United Railroad Historical Society of NJ - A Prison for Railway Equipment

10/17/2018

Looks like they sold out their train, looks like there's going to be a lot of disappointed people when NJ Transit cancels their train due to lack of equipment or lack of crews. Plenty of other historic societies in NJ that are also running Christmas Trains that don't keep their equipment locked away from the public view unlike the URHS and Tri-State!

The 2018 Santa Train is SOLD OUT! Thanks to your overwhelming demand, this year's train sold out in less than a day!

For those still hoping to get tickets, we have a waiting list available at SantaTrain.org. Tickets that become available due to cancellations or an added departure will be issued on a first come, first served basis, in the order that forms are submitted. This form does not guarantee that you will receive tickets, but it will put you in line if they become available!

Thank you for supporting Tri-State Railway Historical Society!

10/01/2018

Ladies and Gentlemen, thanks to William Bossert, here is a photo of all the apologists of the URHS Prison @ Boonton. Just remember, this is a private playground for Star Track, and the members of the URHS that's funded by PUBLIC MONEY.

Ask the residents of the neighborhood that this prison lies in of what they thought about all of the cars parking on their street and blocking their driveways.

Ask about the clueless volunteers that manned some of the passenger cars about letting too many people in them.

DEMAND the URHS to put together a plan to make a NJ Transportation Museum a REALITY. They have NO plan!

Hey, it even looks like the biggest cheerleader of the URHS took his suit off and put a red shirt on with the rest of the apologists!

09/04/2018

Well look at that, another item for the URHS Prison! More and more equipment from Tri State and URHS proper being locked away from the public for no one to see except for their Railroad Museum [for 6 hours] event and Toys for Tots.

Welcome home Lackawanna baggage car No. 2038! Over the last few months, we have been quietly making preparations to bring this car from storage in Madison, NJ, to our site in Boonton, where it will live with the rest of the Tri-State collection.

We are proud to announce today that 2038 is beginning the next chapter of its life. This year it will be used as part of Operation Toy Train, the country’s largest Toys for Tots donation drive. Every December, the OTT collection train tours towns in New Jersey and New York to collect over 20,000 donated toys. In just a few months, our humble baggage car will be filled with thousands of donations for local children in need. It is our privilege to be able to give back by doing what we already do best.

Keep watching this page for more photos of the big move and progress on the car’s restoration!

08/30/2018

It's that time of year, where the prison has visiting hours! For a measly 6 hours, you too can experience 100lbs of crap in a 5lb bucket! See engines that are wearing paint schemes that it never wore, smell the odors of mold, rot and people with bad BO worse than the Allentown Train Show! See equipment rotting away as the public only gets 6 hours out of 8760 hours in a year even though they are supported by public grants! I think the NJ State prisons offer more visiting hours than these loons!

Railroad Museum [for a day] is hosted by the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey, owners of the largest and most historic railroad collection in New Jersey. During this once-a-year event, the URHS Restoration Facility in Boonton, NJ will become New Jersey's largest railroad museum. Rail...

08/28/2018

'The Most Ambitious Project' they say, and indeed it was their biggest blunder that almost destroyed their organization and the NRHS. Of course, when you post some facts that don't show Tri-State in good light, their Vice President is QUICK to censor it out, because we all know that 'Tri State' is such a perfect little organization, just as perfect as the URHS that they are members of.

The leadership of Tri State back there were full of dreamers, and sadly, the current leadership is heading in the same direction. We saw the failure of 'Railfest' unfold in front of our very eyes, could you imagine something larger scale?

While a lot of really neat things were attempted in the '88 convention, this was probably one of the biggest money losing conventions in NRHS history, and one of the most poorly run. There were a lot of dreamers running Tri State back there. The biggest blunder was the Harrisburg trip being short-turned at Reading due to how late the trip was running and how irate several people were that they were going to miss their connection to the Broadway Limited, I believe a bus or taxis were brought to Reading to take them to Harrisburg.

The grade crossing accident with the B40-8 on the NYS&W

The trip to Port Jervis from Hoboken behind 765 that put such a strain on NJT that they vowed to never allow steam on their RR again and took a lot of convincing from Ross Rowland to allow the 614 trips to occur in 1995.

The long line for registration where the A/C conked out and almost started a riot after someone had a gastrointestinal issue in line.

The Reading Circle trip when the 'Dutch Lunch' was served at 4pm and people were about to start eating the seats they were sitting on

765's tender getting damaged in Temple, PA trying to take on coal.

More than twice amount of seats sold for the available first class seat on almost every trip, some people got some pretty ugly downgrades even though they paid for first class.

Cars not being watered the night before

Cancelled trips and people not getting their money back. It took Tri-State several years to recover their losses, the chapter was almost destroyed by this convention. While it's nice to reminisce about all the neat things that were done on this trip, we cannot gloss over the bad that occurred 30 years ago.

It was by far the most ambitious project attempted by Tri-State: Garden State in '88. Remembering the East Dover Car Shops and Lackawanna Frog & Switch Shop of Morris County, NJ. And just who was A. J. Neafie? Railroading's unsung hero. Be sure to check it all out in the latest issue of The Block Line!

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05/09/2018

Well look at that! We're going to run an unregulated railroad now, i guess this is how they side step the FRA!

The motorcar trains are coming back to Cape May! This Saturday, May 5th, the popular trains will be operating out of Cape May station on Lafayette St. for a 45-minute trip to the Cape May canal and back. (There will be no trips on Sunday this weekend only.) The Cape May Seashore Lines along with the...

04/16/2018

Failure... no surprise. Maybe Morris County will own the Whippany Line by the time they're able to put something together again, snicker...

04/12/2018

We got the URHS Prison in the north, and now the URHS Scrap Yard in the south! Want to ride on a dinky speeder on track that's not maintained? Want to ride in a coach that smells like some Allentown Train Show attendee crapped their pants? Well this is the festival for you!

The United Railroad Historical Society of NJ will be hosting it's 2nd Spring Transportation Heritage Festival at the historic Tuckahoe station grounds on Saturday April 28 from 10am - 4pm. Event runs rain or shine.

03/27/2018

It appears that the photo that Tri-State Railway Historical Society posted with members working on stuff without proper safety equipment was removed. I guess they don't like to be called out on safety violations. However, that said, I still have a copy of such photo and was already turned into OSHA.

This is about safety, and keeping volunteers safe. Some members may not be aware, but there are certain safety rules that mush be followed and required by OSHA and the FRA - it is for their protection!

03/27/2018

Talk about working in unsafe conditions! This is worth the dime being dropped to OSHA.

03/06/2018

Well look at that! Train rides behind industrial parks and under high tension lines, sounds like a great time to me! I bet that little tea kettle will stall out on the grade to the east! Oh, and this event attempts to prop up the failing railroad of the Morristown & Erie and totally tries to shut out the Whippany Museum people.