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74-870: The Edgewater Branch was a branch of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYS&W) that ran about 3.174 miles (5.108 km) through eastern Bergen County, New Jersey in the United States. Starting from a rail junction at the Little Ferry Yard (in Ridgefield ), it went east through the Edgewater Tunnel to Undercliff (as Edgewater was once known) to the Hudson Waterfront . The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway handled passenger and freight traffic from

148-447: A copyright holder into the public domain . However, statutory abandonment is legally a tricky issue that has little relevant case precedent to establish how an artist can abandon their copyright during their lifetime. Owners who wish for the public to make free use of their work often seek to do so by using a Creative Commons license and retaining copyright rather than relinquishing ownership entirely. Copyright protection attaches to

222-546: A patent application occurs when either the required reply is not filed within the required time period or an express abandonment is filed. Abandonment is permission sought by or granted to a carrier by a state or federal agency to cease operation of all or part of a route or service . This has a legal signification in England recognized by statute, by authority of which the Board of Trade may, under certain circumstances, grant

296-408: A patient , and then suddenly walks away while the patient is still in need, without securing the services of an adequate substitute or giving the patient adequate opportunity to find one. It is a crime in many countries and can result in the loss of one's license to practice. Also, because of the public policy in favor of keeping people alive, the professional cannot defend themselves by pointing to

370-458: A common law jurisdiction) is the abandonment by a bankruptcy trustee under 11 U.S.C.   § 554 . In Scots law , failure to assert a legal right in a way that implies the abandonment of that property is called "taciturnity", while the term "abandonment" in Scots law refers specifically to a procedure by which a party gives up civil proceedings or an appeal. Intentional abandonment

444-608: A controlling interest in the line. In 1907, Erie Terminals Railroad took control of the Edgewater and Fort Lee Railroad which ran to the Hudson County line and connected with the New Jersey Shore Line Railroad , eventually becoming part of a Belt Line along the shore. Extensive railyards and car float operations supported the development of industries which dominated the shoreline for much of

518-559: A former Central of Georgia executive. By that time, the Susquehanna had run all of their passenger trains at a financial loss from declining ridership and competition from a new park and ride service, and they considered filing an application to discontinue their services. The railroad also lost money after one of their primary customers, the Ford Motor Company , closed their Edgewater assembly plant . Following

592-458: A former domicile , coupled with the intention of choosing a new domicile. The presumptions which will guide the court in deciding whether a former domicile has been abandoned or not must be inferred from the facts of each individual case. In the United States, a tenant is generally understood to have abandoned a property if they have fallen behind in rent and shown a lack of interest in continuing to live there. The landlord must then send notice of

666-560: A loss of freight customers and interchange partners. In 1980, the NYS&;W was purchased by the Delaware Otsego Corporation (DO), and they reorganized and expanded the railway's operations and finances. They also benefited from Conrail 's monopoly in the northeastern U.S., by operating competing intermodal trains until 1999, when Conrail was split between Norfolk Southern (NS) and CSX . The NYS&W obtains

740-558: A major coal shortage in Great Britain , since a similar route out of Norfolk, Virginia , was blocked by the 1942 submarine menace . In February 1943, Kidde died, and his deputy and executive officer, Henry K. Norton, subsequently succeeded him as the Susquehanna's trustee, and he opted to continue Kidde's restructuring plans for the company. By June 1945, almost all of the Susquehanna's remaining steam locomotives had either been retired or sold off, and they declared themselves as

814-593: A more comprehensive transportation strategy have been conducted. A station along the line at the Vince Lombardi Park & Ride is part of the proposed Passaic–Bergen–Hudson Transit Project . New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway ( reporting mark NYSW ), also referred to as the Susie-Q or the Susquehanna , and formerly referred to as

