United Railroad Historical Society of NJ

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United Railroad Historical Society of NJ

The United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey, Inc.

(URHS) is a non-profit educational organization directed at supporting the preservation of historical railroad equipment and artifacts for the proposed New Jersey Transportation Heritage Center or in its absence, another railroad museum in New Jersey.

10/14/2026

Autumn evening sky over Boonton Yard.

10/02/2026

We are open this weekend! Join us for Pathways of History, Morris County's museum and historic site open house event. Boonton Yard will be open both Saturday and Sunday, October 3 & 4, from 11am to 4pm. Admission is free and donations are gladly accepted.

While here you will be free to tour our restoration shop, climb aboard several locomotives, passenger cars, and cabooses, and meet the folks preserving railroad history.

Make a day of it and visit some of our fellow Morris County historic sites! Details are below.

10/01/2026

Thank you Commissioner Shaw and family for visiting us this weekend!

09/30/2026

Thank you to the many hundreds of visitors who braved the rain to join us for Railroad Museum [for a day] 2026! Thanks to our hard-working volunteers, we moved much of the event into our restoration shop and kept our visitors dry and happy while touring our historic equipment collection. If you paid us a visit, please share you photos with us in the comments!

A special thank you to NJ TRANSIT for sharing their beautiful red, white, and blue America 250 locomotive with us for the weekend!

If you missed this past weekend, don't forget we are open this weekend for Pathways of History, the county-wide historic site event. We will be open both Saturday and Sunday 11am to 4pm. While not a full festival like Railroad Museum [for a day], several pieces of equipment will be open for tours, and admission is free!

09/26/2026

The show must go on! Join us tomorrow for a wet but worthwhile Railroad Museum [for a day] 2026! Over a dozen locomotives and cars are on display, several are open for tours, our vendors and music have been moved indoors, and NJ TRANSIT’s America 250 locomotive is displayed front and center. Bring your umbrella and join us to support historic preservation!

09/25/2026

Weather Update for Railroad Museum [for a day] 2026

Our festival is still on for Sunday, September 27! While the weather looks less than ideal, we are preparing for a rainy day and making a few adjustments to welcome our visitors.

Live music and vendors will move inside our shop, and several locomotives and railroad cars will still be open for tours. Some visiting exhibits may be unable to attend because they cannot travel in the rain.

Shuttle buses will continue running between the event and our satellite parking at the Upper Plane Street municipal parking lot. Scheduled shuttle service from Denville train station will also operate as planned.

Unfortunately, the visiting Conrail theater boxcar and cabooses will not be attending due to a delay in transit. However, NJ TRANSIT’s spectacular red, white, and blue “America 250” locomotive, No. 4526, is already in place for its big appearance!

We will also honor our discounted online admission prices at the gate: $10 per adult and $5 per child ages 12 and younger.

If you cannot join us this Sunday, you’ll have another opportunity next weekend! Boonton Yard will be open October 3 and 4 for Pathways of History, Morris County’s free, self-guided tour of museums and historic sites. This simpler, two-day open house will offer the chance to explore much of URHS’s collection, inside and out.

Bring your umbrellas and a raincoat, and thank you to everyone planning to join us for this special occasion!

09/23/2026

We are excited to announce Railroad Museum [for a day] 2026 is accessible once again by public transit!

Visitors traveling from New York, Newark, or intermediate stops on the Morris & Essex Line can arrive by train via Denville. Hourly shuttle buses generously provided by NJ TRANSIT will connect the Denville train station with Boonton Yard. The first bus departs Denville at 9:50am and the last bus leaves Boonton Yard at 5:15pm, with service every hour in each direction during the course of the event. See the schedule below for bus times and connecting trains.

View the full schedule at URHS.org/museumforaday

09/22/2026

Railroad Museum [for a day] 2026 is just five days away! Get a rare look at our collection historic trains, plus visiting vendors, historic vehicles, and a special visit from NJ Transit No. 4526. The event goes on, rain or shine!

Skip the line by ordering tickets on our website, and save $2 per adult ticket! https://www.urhs.org/museumforaday

09/19/2026

Come on in! 🚂 Our volunteers have completed the first of several new stair platforms that will allow visitors to safely step aboard and explore our historic trains!

Now, you can put your name on history by “Sponsoring-a-Stair!”

With a generous donation of $1,000, you can cover the cost of the materials and hardware needed to build one of these stair units, helping us make more and more of our historic collection accessible to the public.

When your sponsored stair is complete, we’ll install an engraved plaque honoring you or a loved, creating a lasting connection to our collection and our mission.

Sponsor today at URHS.org/donate. Select “Sponsor-a-Stair” and make your donation quickly and securely online. We’ll reach out to you directly to confirm the wording for your honorary plaque.

Help us take a “step” ahead in making railroad history accessible to new visitors!

09/18/2026

We are excited to announce another special guest for Railroad Museum [for a day] 2026: NJ TRANSIT’s ALP-45DP No. 4526!

This locomotive wears a striking, one-of-a-kind patriotic paint scheme commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States of America. NJ TRANSIT joins several other railroads in decorating locomotives in red, white, and blue, continuing a tradition that dates back to America’s Bicentennial in 1976.

Discounted advance tickets for Railroad Museum [for a day] are on sale now at URHS.org/museumforaday!

Important note: No. 4526 is an active commuter locomotive. Its appearance at the event is subject to change based on NJ TRANSIT’s operational and equipment needs.

Address

104 Morris Avenue
Boonton, NJ
07005

Website

http://urhs.org/

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