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02/04/2026

BDRV SW1200RS #1206 has been transferred from lease in West Virginia to lease at Kinder Morgan in Morrisville PA.

12/25/2025

It was diesels galore on the Belvidere & Delaware River Railway and Black River & Western Railroad this holiday season. On the "Bel-Del", GP10 #1823 and GP9 #811 did pull-pull service on Delaware River Railroad's Polar Express. SW1200 #1202 and Black River Trust owned SW9 #438 powered Black River & Western's Santa Express. A mechanical issue with #438 prompted SW1500 #1567 to sub on the Santa Express this past weekend.
Photos by: Charles Martin, Richard Crerand, BR&W page

10/31/2025

We haven’t posted in a while, so here is an update: SW1500 #1567 - ITS ALIVE! 🧟‍♂️ After sitting out of service for a number of years in Ringoes, NJ on the Black River & Western, #1567 was sent to Knoxville Locomotive Works to get re-engined. It will be headed back to the Black River & Western where it will be assigned to freight service.
Furthermore, GP10 #1823, which was sold to the Maryland & Delaware Railroad in recent years, then sold back to Black River Railroad System/Chesapeake & Delaware after Carload Express took over MDDE, has arrived and is in storage in Phillipsburg, NJ on the Belvidere & Delaware River Railway awaiting its next assignment. We’d like to wish everyone a Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻
Photos by Rick Glosser and Fran Wheeler.

01/22/2024

Black River Railroad System (BDRV) Electro-Motive Division SW1500 #1596 is pictured at Ringoes, New Jersey in 2018. #1596 was originally built for Penn Central during February 1972 and numbered #9524. In 1976, #9524 was conveyed to Conrail, but kept its PC number. In 1999, as a result of the CR split, #9524 was conveyed to Norfolk Southern and renumbered #2210. By 2012, Progress Rail (PRLX) had gained ownership of #2210, and in 2015, Black River Railroad System purchased the unit, remembering it to #1596. The SW is currently assigned to the Belvidere & Delaware River Railway out of Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

01/21/2024

Chesapeake & Delaware, LLC (DRRV) GP38-2 #5304 is pictured at Ringoes, New Jersey in late 2021. The GP38-2 was built by Electro-Motive Division during February 1973 for Penn Central as #8119. In 1976, the unit went to Conrail, followed by Norfolk Southern in 1999, when it was renumbered to #5304. Chesapeake & Delaware initially leased #5304, and eventually outright purchased the unit in 2020. #5304 is currently assigned to the Dover & Delaware River Railroad.

01/20/2024

Black River Railroad System (BDRV) SW1200RS #1259 is shown at the Tate & Lyle facility in Morrisville, Pennsylvania during 2023. #1259 was built by the Canadian based General Motors Diesel subsidiary of Electro-Motive Division in September 1960 originally for the Canadian Pacific as #8159. The unit worked under CP for decades until sold to Black River in 1999 along with another CP SW1200RS. The SW wore faded orange CP paint and its original number until finally being repainted into the standard Black River black livery in 2015 and renumbered to #1259. The SW has been on lease to Tate & Lyle since late 2018.

01/15/2024

Chesapeake & Delaware, LLC (DRRV) GP38-2 #2005 is shown with a boxcar of lumber loads in Ringoes, New Jersey during late 2021. #2005 was completed by Electro-Motive Division in September 1970 as Baltimore & Ohio #4805. Subsequent ownership as follows: Chessie System/CSX as #2105, Chicago & Northwestern as #4705, Union Pacific as #404, and CEFX as #404. Chesapeake & Delaware, LLC acquired the unit in 2018 and renumbered it to #2005. The unit is currently assigned to the Delaware & Raritan River Railroad.

01/14/2024

Black River Railroad System (BDRV) GP9 #752 is shown bringing freight into Ringoes, New Jersey in summer 2022. #752 was competed by Electro-Motive Division in February 1956 originally for Northern Pacific and was numbered #256. The GP9 was renumbered to #1879 after NP’s 1970 merger into Burlington Northern. Clarendon & Pittsford RR acquired #1879 in 1983 and renumbered it to #752, while also painting it in the current red paint livery. Some of that paint is 40 years old! C&P, a Vermont Rail System subsidiary, sold #752 to Black River & Western in 1993, and was used in dual freight and passenger service. #752 over the years has been in service on sibling railroad Belvidere & Delaware River, on lease to Mid-States Packaging in Hillsborough, New Jersey, and had spent a brief visit at the Strasburg Rail Road for specific repair work about ten years ago. #752 holds the distinction of being one of the few Black River owned diesels to have run on now out-of-service track in both Lambertville and Milford, New Jersey. The unit is currently on assignment on the Delaware & Raritan River RR between Jamesburg and Lakewood, New Jersey.

01/13/2024

Black River Railroad System (BDRV) GP10 #1856 is shown headed southbound with freight at Black River & Western Railroad’s Flemington station in late 2022. #1856 was completed by Electro-Motive Division in October 1955 for New York Central and was numbered #5911. NYC subsequently renumbered it to #7311. Penn Central left it keeping that number. Conrail renumbered it to #7566, and was eventually sold to New England Southern and renumbered to #566. Black River Railroad System acquired the GP10 in 2007 and renumbered it to #1856. The unit is currently on lease to Kinder Morgan in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania.

01/12/2024

Chesapeake & Delaware, LLC (DRRV) GP38-2 #2006 is shown bringing a load of lumber into Ringoes, New Jersey in early 2022. #2006 was completed by Electro-Motive Division in November 1967 as Chesapeake & Ohio #3870. Subsequent ownership as follows: Chessie System/CSX as #2070, Chicago & Northwestern as #4706, Union Pacific as #405, and CEFX as #405. Chesapeake & Delaware, LLC acquired the unit in 2018 and renumbered it as #2006. The GP38-2 is currently in service on the Dover & Delaware River and Dover & Rockaway River Railways.

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