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History of the Blairstown Railway by Frederick Heilich Railroadians of America
History of the Blairstown Railway by Frederick W. Heilich III soft cover
The History of the Blairstown Railway
Frederick W. Heilich
Soft Cover
96 Pages
Copyright 1981
Contents
Acknowledgements 4
Introduction 5
Ode To The Dinkey 7
1876-1881 8
1882-1928 22
1929-Present 44
Equipment 57
The "John D. Vail" 58
The" Blairstown" 58
Roadbed and Structures 58
The Blairstown Footbridge 79
John Insley Blair
The Father of the Dinkey 81
Blairstown Railway Financial Reports 83
Board of Directors and Shareholders 90
Principal Officers 90
Employees 90
Last NYS&W Crew 91
Bibliography 92
Index 93
INTRODUCTION
Hidden in the Paulins Kill Valley of the Kittatinny Mountain lies the northwestern New Jersey Village of Blairstown known for its preparatory school, Blair Academy. This is also the place where the ghosts of the Blairstown "Dinkey" Railway lurk.
Blairstown has been along the route of four railroads: the Blairstown Railway, the New York Susquehanna and Western Railroad, the Lehigh and New England Railroad and the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad. Now only the remnants of the once great Lackawanna remain, using the famous DL&W Cutoff from Port Morris, New Jersey to the Delaware Water Gap. The route used by the other three lines was last used in August 1962 with the rails being removed in September 1962.
Blairstown was also along the route of the proposed South Mountain and Boston Railroad, but the line never got beyond the grading stage.
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