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888-531: A right [in property] by the owner therefore without any regard to future possession by himself or any other person, and with the intention to forsake [ sic ] or desert the right...." or "the voluntary relinquishment of a thing by its owner with the intention of terminating his ownership, and without [the intention of] vesting ownership to any other person; the giving up of a thing absolutely, without reference to any particular person or purpose...." By contrast, an example of statutory abandonment (albeit in

962-613: A southern division, which runs from Jersey City, New Jersey to Binghamton, New York , and they obtain a northern division, formed by two branches north of Binghamton, which serve Utica and Syracuse . The two divisions are connected via trackage rights over the Southern Tier Line . The origins of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway trace back to the New Jersey, Hudson and Delaware Railroad (NJH&D), which

1036-457: A stretch of trackage at Smoke Rise was washed away and mud-covered by Tropical Storm Doria . Following the damage from Storm Doria, along with that from Hurricane Agnes the following year, the Susquehanna began operating at a financial loss again, and the condition of their remaining trackage worsened. Concurrently, Irving Maidman also began to lose money from his other businesses, and he began intentionally defaulting on property taxes owed to

1110-425: A total loss. Sometimes, this is permitted only when damage constitutes a constructive total loss . In marine insurance parlance, abandonment involves the surrender of a ship or goods to the insurer, who becomes the abandonee. Abandonment can also mean refusal to accept from a delivering carrier a shipment so damaged in transit as to be worthless. Abandonment is recognized as the intentional release of material by

1184-603: A warrant to a railway authorizing the abandonment of its line or part of it. Likewise, in the United States, the Surface Transportation Board grants permission to abandon railway lines. The abandonment of a military unit by a soldier, a Marine, or an airman; or of a ship or a naval base by a sailor; can be called desertion ; and being away from one's assigned location for a significant length of time can be called " Away Without Leave " , " Absent Without Leave " , or " Dereliction of duty " . However,

1258-418: A work as soon as it is fixed in a tangible medium, whether the copyright holder desires this protection or not. Before the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 an artist could abandon or forfeit their copyright by neglecting to comply with the relevant formalities . A difficulty arises when one tries to apply the doctrine of abandonment to present-day concerns regarding the abandonment or gifting of a digitized work to

1332-681: Is a former railroad tunnel through Bergen Hill , the Hudson Palisades . Originally opened in 1894, it was built to gain access to the Hudson River waterfront. About 200 ft (61 m) underground and about 1 mile (1.6 km) long, its western cut and portal is located in the Fairview Cemetery in Fairview and the eastern portal is located in Edgewater. The right-of-way was removed from service in about 1992 and

1406-516: Is also referred to as dereliction , and something voluntarily abandoned by its owner with the intention of not retaking it is a derelict . Someone that holds the property or to whom property rights have been relinquished is an abandonee. An item that has been abandoned is termed an abandum. A res nullius abandoned by its owner, leaving it vacant , belongs to no one. In the American legal and media context, investigative reporters have relied on

1480-442: Is deliberately discontinued; trademark law protects only trademarks being actively used and defended. So-called " zombie trademarks " may be used by other companies if they are deemed to have been abandoned by their original owners. Abandonment is relinquishment by an inventor of the right to secure a patent , in such a way as to constitute a dedication of the invention to public use. Under United States patent law , abandonment of

1554-685: The Baldwin Locomotive Works ; all of their subsequent steam locomotives were either leased or purchased second-hand from the Erie. In 1911, the Susquehanna's Jersey City passenger terminus was moved from the PRR's Exchange Place Station to the Erie's Pavonia Terminal , and their freight terminus was moved from the PRR's Marion yards to the Erie's Croxton yards. In 1923, the Susquehanna's total gross income peaked at $ 5.5 million. The Erie subsequently invested in rebuilding and upgrading

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1628-647: The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western (DL&W) (for freight service) to use their lines to terminals on the North River . The Hudson River Railroad and Terminal Company was incorporated as a New York Susquehanna and Western Railway subsidiary in 1892. The NYSW developed a terminal on what had once been a coal yard for oceangoing ships along the Hudson River shore. At the time the Erie Railroad held

