Jersey Northern Railroad

Last Update 4/1/12

I HAVE TO DELAY THE PLANNED OPERATING SESSION FOR ANOTHER MONTH OR TWO.

I am fixing some engine terminal problems in Franklin and have replaced some of the old twin-coil machines with ground troughs. Due to the ground troughs I am rebuilding the

fuel storage tanks.

AN EMD ON THE JN ROSTER!

The JN has purchased a used CF-7 and is will be using it as a backup to the ALCO switchers. We are installing a Tsunami sound decoder in the engine.

NYS&W RS3 103 has also been added to the roster.

Steam Fan Trips to be run with

NYS&W 2-8-2 #142 during the next operating session, (photo below). A Soundtrax Tsunami Sound decoder has been installed in NYS&W 142.

EIRE coach and combine will be used.

The last operating session was held on April 3, 2010, went very well for the shakedown of the DCC system.

Check out the You-tube video shot by the P&WV Traffic Dept. on the Photo Page

Watch the crew page for details of the next session.

The Jersey Northern is a freelance HO scale layout; the JN is a bridge line serving Sussex County New Jersey. It links the NYS&W at Beaver Lake NJ to Conrail at Port Jervis NY. A crew of 5 to 8 consisting of two yard masters, dispatcher, interchange crew, road master and up to three road crews operates the JN. During a normal six-hour operating session up to 14 trains are operated depending upon the schedule being used. The Jersey Northern is a double deck point to point layout with two interchanges and two branch lines, Sparta/Ogdensburg and Hanford.

An interchange with the NYS&W at Beaver Lake and an interchange with Conrail at Port Jervis supply heavy interchange and run through traffic. Two branch lines and eighteen online industries generate a lot of traffic for the crews. Road crews face complex switching in Libertyville where both facing, trailing point setouts and pickups are the norm along with the ABI switcher.

Most road power on the Jersey Northern are Alco’s including RS-1’s, RS-3’s, C424’s C425’s and one RSD-15. Two GE U-33’s are presently out of service and stored at Hanford. The yards are handled by an S2, two S3’s and a S4. Ackerman Byrd Industries now owns and ex Bethlehem Steel GE 45 Ton swither ABI #7 The Ex Rock Island S1 # 599 that was ABI 599 has been sold to the JN and will be 1191.