Join us for a montage of stories about places along the Cut-Off. We’ll be working out of the Coursen House, a 1770 Moravian stone house that sits alongside the Cut-Off in Frelinghuysen Township, NJ. Inside the house, Chuck has unfurled a 70-foot long 1906 survey map of the Cut-Off, which we’ll use as our guide. We’ll intersperse old footage with new. We’ll hear from Artie Erdman and Gerry Chrusz about a thunderstorm for the ages and strange lights at Port Morris and along the Cut-Off. Ben Allicott will talk about him and a friend seeing the same strange lights at Port Morris almost a half-century later. Mike Wikman will then tell us about going over 100 mph on the Cut-Off. Debbie Natyzak will share with us about “close encounters” that she and others have had at Johnsonburg. Chuck will tell the story of Frelinghuysen Township Mayor Charlie Rydell’s barn being saved in 1924 by the engineer and fireman of a passing freight train on the Cut-Off. John Sobotka and Bob Bahrs will talk about the rail trains they were on removing the track from the Cut-Off in 1984, and, ironically, John running the rail train to bring back the track to the Cut-Off in 2011. Marion and Jim Ramm will regale us with the story of how Molasses Junction in Blairstown got its name. Mike Del Vecchio and Chuck discuss the fatal wreck in the Delaware Water Gap in 1948 where the engine literally flew off the tracks and into the Delaware River. And Philip gives us some history on the Coursen House as well as a successful “archeological expedition” in search of a long-lost building foundation.
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Highlight of my week…Thank You!!!!
Please tell us, Trump is not going to pull the funding.
Thanks Chuck for all your efforts regarding the cut off🙏😎
The Port Morris tower was at the western end of the Port Morris yard at the wye?
gonna be a lot of fire wood when they start clearing the right of way
Fascinating stories.
Loved the photo of the old East Stroudsburg station. After my parents moved there in fall 1970, passenger service had already ended. Did get to see a steam excursion train come through in the early 1970s.
Hello Chuck, How was Thanksgiving? Like to see what Northeast Pennslyvania is doing to get trains running west of the Delaware river and eventually run into New Jersey. Hooking up with NJ Transit Morristown branch to Hoboken Terminal. I do not know about Pennsylvania Station NY.
excellent video thanks for sharing
Did you say 70’ long map?
chuck , my dad working for the lackawanna, retired the day the merger went thru, i have a certificate from the railroad honoring his 43 years o f service, worked mostly out of hoboken and secaucus as a general yardmaster, i rode many times on the phoebe snow and cheerish those times. love your videos i am still a fan of railroads, especially the lackawanna not so much on the erie thanks for all your time taking videos
Jesus wept!
As the world burns up the 50's are calling and asking for the giga tons of carbon back. Shame on us all for destroying the rail system and our planet.