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his son, George, the railroad's fortunes began to change. Louis Keller died in 1922 and his estate made Roger Clark president. Clark abolished the last vestiges of the railroad's passenger service and began to replace the deteriorated locomotive roster. Nos. 9 and 10 were traded in to
General Equipment Co. for No. 11, a 2-6-0 "Mogul"-type, in 1922. No. 12 was purchased in 1927 but was deemed too large for continued operation over the railroad and was retired a year later. It was not until 1928, when Nos. 13 and 14 were purchased, that the RV had an adequate locomotive roster.
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this bond issue became active in 1909 which effectively reverted control of the railroad to the
Elmirans. To circumvent this, Keller organized an operating company, the Rahway Valley Company, Lessee, to lease and operate the Rahway Valley Railroad Company. After the Elmirans died, their respective estates looked to liquidate their bond holdings and wished to sell the railroad. Keller eventually acquired the mortgage bonds, supplementing his status as the railroad's majority shareholder. The Keller family maintained a majority ownership of the railroad through 1986.
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received less maintenance in years past, so derailments were frequent. In 1988, the now-unused former Lehigh Valley connection was removed. Monsanto Corp. closed and Jaeger Lumber discontinued service in 1991. With virtually no business left to serve the
Delaware Otsego Corp. closed the Rahway Valley Railroad along with the Staten Island Rapid Transit line in April 1992, the RVRR having only one customer left.
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Conrail, the last train ran to Summit in 1976. No longer using the Summit connection, the RVRR increasingly used the former Lehigh Valley connection and less and less used the former CNJ connection at Aldene. But despite these new predicaments the RVRR under Cahill kept trudging along, increasingly relying on its largest customer,
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As of 2010, the funding for the Rahway Valley rebuild by NJDOT are not enough to keep rebuilding. Now most of the line from
Roselle Park-Union/Springfield border is cleared of trees and thick brush. New track has been inserted from the Union/Springfield border to the Union Wye (behind Rahway Avenue).
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Clark began to dieselize the railroad in 1951 with the purchase of 70-ton locomotive No. 16 from
General Electric. For a few years the Rahway Valley used both steam (#13 & 15) and diesel (#16) power until a second diesel locomotive (#17) was purchased in 1954. No.13 was scrapped and No.15 was put
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After the war ended, freight traffic dropped off substantially and passenger service all but evaporated, greatly compromising the railroad's financial position. A tumult in the railroad's managerial staff ended with Roger A. Clark becoming
General Manager in 1920. Through Clark's efforts, and that of
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September 1, 1899 — at 1:10 p.m., a Mr. Theo
Harrison of Newark, New Jersey, was driving his horse-drawn wagon on Westfield Avenue when he tried to outrun the oncoming NY&NO locomotive No. 1. Mr. Harrison was thrown from the wagon and sustained a minor flesh wound on the right leg
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The DO did little to revitalize the line. The DO deferred track maintenance and customers became disenchanted with the lines new management and turned to trucks. The DO, also operators of the former Staten Island Rapid
Transit Line from Cranford to Linden, began using the Aldene connection which had
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Roger Clark died in 1932 and the Keller estate appointed his son George A. Clark as president. Under George Clark the Rahway Valley
Railroad made its first net profit in many years in 1934. Clark also continued to attract new businesses to locate on the line. An increase in larger industry along the
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Railroad #96, Class C1B. Purchased directly from the B&LE for $ 3,213 including shipping from Greenville, PA. A long wheelbase prevented it from entering tight industrial sidings. Its weight was too great for RV bridges and other infrastructure. Retired in 9/1928 and
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Ex-Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad #9319, Exx-Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad #140. Purchased by Louis Keller and leased to railroad. Sold for scrap to General Equipment Co. of Paterson, New Jersey for $ 7.75 per ton. Dismantled and cut up on the RV and loaded into cars by the scrap dealer.