1702-637: The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) and interchange with them at Stroudsburg . To reach the Hudson River waterfront ports, the NYS&W would transfer their coal traffic to the Pennsylvania Railroad at Marion Junction via the Hudson Connecting Railway. The NYS&W also began operating passenger trains. By the late 1880s, the NYS&W's profitability boomed from their coal-hauling business and from their industrial and farmer customers. In 1887,

1776-658: The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to have the NYS&W involved in the Pennsylvania Railroad-New York Central merger. The ICC in turn asked the PRR and NYC to incorporate the Susquehanna, along with the bankrupt New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (NH) into the merger as a condition, and both railroads agreed to the former, since it provided a major connection between the PRR and NYC in New Jersey. The new Penn Central Transportation Company (PC)

1850-735: The New York Central Railroad (NYC) to access New York City. The NJM took over the lease of the MU&;WG, but in 1875, the NJM was also put into receivership from the after affects of the Panic , and James McCulloh and Garret Hobart served as the NJM's receivers. In 1880, investors from the original NJM regrouped and reorganized the company as the Midland Railroad of New Jersey, with Hobart serving as their president, and

1924-408: The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad , is an American Class II freight railway that operates over 400 miles (640 km) of trackage in the states of New Jersey , New York , and Pennsylvania . The NYS&W was formed in 1881 out of a merger of multiple smaller companies, and their original primary source of income was shipping anthracite coal out of Pennsylvania. From 1898 to 1940,

1998-647: The Recession of 1957 , the NYS&W experienced additional financial problems, and a portion of their other freight customers abandoned the railroad to begin relying on truck shipping. Sease opted to arrange some cutbacks for the company, which involved discontinuing a number of their commuter services and moving their Jersey City passenger terminus from Pavonia Terminal to the DL&;W's Hoboken Terminal . The NYS&W subsequently sold off its Budd passenger cars and replaced them with used second-hand equipment. One of

2072-617: The coal mining region in the Lackawanna Valley in and around Scranton, Pennsylvania through northern New Jersey. While it had a line running along the foot of the western slope of Hudson Palisades that terminated in Jersey City north of Marion Junction it owned no right of way through Bergen Hill . The railroad paid substantial fees to both the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) (for passenger trains) and

2146-543: The 1930s, the NYS&W experienced some major financial problems from the Great Depression , and the Erie began to neglect them. The general demand for anthracite coal was declining, and while other anthracite-hauling railroads were able to change their freight priorities, the NYS&W struggled to follow suit. During 1937, the railroad defaulted on some major bonds and taxes they owed, and on June 1, they filed for bankruptcy and reorganization. That same month,

2220-431: The 20th century. Among them were Alcoa Aluminum , Ford Motor Company , Lever Brothers , Valvoline Oil Company, and Archer-Daniels-Midland . Eventually the factories closed as industry globalized, facilities became obsolete, and shipping in the port shifted to trucking and containerization. The closure of Ford's Edgewater Assembly Plant in 1955 saw the loss of one of the line's biggest clients. The Edgewater Tunnel

2294-520: The EL agreed to pay a $ 15,000 yearly fee. By the end of 1969, the NYS&W turned a profit of $ 297,644. In 1970, NYS&W executive William T. Frazier became the railroad's newest president, after the position had been changed three times within the previous five years. In 1971, the NYS&W lost their interchange with the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) at Green Pond Junction , when

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2368-738: The NY&;OM to benefit both railroads. Cornelius Wortendyke signed an agreement with DeWitt Littlejohn, where the two companies would lease and access each other's routes. By 1870, the NJW expanded westward from Hackensack to Hanford, but in doing so, they encountered the NJH&;D, the HR&;P, and the Sussex Valley, all of which already obtained resources and created their route grades. All four railroads decided it would be convenient to consolidate

