Events
GPCo will have a sales table at the Ontario & Western Railway Historical Society’s Middletown Railroad Day event in Middletown, New York!
GPCo has a sales table at the Erie Lackawanna Railroad Historical Society's annual Eastern District Spring Meeting in Parsippany, NJ!
GPCo has a sales table at the Jersey Central Chapter NRHS's annual train show in Clark, NJ!
GPCo books will be for sale at the Amherst Railroad Hobby Show in West Springfield, MA!
GPCo author Rudy Garbely provides an in-person lecture for the Susquehanna Valley Railway Historical Society on the process for writing and developing a comprehensive railroad history book.
GPCo author Rudy Garbely provides an in-person lecture for the Bridge Line Historical Society on the process for writing and developing a comprehensive railroad history book.
GPCo has a sales table at the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey’s annual event in Boonton, NJ!
GPCo author Richard J. King presents some amusing stories and anecdotes from New Jersey’s local Rahway Valley Railroad.
A recent GPCo book covering the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad receives an award for its impact on historic preservation in Bergen County, New Jersey!
GPCo author Kevin Olsen gives an in-person presentation on the Erie Railroad’s Greenwood Lake Division at Sterling Forest State Park.
GPCo author Richard J. King gives a virtual presentation touring New Jersey’s local Rahway Valley Railroad.
GPCo author Rudy Garbely provides an in-person lecture on the process for writing and developing a comprehensive railroad history book.
GPCo has a sales table at the Jersey Central Chapter NRHS's annual train show in Clark, NJ!
GPCo author Richard J. King gives a virtual presentation on the locomotives & equipment of New Jersey’s Rahway Valley Railroad.
GPCo author Richard J. King gives a virtual presentation on the best photographs discovered in his studies of New Jersey’s Rahway Valley Railroad.
From its earliest origins as the New Jersey Midland Railway in the 1870s, the New York, Susquehanna & Western has been an integral piece of the northern New Jersey rail network. Stretching from the Hudson River in Jersey City and Edgewater westward to Stroudsburg, PA and beyond via its subsidiary, the Wilkes-Barre & Eastern, the NYS&W formed a vital east-west link across the state.
Despite cutting its west end back to Hainesburg, NJ in 1941, the railroad continued to flourish during World War II. Using funds from the influx of wartime traffic, NYS&W became the first Class I railroad in the U.S. to fully dieselize (accomplished in June of 1945). Following the recession of 1957 and the abandonment of the connecting Lehigh & New England in 1961, the NYS&W abandoned its line west of the Lehigh & Hudson River connection in Sparta, NJ. Commuter service ended entirely in 1966, and the railroad’s limited freight operations were cut back in 1968 from Sparta to Oak Ridge and again in 1971 from Oak Ridge to Butler. The NYS&W operated as a down-on-its-luck shortline into the 1980s, when it was famously revived by Walter Rich and the Delaware Otsego Corporation as a powerful Class II regional carrier.
This presentation for the Tri-State Railway Historical Society covers the railroad from east to west, showcasing never-before-seen images from the NYS&W’s earliest diesels in the 1940s through the railroad’s first decade under Delaware Otsego ownership. Carolyn Hoffman, author of the forthcoming book New York, Susquehanna & Western, Volume 1: Jersey City to Passaic Jct., provides a look at the railroad’s locations and motive power during these tumultuous decades. She is joined by Jon Berkemeyer (who is working on Volume 2, covering Elmwood Park to Butler) and her husband Rudy Garbely, who will help to present locations and photos from future books in this series covering the western portions of the “Susie-Q”.
Tri-State’s membership portion of the meeting begins on Zoom at 7:00 PM. Click the button below to register for the webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. The presentation will continue on Zoom and be simulcast on Tri-State’s Facebook page after. All are welcome to attend!
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We will be holding a book release event for our book Delaware & Hudson: The Final Years, 1968 to 1991 on the plaza in front of the former D&H headquarters building in Albany! In addition to author Rudy Garbely, there will be several D&H veterans in attendance to meet and greet, food vendors, and historical displays and information. Afterwards, visitors can enjoy historical walking tours of nearby buildings offered by the State University of New York, the Historic Albany Foundation, and Dicsover Albany. Join us for a great time, with more information to come as more participants are confirmed!
Author Brock Kerchner presents on his GPCo book, Conrail Business & Research Trains!
GPCo has a sales table at the Jersey Central Chapter NRHS's annual train show in Clark, NJ!
GPCo author Kevin Olsen is giving a virtual presentation on the Erie Railroad’s Greenwood Lake Division for the Pequannock Township Public Library. In-person attendance is free (requires pre-registration).
Authors Brock Kerchner and Wes Reminder hold a book signing for Conrail Business & Research Trains!
Authors Brock Kerchner and Wes Reminder hold a book signing for Conrail Business & Research Trains!
Authors Brock Kerchner and Wes Reminder present on their current book project, Conrail Business & Research Trains!
GPCo author Kevin Olsen is giving a virtual presentation on the Erie Railroad’s Greenwood Lake Division for the Tri-State Railway Historical Society. Online attendance is free (requires pre-registration).
GPCo author Kevin Olsen is giving a virtual presentation on the Erie Railroad’s Greenwood Lake Division for the West Milford Township Library. Online attendance is free (requires pre-registration).
The Garbely Publishing Company is among over 30 vendors and publishers participating in a virtual train show hosted by New Tracks!
Author Rudy Garbely presents on his current book project on the Delaware & Hudson!
Author Richard J. King presents the operations and customers of New Jersey’s diminutive Rahway Valley Railroad.
GPCo staff members Rudy Garbely and Carolyn Hoffman participate in a virtual interview with Caboose, the hobby shop in Lakewood, Colorado!
GPCo author Kevin Olsen is giving a virtual presentation on the Erie Railroad’s Greenwood Lake Division for the West Milford Township Library. Online attendance is free (requires pre-registration).
GPCo has a sales table at the Jersey Central Chapter NRHS's annual train show in Clark, NJ!
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