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7/4/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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WM 236
Title:  WM 236
Description:  Nicely restored F unit.
Photo Date:  11/12/2005  Upload Date: 5/23/2008 3:04:29 PM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  WM 236(F7A)
Views:  568   Comments: 0
RDG 284
Title:  RDG 284
Description:  One of the URHS' most recent restorations. This locomotive was open for tours on this day.
Photo Date:  9/22/2013  Upload Date: 10/8/2013 11:34:54 PM
Location:  Boonton, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  RDG 284(F7A)
Views:  566   Comments: 0
Nice Faces
Title:  Nice Faces
Description:  Streamlined cab units from all over the country line up for photos in front of the old Southern Railway roundhouse. What a wonderful sight.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 6/6/2014 12:14:32 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NKP 190(PA1) RDG 284(F7A) WAB 1009(E8A) UP 949(E9A) NS 4271(F9A) ERIE 833(E8A) NAUG 2019(FL9) WAB 1189(F7A)
Views:  1939   Comments: 0
Gathering
Title:  Gathering
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 6/16/2014 10:54:46 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  AMTK 406(NPCU) RDG 284(F7A) UP 949(E9A) WAB 1009(E8A) NS 4271(F9A) ERIE 833(E8A) NAUG 2019(FL9)
Views:  1217   Comments: 0
CNW 411
Title:  CNW 411
Description:  One of two former C&NW F7s on the museum grounds this weekend, the other was in the roundhouse for cab tours at the time. Once used for commuter service in the Windy City, the Illinois Railway Museum has done a wonderful job restoring it back to how commuters of the 1950s would see it. Note the unique placement of the bell on the nose.
Photo Date:  5/31/2014  Upload Date: 6/8/2014 11:10:45 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  CNW 411(F7A)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
Profile Comparison
Title:  Profile Comparison
Description:  While the question of which locomotive is older might seem obvious at first, the F7 actually precedes 611 in construction by a year.
Photo Date:  5/31/2014  Upload Date: 6/8/2014 11:04:57 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) CNW 411(F7A)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
In Need of Restoration
Title:  In Need of Restoration
Description:  The URHS' ex-NJT F-unit 418 sits among BR&W equipment at Ringoes. Rust as well as vandalism attest to the fact of virtualy no protection while in storage in Lambertville a few years ago.
Photo Date:  5/25/2007  Upload Date: 4/19/2008 5:33:17 PM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NJT 418(F7A)
Views:  940   Comments: 1
Old Amtrak Geep
Title:  Old Amtrak Geep
Description:  Look closely. The Amtrak markings can still be seen under the orange paint.
Photo Date:  4/27/2008  Upload Date: 4/27/2008 10:45:15 PM
Location:  Ringwood, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  VLIX 782(GP7) NJTR 418(F7A)
Views:  1201   Comments: 0
NJTR 418
Title:  NJTR 418
Description:  Stinl rusting away at Ringoes is former NJ Transit 418, purchased in the '80s from C&NW. The unit is currently owned by URHS.
Photo Date:  4/27/2008  Upload Date: 4/27/2008 10:42:45 PM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NJTR 418(F7A)
Views:  811   Comments: 0
NJTR 418
Title:  NJTR 418
Description:  After many years of storage along the Black River & Western Railroad at both Ringoes and Lambertville, this former NJT, nee-C&NW F-unit will soon be moving to the URHS storage and restoration facility at Boonton, NJ. Note the NJ Transit markings on the top headlight are still intact after all this time.
Photo Date:  10/25/2014  Upload Date: 2/10/2015 2:20:44 AM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NJTR 418(F7A)
Views:  1114   Comments: 0
Restoration In Progress
Title:  Restoration In Progress
Description:  Former NJ Transit 424 sits along the old CNJ mainline at the Lebanon station. The former C&NW unit is being restored as Reading 284.
Photo Date:  7/15/2007  Upload Date: 4/6/2008 9:53:25 PM
Location:  Lebanon, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  T 424(F7A)
Views:  670   Comments: 0
NJT 424
Title:  NJT 424
Description:  One of NJ Transit's former F7s bought from the C&NW in the '80s now sits waiting to be restored by the URHS as RDG 284.
Photo Date:  4/30/2008  Upload Date: 6/5/2008 8:59:30 PM
Location:  Lebanon, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  T 424(F7A)
Views:  604   Comments: 1
LV 576
Title:  LV 576
Description:  The URHS' pair of Lehigh Valley painted F units lay over at Tuckahoe. The former C&NW units were painted in LV colors at Metro North's Croton Harmon shops before being returned to URHS.