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George A. Clark died in his office in the old Kenilworth Station in 1969. His son Robert G. Clark was appointed president. By this time traffic on the Rahway Valley Railroad had again decreased significantly. With smaller profits came deferred track maintenance and weeds could be seen growing along
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The RV incurred a large sum of debt in its construction and without its desired DL&W connection, and a lack of lineside industry, the railroad had no hope to pay off its indebtedness. The railroad obtained a substantial mortgage, secured by bonds owned by the Elmira interests. A call feature on
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The railroad was opened to Springfield on May 25, 1905, to Baltusrol on January 1, 1906, and to Summit on August 2, 1906. After completion of the bridge across Broad Street, the RV made application to the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad for a connection at Summit. The DL&W objected to
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In October 1902, the Pennsylvania Railroad purchased Tin Kettle and Press hills in New Orange for the purposes of excavating them for fill material, to be used in filling Greenville Yard in Jersey City, Waverly Yard in Newark, and the approach to the North River Tunnels. The NOFJ hauled hundreds of
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Ex-Central Railroad of New Jersey #710, Exx-Central Railroad of New Jersey #23. Purchased via J.E. Bowen of Norfolk, VA. Used in freight and switching service. Retired 6/2/1913 and stored at Kenilworth. Sold for scrap to M.D. Adelson of Lebanon, PA. Cut up at Kenilworth, loaded into a gondola, and
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Ex-DL&W Morris & Essex Division #220, Exx-DL&W Morris & Essex Division #92, Exxx-Utica, Chenango & Susquehanna Valley Railroad (DL&W - Utica Division) #15, Exxxx-Lackawanna & Bloomsburg Railroad #23 (named "William E. Dodge"). Acquired from Fitzhugh-Luther Co. and soon
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Despite improvements and revitalization, the formation of Conrail in 1976 put the Rahway Valley Railroad in an awkward situation. Previously having three independent railroads connecting to it, the RVRR now had one railroad connecting to it in three separate places. As a result of the formation of
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In 1980 passenger trains were again run over the Rahway Valley Railroad, albeit for just a week, for the occasion of the U.S. Open being held at the Baltusrol Golf Club. Trains were run between Kenilworth and Baltusrol in a push-pull formation by Nos. 16 & 17. The train, sponsored by the Union
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started, the RV experienced a boom in traffic. A munitions plant was built by the American Can Co. in 1915 on the Rahway River Branch in Kenilworth. A gunpowder plant, Wright Chemical Co., was operated in Union, just north of present day Route 22. An explosion at the Wright plant caused widespread
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Ex-Oneida & Western Railroad #20. After suffering freeze damage, it was rebuilt by Baldwin in 1926. Purchased 7/28/1937 via Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. for $ 8,159. Its first day of service on the RV was 8/28/1937. Retired 11/28/1953 and stored at Kenilworth. Sold to F. Nelson Blount
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Ex-Lehigh & New England Railroad #19, Class E-7. Purchased from Georgia Car & Locomotive Co. for $ 6,823. Arrived on the RV 9/1928. Damaged on 2/26/1951 by a crane handling a concrete pipe. Repaired but never used again; retired. Sold for scrap to Newark Iron & Metal Co. of Union, NJ.
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Purchased new from Baldwin for $ 11,400. Delivered, under its own power, on June 20, 1908. Utilized exclusively for passenger and main track work until 1913. A long wheelbase prevented it from negotiating tight curves on sidings without derailing. Had poor brakes and could only haul three loaded
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The Keller estate, still owners of the railroad, appointed experienced railroader Benard Cahill to the presidency. Cahill was able to bring new life to the railroad. He secured grants from the state to update trackage and secured new office space in a former Lehigh Valley passenger coach that he
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The New Orange Four Junction Railroad (NOFJ) was incorporated on February 4, 1901, by several of the New Orange promoters to take over the NY&NO, which fell into foreclosure. It took over operations of the railroad on February 16. William W. Cole, one of the Elmira men, took charge of the
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Ex-Lehigh & New England Railroad #20, Class E-7. Purchased from Georgia Car & Locomotive Co. for $ 6,239. Arrived on the RV 9/1928. Retired 5/31/1950 due to expired flue time. It was last operated 6/26/1950, for several hours, before leaking staybolts and a cracked flue sheet were
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line, every morning loaded with workers. The Lehigh Valley ran trains up to Kenilworth for a time to bring in workers and the CNJ dropped off as many as five thousand arsenal workers a day for three shifts. At its peak, the RV carried thousands of workers to the factories around the clock.
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Ex-Grafton & Upton Railroad #5. Sold 2/1920 to General Equipment Co. Acquired from General Equipment Co. in trade for Nos. 9 and 10. It was a professed failure by RV crews. Fast passenger type, too light and slippery on the grade to Summit. Worn out, it was retired in 1933. Scrapped.
1189:(LV), in early 1899. The railroad's first locomotive, No. 1 (named "New Orange"), was acquired in July 1899. The CNJ operated the railroad until it was formally opened for passenger traffic on August 1, 1899. A second locomotive, No. 2 (named "Baltusrol") was acquired in September 1900.
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All the sidings to the railway's potential future customers were left unconnected to the main line. Also track has been inserted in some parts of Kenilworth. As for the sections past the Union/Springfield border, nothing has been done yet through the towns of Springfield or Summit.
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5/1959 and placed on display at Pleasure Island in Wakefield, MA. Sent to Blount's Monadnock, Steamtown & Northern Railroad and it returned to service in 1962. Later Monadnock Northern Railroad and Green Mountain Railroad No. 15. Retired again on 8/12/1973. Moved to the
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discovered to be a piece of junk, "ready to blow up." The Fitzhugh people never made good on it and an order for a second locomotive was cancelled. Noted as out of service in 1908, in need of flues and the boiler was in rough shape. Retired 1910/1. Scrapped about 1913.
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In 1904, the New Orange Industrial Association failed. The remaining promoters engaged several New York City businessmen and reorganized the enterprise as the Kenilworth Realty Corporation. These men partnered with Louis Keller, founder of the Social Register and the
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Ex-Pennsylvania Railroad #506, Class B-4. Retired in 1920 and was stored outside, in disrepair, at Kenilworth. Traded back to General Equipment Co., along with #10, for #11. Sold to Jefferson Construction Co., #11. Sold to Seaboard Air Line, #124. Scrapped May 1930.
