May 16, 1965 was the day the Black River and Western Railroad began running their excursions between Flemington and Ringoes, NJ, using former Great Western 2-8-0 #60 for power. Fifty years later, ... (more)

Black River & Western #60 sits patiently with the consist for the day while the track is being switched so #60 can be coupled onto the opposite side of the train.

Sidetracked: Sitting at the Black River and Western Railroad in Ringoes, NJ, this former PRR #4666, a JG Brill OEG 350 Diesel-electric Doodlebug patiently awaits restoration. Here she sits in J... (more)

Black River & Western #60 brings an excursion past the abandoned Hunterdon Concrete plant as it makes its way back to Ringoes on a beautiful Summer's day.

Black River and Western's 2-8-0 #60 pulls a 4 PM excursion out of Flemington, NJ over the Second Neshanic River en route to Rignoes, NJ.

Even though Black River & Western SW1200RS 8159 still wears the colors of original owner Canadian Pacific, this unit was owned by the Belvidere & Delaware Railroad before being sold to the BRW. T... (more)

Black River & Western SW1200RS 8159, being the former Canadian Pacific 8159 (by way of the Belvidere & Delaware Railroad), still has the GMD Hyatt roller bearing journals on its Flexicoil trucks.

The Black River & Western has rostered several oddities over the years. Here a small Davenport switcher.

Black River & Western #60, with The North Pole Express, at the S curve before Everitts Road.

With the morning rain gone and the clouds breaking for the afternoon, Black River EMD SW-1500 #1539 is seen resting for the weekend next to the hundreds of thousands of tons of coal at Newport New... (more)

BR&W oil-electric shunter #1, built in 1927, ex-Bigelow Carpet, nee Crucible Steel. Restored for cosmetic display. Captured 12-14-2013 off the display line and parked in front of the engine hous... (more)

Black River and Western #60 with the North Pole Express.

Black River and Western's 2-8-0 #60, former Great Western, makes a Wintertime dash through a snow storm in mid-December during a special series of excursions, seen here just shy of Dayton Road in ... (more)

Traveling east from Flemington, NJ, BR&W #60, no stranger to snow with a rich Colorado Great Western heritage, brings an excursion train past "Hogstown Station" while en route to Ringoes... (more)

All aboard! BR&W #60 prepares for departure from Flemington, NJ in the midst of a Winter storm. Destination, Ringoes, NJ.