Photo Date:  7/31/2007  Upload Date: 1/14/2008 10:40:43 PM
Location:  Tuckahoe, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  LV 576(F7A) LV 578(F7A)
Views:  940   Comments: 0
LV 578
Title:  LV 578
Description:  Lehigh Valley 578 and its companion unit lay over at Tuckahoe. These two units were numbered after the last LV F7A 574.
Photo Date:  7/31/2007  Upload Date: 1/14/2008 10:41:02 PM
Location:  Tuckahoe, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  LV 578(F7A) LV 576(F7A)
Views:  839   Comments: 1
LV 576
Title:  LV 576
Description:  Two former C&NW units, restored to resemble what Lehigh Valley units of the same kind might have looked like.
Photo Date:  6/27/2011  Upload Date: 8/2/2011 12:11:48 PM
Location:  Tuckahoe, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  LV 576(F7A) LV 578(F7A)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
Equipment at the Junction
Title:  Equipment at the Junction
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/27/2011  Upload Date: 8/2/2011 12:11:10 PM
Location:  Tuckahoe, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  LV 576(F7A) LV 578(F7A) PRR 7000(GP9)
Views:  326   Comments: 0
LV 578
Title:  LV 578
Description:  Built in December 1949 for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. Acquired by NJ Transit for use on the Hoboken Division during the re-electrification project in 1983. Donated to the URHS in 1991 and restored to its present look by Metro North upon the termination of their lease of the unit. Replicates the numerous LV F7A units that used to haul freight between New Jersey and points west. No original Valley F units exist today.
Photo Date:  6/27/2011  Upload Date: 7/7/2011 1:52:49 AM
Location:  Tuckahoe, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LV 578(F7A) LV 576(F7A)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
LV 578
Title:  LV 578
Description:  One of URHS' Lehigh Valley F-units awaits next spring with the rest of the CMSL equipment.
Photo Date:  1/3/2009  Upload Date: 1/3/2009 5:24:33 PM
Location:  Tuckahoe, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  LV 578(F7A)
Views:  784   Comments: 0
URHS 329
Title:  URHS 329
Description:  One of the URHS Heritage coaches , the "Pennsylvania" is having one of its trucks repaired before the summer tourist season.
Photo Date:  1/3/2009  Upload Date: 4/18/2009 10:15:03 PM
Location:  Tuckahoe, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  LV 578(F7A)
Views:  961   Comments: 0
Nice Lineup
Title:  Nice Lineup
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 12/18/2014 1:09:29 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  SOU 6133(FP7A) PRR 5711(E8A) BO 722(F7A) CO 8016(F3A)
Views:  1149   Comments: 0
SRNJ 728
Title:  SRNJ 728
Description:  Recently returned from the Salem Division, F7A 728 is one of the SRNJ's "NYOW" painted units. Originally Bessemer & Lake Erie 728.
Photo Date:  7/11/2010  Upload Date: 3/18/2011 10:11:54 PM
Location:  Winslow Junction, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  SRNJ 728(F7A) SRNJ 727(F7A)
Views:  849   Comments: 0
SRNJ 727
Title:  SRNJ 727
Description:  SRNJ's F units, recently returned from the Salem Division, sit in storage in the Winslow Junction yard with other SRNJ equipment.
Photo Date:  7/11/2010  Upload Date: 3/18/2011 10:05:31 PM
Location:  Winslow Junction, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  SRNJ 727(F7A) SRNJ 728(F7A) SRNJ 7(RDC1)
Views:  924   Comments: 0
Markings From Western Pennsylvania
Title:  Markings From Western Pennsylvania
Description:  This unit's heritage is beginning to show through its current Rock Island style scheme.
Photo Date:  4/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/3/2015 3:30:21 PM
Location:  Winslow Junction, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  SRNJ 727(F7A)
Views:  204   Comments: 0
SRNJ 727
Title:  SRNJ 727
Description:  The Southern Railroad of New Jersey's other B&LE F-unit currently wears a Rock Island style paint scheme with a CNJ style hearld on the nose. Both this unit and its twin parked behind are stored out of service after many years of operation on the SRNJ operated Salem Branch in southwestern New Jersey.
Photo Date:  4/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/3/2015 3:34:12 PM
Location:  Winslow Junction, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  SRNJ 727(F7A)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
SRNJ 728
Title:  SRNJ 728
Description:  Ex-B&LE 728. Restored to replicate an NYO&W F-unit. The O&W never had any F7As, only F3As.