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The initial stretch between Aldene and New Orange was surveyed in Summer 1897 by J. Wallace Higgins and Anthony Grippo. Contractor Frank H. Bailey, of Elmira, constructed the two-mile stretch between July 1897 and March 1898. Connection was made with the
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the line. In the early 1970s came the closing of the line in Maplewood. Bob Clark attempted to attract new business to the line, and was temporarily successful, but his customer base continued to be siphoned away by trucks. He unexpectedly died in 1975.
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Ex-Silver Lake Railway #3, Exx-Manhattan Railway #348, Exxx-Suburban Rapid Transit #13. Purchased from Southern Iron & Equipment Co. Sold to General Equipment Co. To Philadelphia, Bethlehem & New England Railroad #23. Scrapped.
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The town of New Orange proved to be less successful than its promoters had hoped. The NY&NO fell into default and was sold under foreclosure on February 16, 1901, to the hastily organized New Orange Four Junction Railroad.
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May 11, 1904 — William H. Harding, a conductor on the New Orange Junction Four Railroad (NY&NO), was fatally injured while coupling cars and died May 13. The accident was a result of carelessness on the part of Mr.
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damage in the area and rumors of German spies prompted the railroad to hire armed guards to protect the property from foreign infiltrators. The Can Co. provided a string of coaches that came from Staten Island, via the
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March 24, 1906 — James Gray, an engineer on the Rahway Valley Railroad, lost a foot when locomotive No. 3 was struck by a coal hopper that had broken loose and ran downhill. The locomotive was scrapped after the
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Ex-Pennsylvania Railroad #396, Class B-4a. Retired in 1922. Traded to General Equipment Co., along with #9, for No. 11. Sold to Jefferson Construction Co., #10. Sold to Seaboard Air Line, #123. Scrapped May 1930.
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discovered. Sold for scrap to J. Kerzman & Sons of Elizabeth, NJ who cut it up at Kenilworth, loaded it into two gondola cars, and shipped it to Bethlehem Steel Co. in Bethlehem, PA on 12/15/1951.
1321:(DO), which operates the New York, Sushquehanna, and Western. Nos. 16 & 17 were removed from the line in 1989, and put into service in Binghamton, NY. The replacement No. 120 of the NYS&W, an
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enterprise as President and General Manager. Day-to-day operations were carried out by Horatio F. Dankel, the railroad's Superintendent. Extensions of the railroad were continually contemplated, to
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The New York & New Orange Railroad was incorporated on May 6, 1897, by the promoters of the New Orange Industrial Association. The organization had been formed in 1894 by several
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Delivered to the CNJ at Aldene in April 1929. Towing to the scrappers yard was cost prohibitive due to the extensive repairs necessary to make No. 8 acceptable for movement.
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A northern portion of the rail trail on the RVRR main line is under construction as the Summit Park Line, with a footbridge over Morris Avenue installed in October 2022.
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Purchased new. Sold to Delaware Otsego Corporation. Donated in 1995 to United Railroad Historical Society of NJ. Donated in 2017 to Tri-State Railway Historical Society.
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Purchased new. Sold to Delaware Otsego Corporation. Donated in 1995 to United Railroad Historical Society of NJ. Donated in 2017 to Tri-State Railway Historical Society.
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As of May 15, 2012, M&E removed all its assets from the railbeds since they did not exercise their option to extend the operating agreement with Union County.
2114:"NJDOT Clearing Out Abandoned Railway Property in Roselle Park; Union County to Apply For a Grant to Convert it into a Trail Through Roselle Park and Kenilworth"
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railroad also occurred. But by the early 1950s with the development of improved highways, trucks began chipping away at the Rahway Valley's business market.
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which did little to revitalize the nearly 90-year-old line. Traffic continued to decline until service ended in 1992, with a single customer remaining.
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the link and court battles ensued, eventually rising to the level of the United States Supreme Court, but a connection was not made until March 1930.
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and other towns along its route. Later years saw traffic decline; in 1986 the line could not secure liability insurance. The railroad was sold to the
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freight cars from Springfield to Summit. Sold to General Equipment Co. To US Army for use at Watervliet Arsenal in Watervliet, NY. Scrapped.
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County Trust Company, used passenger coaches rented from the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad in New York.
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carloads of fill material between the excavation sites in New Orange to the junction with the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
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2100:"Abandoned rail tracks set to become N.J.'s newest hiking and bike trail"
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Archived news articles on the progress of RVRR reactivation
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View of the Rahway Valley Railroad at Summit circa 1910
2132:"Union County Connects – A County Connected by Trails"
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1980:Early history of the RVRR
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1930:The History of the RVRR
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1955:Great photo gallery
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237:Springfield
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182:5.0 mi
157:East Summit
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2241:Categories
2187:"Accident"
1986:References
1975:RVRR forum
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1761:5/18/1928
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1175:Kenilworth
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1080:Kenilworth
950:New Jersey
1903:accident.
1876:2/2/1954
1822:6/5/1959
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1706:1/1935
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942:Locale
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