2442-480: The NY&OM, and the NJM completed construction on their final stretch of trackage from Hackensack to Jersey City , using trackage rights over the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). On July 9, 1873, the first train over the NY&OM and NJM was operated from Oswego to Jersey City. With the inaugural run, the two railroads created the third trunk railroad line to connect New York City and the Great Lakes region, but

2516-475: The NYS&W by moving their shipyard operations from Edgewater to Brooklyn for a separate partnership with the U.S. government , and Maidman sued Seatrain for $ 4.8 million in compensatory damages. The NYS&W also sued the Erie's successor, the Erie Lackawanna Railway (EL), for $ 1.6 million in unpaid usage of Susquehanna trackage, but they subsequently settled for a $ 186,315 claim, and

2590-498: The NYS&W chartered the Susquehanna Connecting Railroad to directly access the Lackawanna Valley south of Scranton , and to divert coal traffic away from the DL&W. The NYS&W's prosperity caught the attention of an influential financer, J. P. Morgan , and a company he financed, the Erie Railroad . The Erie already had access to coal mines north of Scranton, but they desired to also access

2664-571: The NYS&W operated as a subsidiary of the Erie Railroad . They emerged from the Erie's control, as part of their bankruptcy reorganization, and they discontinued their coal operations. The NYS&W changed their primary source of income to providing commuter and bus services around the New York City -area, but by 1955, the services were losing money for the company. All of their commuter services were discontinued in 1966, and by that time, railroad experienced additional financial troubles from

2738-418: The NYS&W prioritize on serving his warehouse business, but the railroad consequently began to neglect their other stockholders and the rest of their remaining freight customers. Maintenance on the NYS&W's trackage also became deffered, and in ensuing years, it resulted in derailments and slower deliveries, which in turn resulted in additional customers abandoning the railroad. Maidman also arranged for

2812-424: The NYS&W to sell some of their land properties to other businesses Maidman owned, and they began to lease some new land property in Edgewater for use as backup storage. He also discontinued all of the NYS&W's bus services, and he filed a petition to the state of New Jersey to terminate all of the railroad's commuter services. As a desperate attempt to eliminate all ridership, Maidman personally offered to pay

2886-455: The NYS&W was to obtain a $ 550,000 federal loan for the purchase of three EMD GP18 road switchers to assist the NYS&W's failing ALCO locomotives. In 1963, Maidman became the NYS&W's newest board chairman and chief executive officer (CEO), and he began to install new executives for the railroad, which involved Ralph Sease resigning from his president position and being replaced by John P. Clark. That same year, Maidman began to have

2960-491: The NYS&W's 200 remaining commuters $ 1,000 each to stop using their trains, but only five of them accepted. In June 1966, the NYS&W obtained court permission to terminate all of their passenger services, despite commuters having petitioned to keep them open. The railroad's final commuter train operated on June 30 with only a day's notice, and the following day, uninformed commuters waited to board NYS&W trains that never arrived. By that time, Maidman had petitioned

3034-402: The NYS&W's newest president, as a reward for his and Kidde's restructuring methods. Two years later, in 1955, stockholders voted to have Norton demoted to chairman and replaced by former Chicago Great Western vice-president James M. Baths, due to Norton's excessively-progressive foresight. In December that same year, the NYS&W's president position was changed again to Ralph E. Sease,

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3108-507: The NYS&W's trackage and bridges. During the 1920s, the Erie began operating under the control of the Van Sweringen brothers , and they installed a new president for the Erie, John J. Bernet . During Bernet's tenure for the Erie, he initiated a major modernization program for the Susquehanna; most of the railroad's original steam locomotives and wooden passenger cars were scrapped and replaced with newer Erie equipment. Throughout

3182-559: The Susquehanna turned a profit for the first time since 1955, with an income of $ 17,755. That same year, the railroad lost another interchange partner, the Lehigh and Hudson River Railway (L&HR), when their Station Road bridge in Sparta was deemed unsafe, and they had to cut back their Sparta route to Oak Ridge . Also in that same year, Seatrain Lines breached their shipping contract with

