Antique

An 1884 NYS&W Annual Pass issued to A. C. Sheldon, General Passenger Agent of the Texas & St. Louis Railroad. (MSHC collection)

A 1900 view of the NYS&W Rochelle Park, NJ station, which was built to a similar design as Maywood Station. The station still stands and is located less than a mile west of Maywood Station. (MSHC collection)

A 1906 black & white postcard view showing the NYS&W Main Street, Hackensack, NJ station on the right and trolley tracks in the foreground. (MSHC collection)

A 1906 color postcard view showing the NYS&W Main Street, Hackensack, NJ station on the right and trolley tracks in the foreground. (MSHC collection)

A 1906 postcard view of the New Jersey & New York Railroad (Erie) Central Avenue station and crossing shanty in Hackensack, NJ. (Pat Reynolds collection)

A 1906 postcard view of the NYS&W Ridgefield Park, NJ station near Mount Vernon Street. The station stood between the NYS&W tracks in the foreground and the New York Central tracks behind it. (MSHC collection)

A 1907 postcard view of the trolley on West Pleasant Avenue crossing Maywood Avenue in Maywood. (Pat Reynolds collection)

A 1907 postcard view of the New Jersey & New York Railroad (Erie) Essex Street station in Hackensack, NJ. (MSHC collection)

A 1909 postcard view of a trolley on West Pleasant Avenue crossing Maywood Avenue in Maywood. (MSHC Collection)

A 1910 postcard view of Maywood's Grove Avenue Public School. (Pat Reynolds collection)

1910 postcard view of Maywood's original Borough Hall and Firehouse at 15 Park Avenue. (Pat Reynolds collection)

A 1910 postcard view of the Van Saun residence on Passaic Street in Maywood. (MSHC collection)

A 1910 postcard view of the trolley on West Pleasant Avenue in Maywood. (Pat Reynolds collection)

A 1910 postcard view of factory buildings at the Maywood Chemical complex. (MSHC collection)

A 1910 postcard view of the Old Ladies Home in Hackensack, NJ. (Pat Reynolds collection)

A 1910 postcard view of the Oritani Field Club House in Hackensack, NJ. (Pat Reynolds collection)

A 1910 postcard view of a street scene on Union Street in Hackensack, NJ. (Pat Reynolds collection)

A 1910 postcard view of the NYS&W Main Street, Hackensack, NJ station with the Hackensack Trust Co. building in the background. (MSHC collection)

A 1910 postcard view of an eastbound passenger train about to head under the Prospect Avenue bridge in Hackensack, NJ. The NYS&W Prospect Avenue station is visible to the right just beyond the bridge. (MSHC collection)

A 1910 postcard view of the Prospect Avenue, Hackensack road bridge over the NYS&W Railroad. The NYS&W Prospect Avenue station is visible to the right of the bridge. (MSHC collection)

A 1910 postcard view of the New Jersey & New York Railroad (Erie) Anderson Street station in Hackensack, NJ. The station was built in 1868 and was very close in design to Maywood Station. (MSHC collection)

A 1910 postcard view of the NYS&W Ridgefield Park, NJ station near Mount Vernon Street. The NYS&W tracks are in the foreground and the New York Central Railroad tracks are running parallel behind the station. (MSHC collection)

A 1911 postcard view looking west on Passaic Street in Maywood. (Pat Reynolds collection)

A 1911 postcard view of the NYS&W Main Street Hackensack, NJ station and Bank Building in the background. (MSHC collection)

A 1911 postcard view of the New Jersey & New York Railroad Fairmount Station in Hackensack, NJ. Today, the station survives as an antique and gift shop called "Cranberry Junction". (MSHC collection)

A 1912 postcard view looking north towards the corner of East Central Avenue and Maywood Avenue in Maywood. (Pat Reynolds collection)

A 1912 postcard view of the Charles M. Berdan House located directly across Maywood Avenue from Maywood Station. In the late 1890's and early 1900's, Mr. Berdan was the Station Agent at Maywood Station as well as serving as the Borough of Maywood's Postmaster. (Gordon P. Breslow collection)

A 1912 postcard view of West Central Avenue in Maywood looking east towards Maywood Ave. The Cumberland House is seen on the left. John Cumberland was one of Maywood's first councilmen in 1894. The house still stands today and is meticulously cared for by its present owners. (Gordon P. Breslow collection)

A 1912 postcard view of the Maywood Chapel on West Magnolia Ave. The Chapel survives today as the Reconstructionist Temple Beth Israel. (Gordon P. Breslow collection)

