Neat old shots! Can’t help you at all on the locale. It is an 0-6-0, not an A5 which was an 0-4-0. Interesting variant on the coal bunker of the tender.
The BelDel ran up the Jersey side of the Delaware river. I forget how far north it went but that area still has portions of canals as far north as Stroudsburg Pa. Since the terrain looks fairly flat I wouldguess somehwere between Trenton and Lambertville which is about ten to fifteen miles upstream. If that is the locale there are still barge trips you can take for a couple of hours on that portion.
Is there a city cable channel in your area? I was thinking ,Have you ever approached them about doing a program of rr’s of your area? With all the old pics you have you could supply them with and tell the story or have them interview ex rr workers of the area it might make an interesting show…
Im doing that with the city cable here in Waco,Tx. Im furnishing some video and other folks are giving narratives and suppling old photos…Just something to think about…
Neat idea… but the problem for me is that my dad’s old images are all eastcoast and I live, not only on the westcoast, but in a town that is 18 miles from the nearest railroad line (the local one was abandoned about 20 years ago).