3256-415: The Susquehanna's president. In September, Maidman, along with his son and attorney Robert, convinced the NYS&W's board of directors to purchase $ 2 million in general mortgage bonds from W. E. Hutton & Co. while secretly arranging the transaction to bail Maidman out of a major debt he owed Hutton. Abandonment (legal)#Abandonment of easement Common law abandonment is "the relinquishment of

3330-469: The WB&;E was quickly shut down and ripped up, after they filed for their own bankruptcy. He also entrusted ownership of the Susquehanna Connecting Railroad to the Erie. In 1938, Kidde discontinued a portion of the NYS&W's commuter passenger services. By March 1940, Kidde arranged other cutbacks for the Susquehanna, which resulted in the company being disbanded from the Erie's control. Following

3404-492: The abandonment of the WB&E, the NYS&W did not prospect any benefits in continuing their Pennsylvania operations, so by 1941, they cut back the western end of their line to Hainesburg, New Jersey . Walter Kidde decided to have the Susquehanna improve their remaining suburban commuter passenger trains and make profits from providing bus services to Manhattan , and the Susquehanna Transfer Railway

3478-544: The bankruptcy court appointed two co-trustees to the NYS&W; Walter Kidde and Hudson Bordwell, but the latter died only five months into his position, making the former their sole trustee. Walter Kidde, who had no prior experience in operating railroads, began to explore ways of reorganizing the NYS&W and its assets. The first task he did was to terminate the company's lease of the Wilkes-Barre and Eastern, effectively ending their anthracite coal operations, and

3552-588: The bridge at US Route 1/9 in Fairview east of Route 1/9, but trackage through the cut and tunnel was removed in October 1992. The right-of-way itself has not been abandoned . During the 1980s and early 1990s, planners and government officials realized that alternative transportation systems needed to be put in place to relieve increasing congestion along the Hudson Waterfront It was decided that

3626-413: The case of Sumpter v Hedges (1898) . Desertion refers to intentional and substantial abandonment, permanently or for a period of time stated by law, without legal excuse and without consent, of one's duties arising out of a status such as that of husband and wife or parent and child. It can involve the desertion of a spouse with the intention of creating a permanent separation. Desertion of one spouse by

3700-410: The company regained their finances by serving New Jersey industrial firms. The investors decided to profit from hauling anthracite out of Pennsylvania, and they chartered the New York and Scranton Construction Company, which in turn chartered four other small companies, to lay down portions of the NJM route from New Jersey to Pennsylvania. On May 26, 1881, the Midland Railroad of New Jersey merged with

3774-597: The concepts of abandonment or "constructive abandonment" in receiving documents from sources. Examples include Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein 's receipt of materials related to the Watergate scandal from the former apartment of John Mitchell, and more recently, Project Veritas ' receipt of Ashley Biden 's diary. The relinquishment by a nonuser, for a specified period, of some accommodation or right in another's land, such as right-of-way or free access to light and air. Occurs when one ceases to reside permanently in

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3848-475: The first Class I railroad in the United States to completely dieselize. Three locomotives, 2-10-0 s Nos. 2435, 2461, and 2492, were retained as yard switchers, until they were also retired by October 1947. After World War II ended, coal continued to be shipped from Edgewater to Europe, in accordance with the Marshall Plan , until the NYS&W shut down their coal terminal in 1948. During that time,

3922-551: The five companies to form the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (NYS&W); "Susquehanna" was incorporated in the name, since one of the company's goals was to reach the Susquehanna River . In 1882, the new NYS&W railroad extended westward to Gravel Place, Pennsylvania , but they were originally reluctant to extend through the Pocono Mountains , so they began to outsource their coal traffic to

3996-653: The industrial city of Paterson to the Hudson River ; and the Sussex Valley Railroad completed a grade that reached the Delaware Water Gap. The most successful attempt was by the New Jersey Western Railroad (NJW), which was founded by Cornelius Wortendyke in 1868, and they began laying down their trackage at Hawthorne , the following year. The NJW quickly decided to shift its focus towards connecting their route with