A 1912 postcard view of the NYS&W Rochelle Park, NJ station located about 3/4 of a mile west of Maywood Station. The station still exists today and is used as the Southern Division office of the NYS&W Railway. (MSHC collection)

A 1913 postcard view looking east along Grove Avenue in Maywood showing the Grove Avenue Public School. (Pat Reynolds collection)

A 1914 postcard view of the NYS&W Main Street, Hackensack, NJ station. (MSHC collection)

A 1915 view of the new Maywood Municipal Building at 15 Park Avenue that replaced the original Borough Hall and firehouse, which was destroyed by fire. (MSHC collection)

A 1915 postcard view of the NYS&W Main Street, Hackensack, NJ station. (MSHC collection)

A 1920 postcard view of the Maywood Lutheran Church on East Pleasant Avenue. The Church still exists today as the Crossroads Community Church. (MSHC collection)

A 1920 postcard view of the NYS&W Main Street, Hackensack, NJ station. (MSHC collection)

A 1920 postcard view of the NYS&W Rochelle Park, NJ station. (MSHC collection)

A 1922 postcard view showing a street scene on Main Street in Hackensack, NJ. (MSHC collection)

A 1925 postcard view of the NYS&W Oakland, NJ station. The station shared a very similar design with Maywood Station. In the 1950's, the station was torn down and commuters then used a small waiting area in the newly built Oakland Post Office until passenger service ended in 1966. (MSHC collection)

Erie Railroad #2490, a 2-10-0 "Russian Decapod Type" locomotive is shown at the NYS&W Little Ferry, NJ yard in December 1938. (Ed Kaminski collection)

Erie Railroad 2-10-0 "Russian Decapod" #2435 is shown at the NYS&W Little Ferry, NJ yard in October 1940. (Ed Kaminski collection)

NYS&W 2-10-0 "Russian Decapod" #2481 is seen at Little Ferry Yard on February 8, 1940. (Ed Kaminski collection)

NYS&W 4-6-2 #2514 is seen at Butler, NJ in September 1940. (Ed Kaminski collection)

NYS&W 2-10-0 "Russian Decapod" #2461 is seen at Paterson, NJ in May 1942. (Ed Kaminski collection)

NYS&W ACF Motorailer #1002 is shown westbound approaching Bogota station in July 1945. (Robert P. Pisani collection)

NYS&W RS-1 #230 is shown arriving at the Paterson City, NJ station with a commuter run in the spring of 1946. (Ed Kaminski collection)

NYS&W ACF-built Motorailer #1002 is shown near Susquehanna Transfer in North Bergen, NJ in the summer of 1948. (Ed Kaminski collection)

An early 1950's postcard view of two newly-delivered NYS&W Budd Rail Diesel Cars at the Prospect Avenue station in Hackensack, NJ. (MSHC collection)

A circa 1955 postcard view of the Old Mill "Bird Bath". The site was located directly across Maywood Avenue from Maywood Station at the former home of Charles E. Berdan, who was a Station Agent and Postmaster at Maywood Station in the late 1890's through the early 1900's. A portion of the bird bath is still visible today. (Pat Reynolds collection)

Patrolman Stavola is about to enter Maywood's newest police vehicle in this July 1958 photo. The light blue 1958 Chevrolet stationwagon was used as a traffic control car. James Shea, a long-time Maywood Ave. resident and owner of Shea Chevrolet in Hackensack donated the car to the Maywood Police Department. (Pat Reynolds collection)

A July 1958 photo of the under-construction Bergen Mall in Paramus, NJ. (Pat Reynolds collection)

NYS&W sign used in the New York City Port Authority Bus Terminal during the late 1950's. Passengers would board buses through the Lincoln Tunnel to Susquehanna Transfer in North Bergen, NJ where they would board NYS&W commuter trains to their final destinations. This service in both directions began in 1940 and lasted until the end of NYS&W commuter trains on June 30, 1966. (MSHC collection)

NYS&W RS-1 #231 heads eastbound with a commuter train at Paterson, NJ station in May 1964. (Robert P. Pisani collection)

NYS&W GP18 #1804 is shown in July 1974 passing the semaphore blade signal at Passaic Junction, Saddle Brook, NJ. (Robert P. Pisani collection)

An October 1974 view of the NYS&W's Little Ferry engine terminal. GP18 #1802 and RS-1 #238 are shown next to the sand tower. (MSHC collection)

A September 1980 view of the NYS&W Rochelle Park, NJ station. In the late 1980's, the railroad rebuilt the station for use as their Southern Division offices. (MSHC collection)