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
The Blairstown Railway (BRWY) opened in 1877 and ran between Blairstown and Delaware, New Jersey, a distance of approximately 12 miles (19 km). The single-track railroad was built under the direction of railroad magnate John I. Blair, one of the wealthiest persons in the United States at that time, who had previously built the Warren Railroad, and for whom Blairstown is named.
The Blairstown Railway right-of-way where it passes the Columbia Power Dam near the town of Columbia, New Jersey.