4070-458: The intent to seize the property and wait a certain number of days to take action on it. How long the landlord has to wait depends on the value of the property. The landlord can keep the money up to the costs incurred as a result of the abandonment; the rest must be set aside for the former tenant, should they eventually return. Abandonment occurs when the insured surrenders to the insurer all rights to damaged or lost property and claims payment for

4144-432: The mines south of the area, and they believed the Susquehanna provided the best route there. On behalf of the Erie, Morgan quietly purchased the NYS&W's stock until he obtained the majority of their shares, and by July 1898, the Erie took over control of all of the railroad's operations, making the Susquehanna their subsidiary. In 1908, the Susquehanna purchased their final new steam locomotive, 2-8-0 No. 140, from

4218-633: The most efficient and cost-effective system to meet the growing demands of the area would be a light rail system. When a new transportation network was proposed, it was suggested that the tunnel be used for what became the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail , but that idea was ultimately rejected in favor of the Weehawken Tunnel . The Hudson Waterfront/River Road corridor has seen extensive residential and commercial development and subsequent congestion since that time, and further studies of

4292-596: The nearby Morris and Essex Canal. In 1857, the NJH&D charter was sold to the Pennsylvania Coal Company, but they also struggled to raise enough capital to begin construction. Following the events of the Civil War , canals became disused, and a major railroad boom began throughout the United States. In 1866, the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad (NY&OM) was incorporated under the leadership of DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn , and his plan for

4366-492: The ongoing Panic of 1873 quickly affected the finances of both companies, with the NY&OM falling under receivership. The NY&OM suspended all lease payments, and their partnership with the NJM was quickly put to an end. The NY&OM was later reorganized as the New York, Ontario and Western Railway (NYO&W) in 1879, and they began forming a separate partnership with the West Shore Railroad (later

4440-555: The other cutbacks was the abandonment of the Hanford Branch, the remains of the original NJM-NY&OM route, since it had lost its farm traffic to the recession, and long-time interchange partner NYO&W had shut down. In 1961, another one of the NYS&W's long-time interchange partners, the Lehigh and New England Railroad (L&NE), ceased operations, and the following year, the NYS&W consequently abandoned its route between Hainesburg and Sparta Junction . The route

4514-481: The other without just cause is called malicious abandonment. Child abandonment is often recognized as a crime, in which case the child is usually not physically harmed directly as part of the abandonment. Child abandonment is also called exposure or exposition , especially when an infant is left in the open. In medicine , abandonment occurs when a health care professional (typically a physician, nurse, dentist, or paramedic) has already begun emergency treatment of

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4588-445: The public domain. The abandonment of a work is difficult to prove in court, though Learned Hand proposed a test which parallels other forms of abandonment law wherein an author or copyright holder could abandon their work if they intend to abandon it and commit an overt act to make public that intention. Under US law, the abandonment of a trademark is understood to happen when the mark is not used for three or more years, or when it

4662-485: The railroad laid down a double-track route from Paterson to Jersey City to accommodate their rising traffic. In 1892, the Susquehanna ended their transfer partnerships with the DL&W and the PRR, when they extended their own line eastward from their Little Ferry Yard to a new coal terminal at Edgewater , and they began leasing the newly-chartered Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad (WB&E) between Stroudsburg and Wilkes-Barre , for direct coal mine access. In 1896,

4736-547: The railroad signed a contract with Seatrain Lines to provide rolling stock-shipping services at Edgewater. By November 1951, the Susquehanna's entire passenger car fleet was replaced with stainless steel cars, their entire streamlined rail car fleet was replaced with Budd Rail Diesel Car s, and many of their passenger stations were revamped. On June 3, 1953, the NYS&W emerged from bankruptcy and completed its reorganization process, having reduced their capitalization from $ 42 million to $ 16 million. Norton subsequently became

