MP 80.2 (Phillipsburg Branch)

Telegraph Call: PG

Connection with Central Railroad of New Jersey and Lehigh Valley Railroad. Shared passenger station with C.N.J. New station 1913-14. New freight station with agent 1905. Fourteen stall roundhouse with 54' turntable rebuilt in 1907-10 to only 5 stalls, 70'. Eight ton yard crane, track scales, water tank. Second track from Washington to Phillipsburg removed 1901. Passenger service discontinued June 1941. Switch engine kept here until late 1950s. Ingersol Rand C. had huge plant, coal and lumber company. Freight station torn down 1977.

Additional Views:

• Andover Furnace
• Green's Bridge
• Black Diamond Wreck, February 12, 1907
• View of the station and Water tank circa 1908
• Similar view to above but notice the station is painted gray, circa 1920 (I realize that hand-colored postcards are no true indication of station colors, but isn't it interesting that a brick building is depicted in the proper color for the period? The Lackawanna was painting it's structures gray with green trim from about 1915-1940.)
• This is a shot of Broadway showing the small station and water tank from 1900.
• And here's the only image I know of showing the Stewartsville Station.

Maps:

D.L.& W. Station Area 1925-1948

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Source:

• Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 3, Taber III