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Rail Heritage in the South Pacific by Rob Merrifield
Bob Merrifield has submitted his second article. This time Bob is providing a look at the early development of New Zealand's railways...
Fred Heilich
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Public Service Electric Co Hopper Car Fleet in the early 1920s - Fred Heilich III
Back in 1982, several of us wanted to produce an HO scale model of the 2 versions of the Public Service Electric Company hoppers. We got...

Fred Heilich
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Railroad Passenger Car Restoration in the South Pacific: One Project by Rob Merrifield
"In early April 2025, I noticed a posting on the Facebook site Pre1895 Railroads and Steam Engines by Madison Kirkman on a New Zealand...

Fred Heilich
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Dunellen Fire Dept Old #1 1934 Ward LaFrance - Fred 'Dutch' Heilich III
This blog is not only a tribute to DFD #1, 1934 Ward La France firetruck, but to my father and his contemporaries of the Dunellen Fire...

Fred Heilich
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Jack Cooper Central Railroad of New Jersey Locomotive Engineer by Ron Eskesen
Fellow Dunellenite and NJ Exempt Fireman, Ron Eskesen has submitted the following raw information for a blog on his grandfather, Jack...

Fred Heilich
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Bergen Record Boxcar
Circa 1980, when I was part of a crew cleaning up Walter Rich's newly acquired ex-stored Autotrain coaches for an upcoming an online...

Fred Heilich
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Train Wreck in Dunellen, NJ Dec 31, 1929
On Dec 31, 1929, there was a wreck on the CNJ in Dunellen, NJ on the westbound mainline and adjacent yard located in the area between the...

Fred Heilich
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The NYS&W in Paulina, NJ
In 2012 I wrote an article for the NYS&W T&HS publication 'Susquehanna Reflector' about the New York Susquehanna & Western passing thru...

Fred Heilich
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Frederick William Heilich Sr CRR of NJ Engineer
William Frederick Heilig emigrated to the US from Germany as a young boy with his family and settled in Weatherly, PA. He served with...

Fred Heilich
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DL&W Vendor Billheads
Back in 2014, I had the opportunity to acquire part of a collection of 1870s and early 1890s receipts for items bought by the DL&W. My...

Fred Heilich
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Maintaining Section 806 of the NJ Cut-Off 1914 to 1938
Excerpt from The Roustabout Issue #40 Â Â Published by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Historical Society, Inc. Winter...

Fred Heilich
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1947 NYS&W Section Gang with their Trusty Speeder
This is a photo from my collection of the 1947 NYS&W section gang with their trusty speeder at the Blairstown, NJ NYS&W station.

Fred Heilich
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A portion of the Articles of Agreement between the CCRR of NJ, the DL&W. and the Warren RR
A portion of the Articles of Agreement between the CCRR of NJ, the DL&W. and the Warren RR. Signed by the president of each line...

Fred Heilich
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John I Blair’s 95th Birthday Pin
Excerpt from The Roustabout Issue #40 Â Â Published by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Historical Society, Inc. Winter...

Fred Heilich
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Window Sash from the Greendell, NJ station
Excerpt from The Roustabout Issue #40 Â Â Published by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Historical Society, Inc. Winter...

Fred Heilich
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Oxford, NJ Station
Excerpt from The Roustabout Issue #40   Published by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Historical Society, Inc. Winter  2021...

Fred Heilich
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Two views of the New Village, NJ Station
Excerpt from The Roustabout Issue #40 Â Â Published by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Historical Society, Inc. Winter...

Fred Heilich
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Phoebe Snow in Print
Excerpt from The Roustabout Issue #40 Â Â Published by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Historical Society, Inc. Winter...

Fred Heilich
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A Recent eBay Find
Excerpt from The Roustabout Issue #40 Â Â Published by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Historical Society, Inc. Winter...

Fred Heilich
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Roster of Section Foremen, Extra Foremen, Laborers, and Gatemen on January1, 1939
Excerpt from The Roustabout Issue #40 Â Â Published by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Historical Society, Inc. Winter...

Fred Heilich
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