Mike Del Vecchio Library & Archive

Tri-State Railway Historical Society announced on February 1, 2024, that it is working to establish the Mike Del Vecchio Library & Archive, on historic Main Street in downtown Boonton, NJ. Once opened, the archive will house a vast collection vast collection of railroad photographs, books, documents, and artifacts, primarily from the State of New Jersey and neighboring regions in New York and Pennsylvania. The primary objective of the archive is to develop and provide a permanent repository for these items, so they may be publicly accessed by researchers and historians.

The archive is named in honor of Mike Del Vecchio (1960-2023), past President of Tri-State Railway Historical Society, whose generous donation, of his vast personal collection, provided the impetus for the archive’s development.