Love the projector sound. I can still remember the big white screen we had as a kid. And the different smells from the projector and the screen. Priceless footage of a time we will never see again.
Great video i saw a few trains in this area in the 1960's, then seeing the sussex line after the rails were pulled Newton station was ther for some time after sad this all has changed
We have some of these open vestibule cars at the Black River and Western RR. One is in service and very nicely restored. Apparently it was involved in a munitions explosion in 1918 just after it was built at the Meadowlands and we found evidence of the repairs done to it then as it had some holes in it from exploding shells....
neat seeing the lackawanna {deleware lackawanna and western} and Erie just great seeing the old cars and passenger cars being pulled by first gen diesels! great movies you have to remember you only had probably 8 min of run time, unlike VHS up too 45 min. thank you for presenting all this history!
Living in the midwest you don't think of the rural areas of the East too much but this was some pretty interesting territory. To still see those milk cars and old combines is just fantastic plus I think of all the people who rode to work order go shopping behind a Trainmaster as just a normal everyday experience. I can almost hear that FM Roar and think of that would have been the greatest non fan trip out there. Excellent coverage thanks for sharing
I grew up in the area in the film (I am in my mid 40s). Its far less rural there now. I moved to the Midwest where, you are right, it is still blessedly more rural. 30:15
@@bobjaan8827 I think back as a kid to 1961 you could ride the North Shore from Chicago to Milwaukee and if you drove it was old US 41. North Shore is long gone and I-94 is now four lanes each way and there is almost no Farmland left between the two cities by the freeway. Take care
Outstanding video. Plenty of scenic modeling opportunities for my HO railroad. I love the early locomotives and seeing the buildings and the trains passing through the countryside. Very nice.
I love this footage. I grew up in Newton NJ and walked through the cut near the Station in Newton on my way to school. I always liked knowing that trains ran where I was walking. I rode my bike along the old right of way many times as a kid in both directions as a kid. This was the 90s by the way and the tracks were long gone, yet the rail trail was just cinder balast and not that refined compared to now. Awesome footage. Thanks for sharing.
Hmm. I spent the summer of 1977 in Swartswood ~6 miles west of Newton where we would go into a few times each week. I was very much into trains, but I don't recall seeing the trackbed or vestiges of the old station anywhere in town because I mostly drove on US206 and the County 519 and 622 roads which were on the west/north side of the town and the rail line adjoined on the East side.
I grew up right next to the train tracks in Woods hole, Mass. It was the end of the line for the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad, where passengers would disembark to take the ferries to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Islands. My brother and I got to ride in the cab with the engineer one day, who let us "help" him take the train back up the tracks to the chicken coop before we got off! I have been fascinated with trains my whole life and was heartbroken when service ended in 1964. Wish I had become a Lady Train Engineer! Thank you for these nice old documentaries about trains in the good old days1
In 1979 we went east. At Roanoke was NW 173. The last H 24 66 to operate. Talking to a local, he said that NW had "promised" 173 to the Roanoke museum. I had my pic taken in front of 173. 173 was turned into a slug.
Given the locomotives and the autos we saw at some stations, I would say the film covered the lated 50s into the early 60s. I believe the Sussex branch was abandoned in the early to mid 60s, but I could be off a bit.
Love the projector sound. I can still remember the big white screen we had as a kid. And the different smells from the projector and the screen. Priceless footage of a time we will never see again.
Most excellent historic footage! Sussex branch first time I saw pics of it.
Thank you for sharing.👍
The clip around 18:00 is of the L&HR 100th Anniversary Trip Special in June of 1960
I was looking for info on that move. Thank you for sharing that info.
Fantastic footage of my beloved Sussex Branch! Thank you for posting this video!
Great video i saw a few trains in this area in the 1960's, then seeing the sussex line after the rails were pulled Newton station was ther for some time after sad this all has changed
We have some of these open vestibule cars at the Black River and Western RR. One is in service and very nicely restored. Apparently it was involved in a munitions explosion in 1918 just after it was built at the Meadowlands and we found evidence of the repairs done to it then as it had some holes in it from exploding shells....
