Behind closed doors!

What you see here is a "sneak peek" of Black River and Western's 2-8-0 backdated to her former glory days at the Great Western for an upcoming Lerro Production... (more)

The Black River and Western

Established in 1961 primarily as a tourist line after signing a leasing arrangement with the Pennsylvania Railroad. That agreement allowed operation from Fl... (more)

On the final day of Black River & Western's 2012 passenger excursion season, sunny skies shined down on former Great Western 2-8-0 60, which returned to service a few months ago. Here, 60 leads th... (more)

Merry Christmas! Dressed for the holidays, Black River & Western 2-8-0 60 arrives at the "North Pole," aka Ringoes, with the second of three Santa Express excursions on the final operating ... (more)

Black River & Western #60 has come back to life, but sadly, tragically, we lost two of her long-time caretakers, John Konn and Tom Bartkovsky, in 2012 -- John before getting to see the engine run,... (more)

A veteran returns to service on Veteran's Day Weekend! Black River & Western #60 returned to public excursion service on Veterans Day Weekend of 2012. This stocky 2-8-0 is an ALCO product built in... (more)

BR&W SW1200 1202 pulls a cut of freight cars at the NS interchange in Three Bridges. This track was once part of the CNJ Flemington Branch.

Black River and Western #60 at Flemington, NJ.

BR&W #60 crosses through the Truss Bridge in Three Bridges.

Black River #60 traverses the old CNJ trestle over the Raritan RIver near Three Bridges, NJ.

BR&W #60 winds through an s-curve in the woods by Everitt Road.

BR&W #60 finds a place to run around the train at Flemington allowing the engine to push, rather then pull the train the remainder of the towards Three Bridges, NJ. Once in Three Bridges, she'll ... (more)

The new gal in town certainly had a lot of folks pretty excited. Hope I get to see her again!

Westbound at 4 PM in Flemington, NJ.

Black River and Western #60 (former Great Western 2-8-0, #60) clears a trestle over the Raritan River in Flemington, NJ during her official debut over the weekend of November 10th and 111th, 2012.