Butler station (New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway)
Butler is a former commuter railroad train station in the borough of Butler, Morris County, New Jersey. Serving passenger and freight trains of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway, Butler served as the western terminus of service beginning in 1941, when passenger service was cut from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Trains from Butler operated to Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City until December 12, 1958 and then Susquehanna Transfer in North Bergen until the discontinuation of service on June 30, 1966. Butler station consisted of a single low-level side platform with the wooden frame station. The next station east was Bloomingdale.
Butler station in August 2011
The Butler depot in August 2011.
Butler station c. 1907–1912
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway, also sometimes referred to as New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad, Susie-Q or the Susquehanna, is a Class II American freight railway operating over 400 miles (645 km) of track in three Northeastern states, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway streamlined locomotive constructed by the American Car and Foundry company, c. 1940
NYS&W freight SU-99 in Bogota, New Jersey, on June 2, 2021
A NYS&W suburban train at Hackensack station in Hackensack, on September 3, 1965; the following year, on June 30, 1966, the NYS&W ended all passenger operations.
RDC M-5, used on NYS&W's passenger service in Syracuse, now on display at the Conway Scenic Railroad