

The L&HR In New York; A Pictoral Look At An Important Bridge Line
As Well As The Communities It Served From Warwick To Maybrook
By Railroad Historian Alan Held


Contributed By Richard Palmer




Anthracite Branches of the NYO&W
By Walter Kierzkowski and Bob Earle.


O&W -The “W” Stands for “Willoughby” (Thank You Rod Serling)
By Robert McCue


The Erie’s Newburgh Brach and The Schunemunk Trail.


The Voice Of O&W Steam
NYO&W Camelback U-1 Ten-Wheeler Number 241 With Sound!

New Article

Number 32 in a Series

Railroad Magazine – September 1946 – Pages 10 – 43.
New Article


By Carl Ohlson entitled:
The history of lighting from whale oil through kerosene and how
the technology changed the evolution of O&W hand lanterns.

By Bob Earle

This is the September 6th 2024 O&WRHS Business Meeting and Powerpoint Presentation. The program was given by local historian Hans Segboer on the Erie’s Greenwood Lake Division From Pompton Junction to Greenwood Lake and also includes the Ringwood Branch which serviced the Iron Mines. Many Thanks to Hans Segboer for his excellent presentation!
New Article

Number 25 in a Series

Erie and Lackawanna Strategy on the Cayuga Division from 1851 to 1858
By Howard Zendle
New Article

Gone, but not Forgotten – Martin Cavana
By John Taibi
New Article

An Octagonal Water Tank for the “Early O&W”
By Malcolm H. Houck

Class L 0-6-0 Yard Switcher And
An Overview Of Steam Locomotive Super Heating
By Malcolm H. Houck

Modeling the O&W
“Long Johns” And
Decoding The Mysteries Of Baker Valve Gear Class W 2-8-0
Models From Nickel Plate Products
By Malcolm H. Houck

No. 38 in a Series
“Primary Sources” – Postcards Of The O&W
By Mal Houck


Modeling the O&W
NO. 34 in a Series
8300 Series Cabooses – from Nickel Plate Products
Working Marker Lights – A Modest Enhancement
By Malcolm H. Houck

Modeling the O&W
No. 57 in a Series
Double Cab Water Piping and The Sellers Type N Lifting Injector
By Malcolm H. Houck – MMR


Number 39 in a Series
Number 41 in a Series:

No. 45 in a Series
Class B 4-4-0 Double Cab “Eight Wheeler” – No. 1
By Malcolm H. Houck

By Steven R. Cohen

No. 56 in a Series
Fish Car “Adirondack” in HO Scale
Part II
By Malcolm H. Houck
New Article

New Video

Coming Into Maybrook
A Detailed Look At The Rail Lines Servicing The Maybrook NY Yard
By Joseph Mato
New Article

Number 30 in a Series
Owen And The Great War Part II
The Supreme Sacrifice
By Kenneth L. Hojnacki


1994-2024
New Article

Number 22 in a Series


The Reorganization Proceeding Reports and the Disappearing Depots
By John Taibi
New Article


Pilots and Plows. . . or not?
Modeling the O&W – food for thought!
By Mal Houck

After The Deluge
The Story Of The ’42 Floods
By Elwin Mumford & Ed Crist



Fred, Frank, Shel, and Bill – all Real O&W Men
By John Taibi

Owen Asks?
Trivia, Trains, Tributes and Transparency.
Help The Society Help You!
By Erik Pioselli
New Article

Dispatch Newsman Is Last O&W Passenger
By Richard Baldwin (Dispatch State Editor)
Compiled By Richard Palmer


Number 20 in a Series


Number 6 in a Series
The O&W Way
New Video

a PowerPoint Presentation by Doug Barberio entitled:
Diamonds, Junctions, Interchanges and Interlocking Towers CN to WX.
New Article

Editors: John Bifano & Allan F. Seebach, Jr.
O&WRHS Observer Vol. XXVII, Nos. 1 to 9.
January – September 1992.


Number 5 in a Series
What Railroad Is This?
Part I
By Douglas J. Barberio
New Article

Chenango Telegraph – Friday, January 29, 1943
Contributed By Richard Palmer

Modeling the O&W
No. 55 in a Series
By Mal Houck NMRA MMR #696
NYO&W – Fish Culture and New York Fisheries Department
Fish Car “Adirondack”
Part 1

Number 14 in a Series
The Midland Centennial Line
New Article

Railroad Model Craftsman – October 1970, Pages 32-39.
©1970 Carstens Publications. Used By Permission.
Contributed By Kenneth L. Hojnacki
By John Taibi


Summertime in Cuddebackville; How I met the O&W
By John Taibi
New Article

Contributed By Richard Palmer




Number 18 in a Series


Iron Rails and The Birth of Scranton, Pennsylvania
By Howard Zendle
New Article:


The O&W Loops – Sylvan Beach & Pecksport
By John Taibi


By Peter & Ross Putman



By John Taibi
New Article


Number 12 in a Series
More On 44-Ton Trusts & Trust Plates

Number 5 in a Series:
The Middletown & Unionville Buys Coal, Sometimes From O&W Origins
By Peter Brill

Number 16 in a Series
Tender Thoughts
By Bob Earle

New Article


By Paul Lubliner


Number 4 in a Series
“The More Time These People Get, The More They Want”;
Fortunately J. N. Haines Was Not President Of The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
By Peter Brill

By Ronald J. Stanulevich
Introduction And Photos By Ronald J. Vassallo


By Peter Brill
New Article

Homer Underwood – Master Station Builder
By John Taibi

Number 1 in a Series
DL&W and CNJ Discuss Changes in Scranton Operations
Involving Relaying Former O&W Trackage in 1958-1959
By Peter Brill


Making the Grade
Up & Down the O&W Railway
By John Taibi


By Mal Houck
New ArticleOwen’s Footprints
Number 21 in a Series
Read Instructions Before Operating 44-tonner
By Kenneth L. Hojnacki
New ArticleFrom The Archives
Number 15 in a Series
PC-O&W-NH Routing
By Bob Earle