight service on the BDRV is south along the Delaware River from Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Phillipsburg to Carpentersville, New Jersey, Carpentersville, a distance of along the Delaware River in New Jersey. Much of the industry currently is lumber and stone. BDRV interchanges with Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) in Phillipsburg, which provides a connection to the National rail network. Commercial agreements also provide a connection with the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) at Allentown, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chesapeake And Delaware, LLC
Chesapeake & Delaware, LLC, sometimes known as "C&D", is the of several shortline railroads within the state of New Jersey in the United States. It comprises the * Dover and Delaware River Railroad (DD) * Dover and Rockaway River Railroad (DRRV) * Delaware and Raritan River Railroad (DRR) * Black River and Western Railroad (BRW) * Belvidere and Delaware River Railway (BDRV) There are connections from these shortlines to national railroads at a few points. The formation of Chesapeake & Delaware, LLC occurred in 2016. It is based in the Ringoes section of East Amwell Township, New Jersey. Its president is Kean Burenga. In 2018, when it was already operating its first three shortlines, the Dover and Rockaway River, the Belvidere and Delaware River, and the Black River and Western, Chesapeake and Delaware, LLC filed application with the federal Surface Transportation Board to begin operating the Dover and Delaware River Railroad on a leased basis from Norfolk Southern T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad ( reporting mark PRR), legal name as the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy," was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At its peak in 1882, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the largest railroad (by traffic and revenue), the largest transportation enterprise, and the largest corporation in the world. Over its existence, Pennsylvania Railroad acquired, merged with, or owned part of at least 800 other rail lines and companies. At the end of 1926, it operated of rail line;This mileage includes companies independently operated. PRR miles of all tracks, which includes first (or main), second, third, fourth, and sidings, totalled 28,040.49 at the end of 1926. in the 1920s, it carried nearly three times the traffic as other railroads of comparable length, such as the Union Pacific and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroads. Its only formidable rival was the New York Centra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CRRC Tangshan
CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd., is a manufacturer of rolling stock located in Tangshan, Hebei province, People's Republic of China. While Datong built mainline steam locomotives until 1988, Tangshan built steam for industrial use until 1999, becoming the last works in the world to build steam for non-tourist use. History The predecessor of the subsidiary, Tangshan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works was founded before the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. It was nationalized and remaining as an entity of the Ministry of Railways until 2002, when it was a manufacturing facility of (LORIC). In 2002, LORIC was split into CNR Group and CSR Group, which Tangshan works belonged to the former due to geographical location. CNR Group and CSR Group also belonged to newly established State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, another department of the State Council. Due to the initial public offering of China CNR, the assets of the works was injected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Railways SY
China Railways SY is a () 2-8-2 Mikado locomotive operated by the China Railway. It was built mostly by Tangshan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works between 1960 and 1999. History and design The SY class was developed by the Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Co., and the primary purpose for the locomotives was usage in industrial services. The basis for the SYs was the JF6 class, which was already a lighter variant of the JF1 class designed by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO), but the SYs would incorporate some newer design features introduced on other locomotives, such as the JS and RM classes. The SY features the JF6s lacked included taller smokestacks, different front step and handrail arrangements, different motion bracket arrangements, a higher boiler pressure (, a lower axle loading (, and all boxpok driving wheels. The new class was originally designated as the GN (), but it was quickly changed to SY (). The SY designation was possibly influenced by a quot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York, Susquehanna And Western 142
New York, Susquehanna and Western 142 is a China Railway, China Railways SY class 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive. It was built as SY-1647M in May 1989 by the Tangshan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works for the Valley Railroad (Connecticut), Valley Railroad in the United States. Its design was altered to meet requirements for U.S. operation. It made its inaugural run for the VALE in early 1990. Inspired by VALE, the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway ordered a similar locomotive, but it sank with its cargo ship en route from China. So the NYS&W bought VALE's locomotive in late 1991, renumbered it as 142, and used it pull mainline Excursion train, excursion trains throughout New Jersey and New York (state), New York state. Since 2003, the locomotive has been owned by the NYS&W Technical and Historical Society, and since 2004, it has been operated by the Belvidere and Delaware River Railway. Background Design No. 142’s associated class, the SY locomotive, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York, Susquehanna And Western Railway
