Hike #72; Phillipsburg to Belvidere

 Hike #72

In a drainage tunnel of some kind under phillipsburg...I did'nt go in too far, but it was long...

Hike 72

 

10/24/2

 

My grandmother dropped us off at the beginning in Phillipsburg, Union Square

Along former Bel Del Railroad, Phillipsburg NJ

Bel Del Railroad, Phillipsburg

At the old pump house area north of Phillipsburg

In the narrows north of Phillipsburg along Marble Hill

Narrows north of Phillipsburg

Bel Del Railroad north of Phillipsburg

Bel Del Railroad at Brainards

Bel Del Railroad at Brainards

Brainards Bridge

Trestle across the Delaware at Brainards

View from the trestle at Brainards

Delaware view from the trestle at Brainards

Bel Del Railroad north of Brainards

Bel Del Railroad north of Brainards

Bel Del Railroad by the pumping station for Merril Creek I think

Old stone bridge as seen from the Bel Del tracks

Roxburg Trestle

Roxburg Trestle

Along the Bel Del Railroad at Foul Rift

Along the Bel Del Railroad at Hutchinson

 

Again, I wanted to bring Cathy on the next section of the Bel Del she had’nt walked with

me, between Belvidere and Phillipsburg. We left our car in Belvidere, and my grandmother

drove us to Brainards, where we could leave Bode’s Volkswagon, then headed to

Phippipsburg’s Union Square.

I had not yet walked the section of the railroad from Union Square to the north end of

Phillipsburg near Marble Hill, so this would fill in a bit of a gap for me as well.

We began at first paralleling South Main Street atop a wall, then through the industrial

areas where tracks broke off in different directions. We stopped a couple times to check

out some interesting things, like a brick laid little tunnel, and the Phillipsburg Pump

House, which had been recently restored.

The views from the Bel Del along the Delaware on our way north were beautiful. I had

missed these views the previous trip because it was dark by the time we’d reached this

point. Doing the hike backwards certainly helped this time!

When we reached Brainards, we crossed the Delaware on the Martins Creek Branch of

the DL&W which goes north to Bangor (Bangor and Portland Branch), to see the views.

After crossing back, we checked out the old station ruins site, then headed north, saying

our goodbyes to Bode as we reached his car. As we continued north, Cathy did very well.

Her feet only really began to hurt her badly when we reached Belvidere.

Former junction site between the Bel Del Railroad and the Lehigh and Hudson River line in Belvidere NJ