Photo Date:  7/1/2011  Upload Date: 8/2/2011 12:42:31 PM
Location:  Winslow Junction, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  SRNJ 728(F7A)
Views:  541   Comments: 0
SRNJ 728
Title:  SRNJ 728
Description:  Stored out of service, this former B&LE cab unit was restored in the 1990's as a replica NYO&W unit, one of three units with this scheme on the roster.
Photo Date:  4/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/3/2015 3:24:20 PM
Location:  Winslow Junction, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  SRNJ 728(F7A)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
RHSX 1878
Title:  RHSX 1878
Description:  Soon to head north to the URHS' Boonton restoration facility, this former NJ Transit, nee-C&NW F unit will one day be cosmetically restored to represent one of New Jersey's fallen flag railrhads.
Photo Date:  4/8/2015  Upload Date: 4/10/2015 1:33:09 AM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  RHSX 1878(F7A)
Views:  752   Comments: 0
Locomotite Move
Title:  Locomotite Move
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/13/2015  Upload Date: 5/14/2015 2:06:56 AM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  BDRV 8159(SW1200RS) RHSX 1878(F7A)
Views:  620   Comments: 1
RHSX 1878
Title:  RHSX 1878
Description:  One last roster sh`t as this former NJTR, nee-CNW F7A leaves Ringoes for the last time. Built by EMD in 1949 as CNW 4073A, it was later renumbered 418 and mainly used in Chicago area passenger service. Acquired by$NJ Transit as an extra locomotive for the Hoboken Division in the 1980s, it was later donated to the URHS and moved to the Black River & Western for restoration. After quite a few decades of stosage at both Lambertville and Ringoes, it will now be moved to the URHS restoration facility at the former DL&W West Boonton Yard.
Photo Date:  5/13/2015  Upload Date: 5/14/2015 2:09:05 AM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RHSX 1878(F7A)
Views:  641   Comments: 0
RHSX 1878
Title:  RHSX 1878
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/13/2015  Upload Date: 5/14/2015 2:14:55 AM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RHSX 1878(F7A) BDRV 8159(SW1200RS)
Views:  606   Comments: 0
BDRV 8159
Title:  BDRV 8159
Description:  Toad Lane.
Photo Date:  5/13/2015  Upload Date: 5/14/2015 2:17:20 AM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BDRV 8159(SW1200RS) RHSX 1878(F7A)
Views:  650   Comments: 1
BDRV 8159
Title:  BDRV 8159
Description:  Everitts Road.
Photo Date:  5/13/2015  Upload Date: 5/14/2015 2:19:12 AM
Location:  Copper Hill, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BDRV 8159(SW1200RS) RHSX 1878(F7A)
Views:  510   Comments: 0
RHSX 1878
Title:  RHSX 1878
Description:  Through the Flemington station platforms for the last time.
Photo Date:  5/13/2015  Upload Date: 5/14/2015 2:21:27 AM
Location:  Flemington, NJ
Author:  Paul K’qrowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RHSX 1878(F7A)
Views:  581   Comments: 0
RHSX 1878
Title:  RHSX 1878
Description:  This crossing did not exist the last time the F-unit traversed this section of line.
Photo Date:  5/13/2015  Upload Date: 5/14/2015 2:24:14 AM
Location:  Raritan Township, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  RHSX 1878(F7A)
Views:  606   Comments: 1
River Crossing
Title:  River Crossing
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/13/2015  Upload Date: 5/14/2015 2:27:49 AM
Location:  Readington, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BDRV 8159(SW1200RS) RHSX 1878(F7A)
Views:  631   Comments: 0
BM 4265
Title:  BM 4265
Description:  The Gorham Historical Society is in the process of restoring this F-unit as a theatre for historical presentations.
Photo Date:  6/13/2010  Upload Date: 4/3/2011 10:02:52 PM
Location:  Gorham, NH
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BM 4265A(F7A)
Views:  444   Comments: 0
Display Train
Title:  Display Train
Description:  The entire display train of the Gorham Historical Society sits on a disconnected siding next to the former Grand Trunk line, now operated by G&W subsidiary, Saint Lawrence & Atlantic.
Photo Date:  6/13/2010  Upload Date: 7/11/2011 9:48:46 PM
Location:  Gorham, NH
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  BM 4265A(F7A) GT 7531(0-6-0)
Views:  894   Comments: 0
BM 4268
Title:  BM 4268
Description:  One of three surviving F7As from the Boston & Maine is seen on display in the North Conway yard. Only an empty shell now, it is owned by and under restoration by the 470 Railroad Club.
Photo Date:  6/13/2010  Upload Date: 4/4/2011 3:13:41 PM
Location:  North Conway, NH
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BM 4268A(F7A)
Views:  316   Comments: 0


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