after 37 years of working out of a boxcar, the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey in Boonton has made a 6,600-square-foot building that is the first indoor workspace URHS has owned in its 37-year history.

 

Boonton's United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey and its sister group, Tri-State Railway Historical Society, are welding and repairing a conga line of railcars and engines in dire need of some TLC.

The 66-by-100-foot building is constructed primarily out of recycled shipping containers. It provides for two passenger-car-lengths of workspace under cover, plus 3,200 square feet of indoor storage and workspace in the containers themselves.

In all, there are roughly 60 engines and rail cars at the yard, including the New York Central Hickory Creek and Tavern-Lounge No. 43. The former was once the premier car of the 20th Century Limited train. It was inaugurated in 1948 by then-Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and offered luxury service between New York and Chicago.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/local/2022/01/11/boonton-nj-united-railroad-historical-society-repair-shed/9156235002/