Phillipsburg Railroad Historians, Inc.
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Category: Museum
Location: 292 Chambers Street Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
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Web site:
www.angelfire.com/nj/prrh/
The Phillipsburg Railroad
Historians, Inc. was founded April 1, 1990, for the purpose of
establishing a railroad museum at Phillipsburg to tell the story
of local railroad history.
Our Museum site is located behind the Noto-Wynkoop Funeral
Home (across from Joe's Steak Shop) off South Main Street in
Phillipsburg.
We have a lease with the Town of Phillipsburg for the use of
approximately four acres of former Central Railroad of New Jersey
land. This includes a former freight building used for museum and
gift shop purposes. We are also actively seeking the preservation
of the former CRR of NJ "PU" tower in Phillipsburg.
At present we are preserving the following equipment:
CNJ Wooden Caboose #91197
L&HR Caboose #16, 18
L&HR Flanger #105
L&HR Low Side Gondola #1600
45 Ton GE Center Cab Locomotive that was the last plant switcher
at Ingersoll-Rand Phillipsburg Plant
In 1993, we acquired the former Centerville & Southwestern miniature
2" scale railroad for the Town of Phillipsburg. We are
leasing this equipment from the town. We have laid 500 feet of
permanent road bed and operate on
weekends during the summer.
We have received a grant from the Phillipsburg UEZ for $75,000
to rebuild a retaining wall, build an engine house, and fence the Museum site. The
retaining wall was completed in 1999 and we expect the remaining
projects to be completed in 2000. Update: The enginehouse grant
was combined with the grant that Friends received and it is now
built! It was completed and approved in November 2000.
Our member meetings are held on
the fourth Wednesday of each month, except in November and
December when we meet on the third Wednesday, at United
Presbyterian Church Of Alpha, 859 High Street, Alpha, NJ 08865 at 7:30 PM. Directors meetings are held as posted.
We are an IRS 501C3 non-profit organization and a member of
The United Railroad Historical
Society of New Jersey.
Membership dues are $25 per year. Click here
for an application or write to:
PRRH, Inc.
292 Chambers Street
Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
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