Lackawanna’s great Pequest Fill

Lackawanna’s great Pequest Fill

By Mitch Horner | February 5, 2026

A vintage black and white photo of a train crossing over a tunnel with train tracks running through the tunnel

A 4-8-4 leads a freight east across the Lackawanna Railroad’s colossal Pequest Fill. At more than 3 miles long, Pequest was a major feature of the road’s 28.5-mile cutoff across the rough terrain of northern New Jersey. The line below is the Lehigh & Hudson River Railroad. Wayne Brumbaugh photo

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