4810-519: The railroad was to provide a connection from New York City to the port city of Oswego, New York at Lake Ontario . Construction on their trackage began at Oswego, two years later. In 1867, the NJH&D began their grading in Butler , and several competing railroads also emerged and attempted to develop routes throughout northern New Jersey; the Hoboken, Ridgefield and Paterson (HR&P) graded from

4884-539: The state of New Jersey and Citibank , believing they were overcharging him. In mid-1975, William Frazier became hospitalized for cancer treatment, and then in August, Maidman ransacked Fraizer's desk and discovered that since 1971, Frazier, along with chief engineer Joseph J. Novellino, both defrauded the railroad with fake bills for personal gain and funding for Novellino's private business. The board of directors quickly voted to have Frazier resign, and Maidman became

4958-410: The term "Dereliction of Duty" also includes the offenses of being present but not carrying out one's assigned duties and responsibilities with the expected amount of effort, alertness, carefulness, ingenuity, and sense of duty. Abandonment of contract means failure to fulfil a contractual obligation, which will affect the abandoner's entitlement to the contractually agreed consideration , for example in

5032-582: The track was removed shortly thereafter. A pipeline now runs through the tunnel between Hess facilities in Bogota and Edgewater. A power cable, part of the Hudson Project , running from a Bergen Generating Station substation through the tunnel and under the Hudson to Midtown Manhattan , was completed in 2013. The branch line remains in partial use between Undercliff Junction in Ridgefield and

5106-539: The work that had already been completed, so they merged together to create the New Jersey Midland Railway (NJM). Concurrently, the NY&OM expanded to Middletown, New York , and they leased the Middletown, Unionville and Water Gap Railroad (MU&WG), since it had provided a connection between the NY&OM at Middletown and the NJM at Hanford. In 1872, the NJM formally became leased by

5180-652: Was chartered by a group of Paterson, New Jersey businessmen in 1832, with the purpose of connecting the ports of the Hudson Waterfront near New York City to Pennsylvania via the Delaware Water Gap . By that time, many industrial firms had been established throughout northern New Jersey, and anthracite coal was being mined out of the Pennsylvania Coal Region . The NJH&D was unable to raise enough funds to begin laying down their trackage, due to money panics and competition from

5254-629: Was created in 1939, for this purpose. Kidde also opted to dieselize the NYS&W's locomotive roster to reduce their operating costs. In June 1940, they began to purchase some streamlined self-propelled rail cars from the American Car and Foundry Company (ACF) to cover their commuter services. In 1941, the NYS&W began to order some S-2 switchers and RS-1 road switchers from the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) to supersede their steam locomotives. A precedent

5328-522: Was formally created on February 1, 1968, but only the NH became included in the merger. The NYS&W's inclusion fell through, after Maidman and PC's management disputed over the railroad's price value; Maidman wanted to sell the NYS&W for its business value, while PC's management wanted to purchase it for its real-estate and scrap value. In March 1969, the NYS&W withdrew their ICC application to save costs and continue independently. By December 1968,

5402-591: Was later ripped up and became part of the Paulinskill Valley Trail . In October 1962, the NYS&W railroad was purchased by a New York real-estate developer and millionaire, Irving Maidman. Maidman previously acquired the former Ford Edgewater plant for use as a rental warehouse, and since the NYS&W happened to have served the building, Maidman opted to purchase the majority of the railroad's shares to ensure their freight services in Edgewater remained active. The first task Maidman did for

5476-502: Was quickly set on the NYS&W, where all of their diesels with multiple-unit controls would only receive even road numbers, while all of their non-multiple-unit diesels would only receive odd road numbers. The Susquehanna also settled a $ 7 million freight balance debt they owed the Erie by paying them $ 250,000 and purchasing their freight terminal in Edgewater. The railroad also obtained money from World War II , by providing an effective coastal coal barge route out of Edgewater, to aid

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