Ok.. as promised:

http://gp80mac2.blogspot.com/

Now some general thoughts:

I was only ever at the Stewartstown once before (~2000). From the looks of the tracks now - it is hard to believe they last ran in 2004. Stewartstown is no major city, but it is only 10-15 minutes off of I-83. Station is right smack dab in the middle of the "downtown".

The good thing is that the crossings are pretty much all intact from what I could see. I didn't see any that were even paved over, much less cut. There is a little development trackside in Stewartstown, but nothing major until you get towards Rt. 83 and Shrewsbury.

The lay of the line is worth seeing. There's places the tracks cross the road once, then the same road 100' away. The way it twists and turns (all in the middle of nowhere) reminds me of a garden railway.

Unfortunately, the railroad is also twice removed from an actual working railroad. Even if you somehow fixed up the SRR, and found a customer or two, you'd still need to fix up the Northern Central.

So, see it while you can...

PS> I'm no professional photographer (I'm barely an amateur one), nor am I a historian. This is just a glimpse of what was there last Wednesday.

Thanks for taking the photos zuggman!

Yes, thanks for sharing your photos! They remind me of the first and last time I saw the Narragansett Pier Railroad. At least the Stewartstown is nearer to the interstates and has a Friends group.
Here is thier most recent announcement, and I would be curious how things are progressing this summer:

http://stewartstownrailroad.com/newsrelease.htm

Mr. Zugmann -

Nice photos. Thanks for posting. You didn't get any close up shots of the other equipment by chance, did you?

Would like to have some information about their equipment. There seems to be at least 4 different passenger cars. The two coal hoppers. The flat. And at least 3 cabooses. Even the website dedicated to the efforts to save the railroad, has not much equipment info, beyond the locomotives.

Les

I may have some... I'll take a look tomorrow at my home away from home (hotel). I counted 4 coaches (2 at the station, 2 on the wye), 3 cabooses (2 on the wye, one at new freedom), the 2 Ma&Pa hoppers and a flat at New Freedom. There was also a speeder with the cabooses on the wye.

Some pf the equipment was located pretty far back.. and I didn't do any blatant trespassing to get any photos.

The coal hoppers, flat car, and wood caboose in New Freedom are owned by private individuals as are the three cabooses in Stewartstown. The four coaches in Stewartstown were owned by Mr. Hart. It is not clear if these cars were part of Mr. Hart's Rail Tours, Inc., inventory or Mr. Hart's private property. The railroad owns one flatcar in Stewartstown, as well as locomotive #9, a 4-wheel Plymouth gasoline engine, and #10, a GE 44-ton diesel locomotive. Locomotive #11, an EMC switcher, was leased by the Stewartstown from Mr. Hart for use on the Northern Central line when the Stewartstown was the DO of that line. It was returned to Mr. Hart in Jim Thorpe several years ago. -- Ray

Ray -

Thanks for the info.

Les

I added what photos I had of the equipment.

http://gp80mac2.blogspot.com/

Tom

Tom -

Great!

Les

Good article spotting, it will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Thanks for posting,