In 1854 the Morris and Essex Railroad Branch of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad acquired a 6-acre tract between the Morris Turnpike, now Ledgewood Avenue, and the Stanhope-Flanders Road, now Flanders Road, straddling its newly completed rail line, from the Sussex Iron Company. By 1855 the railroad had completed what was referred to as the Stanhope Station or Stanhope-Netcong Station on the north side of the rail line within this property. The railroad stimulated Netcong’s industrial potential, as shown by freight sidings serving the Singer Foundry, Netcong Lumber, and the freight station, along with passenger activities and functions. This one-and-a-half story frame structure was eventually renamed Netcong Station in 1902 as the town of Netcong expanded and grew. In 1903 a new brick Netcong Passenger Station, along with a new rail line, was completed on the opposite south side of the main line, and the older frame building then served solely as a freight station. For a time, the new station had two lines of tracks running on either side of it. The old freight station was torn down around 1910 and replaced with a modest freight building west of the Netcong Passenger Station. The later 1910 freight house and adjoining freight rails were eventually removed in 1981. The 1903 Netcong Passenger Station remains in use today as part of the NJ Transit rail system.