Black with white 'Lackawanna' inspired logo/lettering. NOTE: The RV bought its freight equipment as 'used' from the Lackawanna and followed the same lettering scheme. The RV/RAHWAY VALLEY was a shortline railroad that extended from Cranford, NJ where the RV interchanged with the Jersey Central/CNJ and Roselle, NJ where the RV interchanged with the Lehigh Valley/LV and then ran northward from Cranford, NJ to Summit, NJ where the RV interchanged with the DL&W/Lackawanna (later E-L). A few short branches served the Monsanto Chemical Co. and another ran NW towards Maplewood/Newark Heights, NJ. The Rahway Valley Railroad was one of the most successful shortline railroads in U.S. history, even turning a profit during the Great Depression. It operated over a span of 95 years (ending in 1992). The Rahway Valley Railroad was bought by the New York Susquehanna & Western Railroad's parent company Delaware Otsego Corporation on December 22, 1986. Delaware Otsego Corporation did little to revitilize the former Rahway Valley Railroad and broader macro economic trends did not help. As customers switched to truck freight, moved away, or went out of business, the former Rahway Valley Railroad withered to the point that service was ended entirely in 1992 by then owner Delaware Otsego Corporation. Currently (2010) the long dormant RV trackage, now owned by Union County, NJ, is being re-opened by another NJ Shortline...the M&E/Morristown & Erie. Click on the small inset photo to the left to see the level of detail in crisp/sharp lettering and painting! Sold as a 2-car set only. |