Interesting to see the two brand new Bessemer & Lake Erie boxcars in the Port Morris sequence at 4:57 and 5:15.
Great video, thank you for preserving history!
This is amazing! Thank you so much for posting this. I never knew a film of the branch existed.
neat seeing the lackawanna {deleware lackawanna and western} and Erie just great
seeing the old cars and passenger cars being pulled by first gen diesels! great movies
you have to remember you only had probably 8 min of run time, unlike VHS up too 45 min.
thank you for presenting all this history!
Very nice. Thank you for sharing
Excellent ! So much good has been lost.
Living in the midwest you don't think of the rural areas of the East too much but this was some pretty interesting territory. To still see those milk cars and old combines is just fantastic plus I think of all the people who rode to work order go shopping behind a Trainmaster as just a normal everyday experience. I can almost hear that FM Roar and think of that would have been the greatest non fan trip out there. Excellent coverage thanks for sharing
I grew up in the area in the film (I am in my mid 40s). Its far less rural there now. I moved to the Midwest where, you are right, it is still blessedly more rural. 30:15
@@bobjaan8827 I think back as a kid to 1961 you could ride the North Shore from Chicago to Milwaukee and if you drove it was old US 41. North Shore is long gone and I-94 is now four lanes each way and there is almost no Farmland left between the two cities by the freeway. Take care
@@bobjaan8827 Many leave NJ because it's a political dumpster fire and nanny state.
Outstanding video. Plenty of scenic modeling opportunities for my HO railroad. I love the early locomotives and seeing the buildings and the trains passing through the countryside. Very nice.
Wow does this bring back memories!! Used to see the train turn in Denville.
Great historical and scenic railfanning movie video. I'm not familiar with the area, but it looks like a beautiful and slow paced era to live.
I was kooking for the stretch near waterloo village that is now a rail to trail but I didnt see anything i recognized.
Outstanding. The region has changed so much in the last 55+ years. So much high grade infrastructure lost.
Awesome stuff
I love this footage. I grew up in Newton NJ and walked through the cut near the Station in Newton on my way to school. I always liked knowing that trains ran where I was walking. I rode my bike along the old right of way many times as a kid in both directions as a kid. This was the 90s by the way and the tracks were long gone, yet the rail trail was just cinder balast and not that refined compared to now. Awesome footage. Thanks for sharing.
Hmm. I spent the summer of 1977 in Swartswood ~6 miles west of Newton where we would go into a few times each week. I was very much into trains, but I don't recall seeing the trackbed or vestiges of the old station anywhere in town because I mostly drove on US206 and the County 519 and 622 roads which were on the west/north side of the town and the rail line adjoined on the East side.
I grew up right next to the train tracks in Woods hole, Mass. It was the end of the line for the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad, where passengers would disembark to take the ferries to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Islands. My brother and I got to ride in the cab with the engineer one day, who let us "help" him take the train back up the tracks to the chicken coop before we got off! I have been fascinated with trains my whole life and was heartbroken when service ended in 1964. Wish I had become a Lady Train Engineer! Thank you for these nice old documentaries about trains in the good old days1
Yes, that is te RT206 Bridge. Great video and thanks for sharing.
Look at all of those FM Foamasters
FM TRAINMASTERS
Best footage of Lackawanna trainmasters ever !!
In 1979 we went east. At Roanoke was NW 173. The last H 24 66 to operate.
Talking to a local, he said that NW had "promised" 173 to the Roanoke museum.
I had my pic taken in front of 173.
173 was turned into a slug.
This is fantastic footage of the Sussex Branch! Thanks for sharing!
@@seven8n235 I was foaming out watching this lol.
What year was this?
Given the locomotives and the autos we saw at some stations, I would say the film covered the lated 50s into the early 60s. I believe the Sussex branch was abandoned in the early to mid 60s, but I could be off a bit.