Rahway Valley Railroad
Frank Reilly Collection


 

Proposed Cross Country RR 1904-03/0904 


RV 16, Cranford, NJ, 7-15-71


RV 16, Cranford, NJ, 7-15-71


RV 16, Kenilworth, NJ, 
7-15-71


RV 16, Kenilworth, NJ, 
7-15-71
 

RV 17, Kenilworth, NJ,  2-11-71

RV 17 approaching Rt. 22,
Union, NJ, 3-1-71

RV 17, Kenilworth, NJ, 
7-8-71

RV 17, Kenilworth, NJ,  
2-11-71
 

RV 17, crossing Rt. 22,
Union, NJ, 3-1-71

RV 17, Kenilworth, NJ, 2-24-72

RV 17 at Aldene Jct, Cranford, NJ, 2-11-71


RV 17, Kenilworth, NJ, 12-2-71

 


RV 17 crossing Rt. 22 WB,
Union, NJ, 10-12-71

RV 15, Steamtown, Sept. 1965

RV Caboose 102, Kenilworth, NJ, Feb. 1957


RV 15 and train. Date and location unknown...probably just south of Rt. 22 (old 29)
Photo: William S. Young Used by permission.


RVRR No.15 crossing the bridge northbound at Ashwood Ave Summit, NJ nears the top of a 2.7-mile climb through the  Watchung Hills with a gradient reaching 3 percent.
Note #1 
Photo: William S. Young Used by permission.

MOW crew. Kenilworth, NJ,
c.1974-978.*
Photo by Richard Dunbar.
Collection of Frank Reilly
*Note: Station fire 1974, razed 1978

RV 17 crossing Westfield Ave, Cranford.
Date unknown.
Photo by Richard Dunbar.
Collection of Frank Reilly

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RVRR #17 crossing North Michigan Ave. south of Boyd Terrace 1972. Collection of Frank Reilly

 

 

 

All photos by Frank Reilly unless noted.
Note #1: Source: "Steam Locomotive: A Continuing Portrayal of the Steam Tradition," Newsletter Number 1, October 1959. Editor and Publisher William S. Young, Susquehanna, PA. 

Thanks to Frank Reilly for sharing these photos from his collection.


1917 letter to G.M. Caldwell from Pres. Keller

 


1914 letter from the Springfield agent to G.M. Caldwell