Bright At Belden. The former Montclair Railway/New York and Oswego Midland Railroad Pompton–Riverdale station in Riverdale, New Jersey was constructed in 1873. Soon after, the operation w... (more)

NYS&W Southern Division local WS-3 pulls empties out of Belden Brick in Riverdale, NJ on the Pompton Industrial. The crew today brought along four "general purpose" EMD variants after ne... (more)

"Pulling from Brick"

"Meet at Brick"

NYS&W WS-X descends the last few miles Sparta Mountain through Riverdale, NJ, with two leased GP38-2s from Norfolk Southern and CSX. The Pequanock River is the dividing line between the railroad R... (more)

NYS&W SU-99 starts its climb up Sparta Mountain, twisting and turning along the Pequannock River west of Mathews Ave in Riverdale, NJ. For the next 15 miles, the train will rise just over 700 feet... (more)

"Blazing Upgrade"

NYS&W SU99 charges through snowfall caused by one of many nor-easters which hit the Northeast U.S. this early Spring season. The train begins to climb the grade towards Sparta Mountain; crossing M... (more)

NYS&W SU-99 heads into the fading evening light just east of Mathews Ave in Riverdale, NJ. A new switch for the tank car facility at Mathews Ave seems to be ready to be installed. The Pompton Hill... (more)

The tri-weekly evening westbound on the NYS&W Southern Division hosts a CSX leader as well as three smoking black and yellow EMDs, lugging a 93 car train out of North Jersey towards Binghamton. Al... (more)

"Outlawed in Riverdale"

"Early Running"

A semi-early SU99 making its way to Binghamton.