The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway , also referred to as the Susie-Q or the Susquehanna, and formerly the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad, is an American Railroad classes#Class II, Class II Rail freight transport, freight railway operating over of trackage in the states of New Jersey, New York (state), New York, and Pennsylvania. The NYS&W was formed in 1881 out of a merger of six smaller railroads. After formation, the new NYS&W's primary business concern was transporting Anthracite, anthracite coal out of Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley Coal Region, coal region, a business that would last into the twentieth century. From 1898 to 1940, the NYS&W operated as a subsidiary of the Erie Railroad after JP Morgan purchased a majority stake on the Erie's behalf. The Susquehanna emerged from the Erie's control in 1940 as part of a bankruptcy reorganization begun in 1937. Around this time the railroad began winding down its coal operations (until finally discontinuing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Dora, Florida
Mount Dora is a city in Lake County, Florida. It is part of the Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, metropolitan statistical area. Founded in 1880, Mount Dora is known for its small-town southern charm. It has many antique shops in the downtown area. The downtown area overlooks Lake Dora. Mount Dora is home to one of three freshwater lighthouses in Florida. It hosts many monthly festivals and is known as the "Festival City". As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 16,341. History The town of Mount Dora began in 1874 when the area was settled by David Simpson, his wife, and two children. In 1880, Ross C. Tremain became the town's first postmaster, and later a major real-estate developer for the area. A post office called Mount Dora has been in operation since 1883. Tremain named the unincorporated village ''Royellou'', after his children, Roy, Ella, and Louis. The community was renamed for Dora Ann Drawdy, who was an early settler of the town in the mid-1880s. In 1846, the surve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essex, Connecticut
Essex is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. The population was 6,733 at the 2020 census. It is made up of three villages: Essex Village, Centerbrook, and Ivoryton. History The Great Attack Essex is one of the few American towns to have ever been attacked by a foreign power; this occurred on April 8, 1814, and the economic losses were among the largest sustained by the United States during the War of 1812. Twenty-eight vessels, with a total value estimated to be close to $200,000 (at a time when a very large two story home in Essex, then known as Potapoug Point, would have been worth no more than $1,000), were destroyed by the British. One historian has called it the "Pearl Harbor" of that war. On that date, approximately 136 British marines and sailors under the command of Richard Coote (or Coot"Essex", Mary Murphy, the Hartford Courant, April 25, 2007, Middlesex County adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valley Railroad (Connecticut)
The Valley Railroad , operating under the name Essex Steam Train and Riverboat, is a Heritage railway, heritage railroad based in Essex, Connecticut on tracks of the Connecticut Valley Railroad, which was founded in 1868. The company began operations in 1971 between Deep River, Connecticut, Deep River and Essex, Connecticut, Essex, and has since reopened additional parts of the former Connecticut Valley Railroad line. It operates the Essex Steam Train and the Essex Clipper Dinner Train. History Construction The vision of a Valley Railroad started in the 1840s when President of the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company, James Clark Walkley traced the 44-mile route by stagecoach with friend Horace Johnson. Walkley and a group of business men obtained a state charter on July 17, 1868, to form the Connecticut Valley Railroad Company and start the process of building a railroad. During 1868–1869, survey crews worked to map out the line from Hartford, Connecticut, to Old Saybrook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York, New Haven And Hartford Railroad
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad , commonly known as The Consolidated, or simply as the New Haven, was a railroad that operated principally in the New England region of the United States from 1872 to 1968. Founded by the merger of the New York and New Haven Railroad, New York and New Haven and Hartford and New Haven Railroad, Hartford and New Haven railroads, the company had near-total dominance of railroad traffic in Southern New England for the first half of the 20th century. Beginning in the 1890s and accelerating in 1903, New York banker J. P. Morgan sought to monopolize New England transportation by arranging the NH's acquisition of 50 companies, including other railroads and steamship lines, and building a network of electrified trolley lines that provided interurban transportation for all of southern New England. By 1912, the New Haven operated more than of track, with 120,000 employees, and practically monopolized traffic in a wide swath from Boston to New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County, New Jersey, Mercer County. It was the federal capital, capital of the United States from November 1 until December 24, 1784.New Jersey County Map , New Jersey Department of State. Accessed July 10, 2017. Trenton and Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton are the two principal cities of the Trenton–Princeton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses those cities and all of Mercer County for statistical purposes and constitutes part of the New York metropolitan area#Combined statistical area, New York combined statistical area by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riegelsville, New Jersey
Riegelsville is an unincorporated community located in Pohatcong Township in Warren County, New Jersey. It is connected to Riegelsville, Pennsylvania across the Delaware River by the Riegelsville Bridge at the confluence of the Musconetcong River with the Delaware River. The Riegelsville Company Town Historic District encompassing the community was listed in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places The New Jersey Register of Historic Places is the official list of historic resources of local, state, and national interest in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The program is administered by the New Jersey's state historic preservation office wit ... in 1998. Transportation NJ County Route 627, also known as Riegelsville Milford Road and Riegelsville Warren Glen Road, runs north-south through the community. A tourist railroad that operates on the Belvidere and Delaware River Railway terminates near the Riegelsville Bridge. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
