A wide-angle view of Footbridge Park in Blairstown, New Jersey from 2011, the starting point of the Blairstown Railway, shows the footbridge into the town of Blairstown (center), the location of the coal docks and skate park (left), the former location of the station (right) and the location of the former rail yard which occupied what is now a parking lot (foreground). This location is a common starting point for hikers and bicyclists using the Paulinskill Valley Trail.
The Blairstown Railway (BRWY) opened in 1877 and ran between Blairstown and Delaware, New Jersey, a distance of approximately 12 miles (19 km). The single-track railroad was built under the direction of railroad magnate John I. Blair, one of the wealthiest persons in the United States at that time, who had previously built the Warren Railroad, and for whom Blairstown is named.
