Join us for a full day of excitement and help restore
New Jersey's first tourist railroad steam locomotive. All proceeds will be
donated to the Whippany Railway Museum.
The Whippany Railway Museum & The Delaware River Railroad
Excursions present a full day of fun for the whole family and the
serious Railfan as well!
November 5th, 2011
The Core members of both the
Whippany Railway Museum as well as those of the New York
Susquehanna & Western Technical & Historical Society , the operators
of the Delaware River Railroad Excursions, all volunteered
together many years ago on the
Morris County Central Railroad. The MCC ( as the Morris County
Central was known) was one of the first steam tourist
railroads in the country and together these two
organizations share a rich heritage in short line steam railroading.
The MCC and locomotive #4039 worked their way into the hearts
of the volunteers of both organizations and were responsible for
much of the inspiration behind the success of the Delaware
River Railroad Excursions. The New York Susquehanna & Western
Technical & Historical Society will host the 2011 Family Day /
Railfan Day on their Belvidere & Delaware River Railroad. 100% of
the proceeds from the event will be donated to the restoration of
steam locomotive #4039 which will be running at the Whippany
Railroad Museum in Whippany New Jersey.
Bring your family for a day of fun and see, hear, and
feel the thunder of a real live steam locomotive!
All day
pass: $30.00 Adult , $15.00 Child
(
includes the Ol' Susquehanna Mine experience and use of picnic
facilities)
Unlimited rides on the Delaware River Railroad Excursions
Photo "run-buys" all day long. We will drop you off and pick
you up anywhere along the line
Admission to the Ol' Susquehanna Mine and
complimentary bag of mine tillings. Learn how to pan for
real gem stones you can keep! Participate in "blowing the mine"!
Admission to night time photo session in the station. For the novice,
night time photographer instruction is available. A more
complete night time session is available for $35.00 and
can be purchasedhere.
use of our picnic grove at the Ol' Susquehanna Mine
Picnic* is available for $8.00 per person
additional ( after the last train and before the night time
photo
shoot)
Tour of the massive 1913 Allis Chalmers triple
expansion pumping engine of the friends of the New
Jersey Transportation Heritage Center ( after
dinner)
Unlimited rides on the Delaware River Railroad
Excursions
Photo "run-buys" all day long. We will drop you
off and pick you up anywhere along the line.
Admission to night time photo session in the station. For the novice,
night time photographer instruction is available. A more
complete night time session is available for $35.00 and
can be purchasedhere.
Picnic* is available for $8.00 per person
additional ( after the last train and before the night time
photo shoot)
Tour of the massive 1913 Allis Chalmers triple
expansion pumping engine of the friends of the New
Jersey Transportation Heritage Center ( after
dinner)
*picnic consists of hamburgers, cheeseburgers, corn
on the cob, salads, baked beans, assorted soft drinks and cake for
desert.
The
Whippany Railway Museum has started on the rehabilitation to full operational
status of its Historic Steam Locomotive No. 4039. The engine was built by the
American Locomotive Company of Schenectady, NY in November 1942 for U.S. Army
World War II service. Two-and-a-half decades later, this same locomotive pulled
thousands of passengers onboard the Morris County Central Railroad excursion
trains that ran out of Whippany from 1966 to 1973 with sister MCC locomotive 385
now also located at the Museum. The pair then moved to Newfoundland, NJ and
continued their duties from 1974 to 1980. No. 4039 dropped her fire on Dec. 14,
1980 for what many thought would be the last time,
marking a sad end to the Morris County Central Railroad
In 1994 the Whippany Railway Museum acquired the locomotive and returned her
home to Whippany. The Museum received a grant in 2001 for approx 70% of the
project; the grant, while substantial, would require the Museum to raise well
over $100,000 on their own.
Early in 2010, the Museum's Board of Trustees approved the decision to begin the
restoration of No. 4039.
At the same time, the Museum took on a large loan, thus proving its full
commitment to the task. Restoration expert, Transportation Innovation
Specialists was awarded the contract and the project began on September 22,
2010.
Now with your help we have the opportunity to enable families of today
experience the exciting sights and sounds their own parents and grandparents
witnessed first-hand behind this same locomotive in the 1960’s and 70’s. Please
help us return this wonderful piece of New Jersey Transportation History to full
operation for future generations to enjoy as so many of us did in the past.
No. 4039 was declared a National Treasure in 2002 and is listed on both the New
Jersey and National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department Of The
Interior.
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The
Whippany Railway Museum has started on the rehabilitation to full operational
status of its Historic Steam Locomotive No. 4039. The engine was built by the
American Locomotive Company of Schenectady, NY in November 1942 for U.S. Army
World War II service. Two-and-a-half decades later, this same locomotive pulled
thousands of passengers onboard the Morris County Central Railroad excursion
trains that ran out of Whippany from 1966 to 1973 with sister MCC locomotive 385
now also located at the Museum. The pair then moved to Newfoundland, NJ and
continued their duties from 1974 to 1980. No. 4039 dropped her fire on Dec. 14,
1980 for what many thought would be the last time,
marking a sad end to the Morris County Central Railroad 
