Santa Claus welcomes Operation: Toy Train into Sparta. ( Photo by Maria Kovic) Operation: Toy Train comes to Sparta Local News 15 Dec 2025 | 01:44
A toy collection train arrives Saturday, Dec. 14 in Vernon. The train also stopped in Sparta and Newfoundland. (Photo by Maria Kovic) Operation Toy Train sets records Operation Toy Train collected 44,191 toys this year - the most it has collected in a single season in its 16 years. The 21,749... Home 17 Dec 2024 | 06:23
Santa emerges from the train in Vernon in 2023. (File photo by Kathy Shwiff) Operation Toy Train is today For the 16th holiday season in a row, Operation Toy Train, a local nonprofit organization, will roll out its special train... Home 14 Dec 2024 | 07:58
Operation Toy Train is Dec. 14 Operation Toy Train is planned from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 at the Sparta Train Station, 30 Station Road. The event... Local News 02 Dec 2024 | 04:09
Members of the Warlocks Motorcycle Club, based in Hardyston, unload some of the toys, worth $10,000, that they donated to Toys for Tots. This is the third year that the group has raised funds for the project. Operation Toy Train collects donated toys A special train carrying Santa stopped in Sparta on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 9. The township was the next to the last stop... Local News 12 Dec 2023 | 06:10
Donated toys are loaded onto the Toys for Tots train at the Sparta station in December 2022. (File photo by Kathy Shwiff) Toys for Tots event today at train station The Sparta Train Station will host a Toys for Tots event along with Operation Toy Train from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9.... Local News 09 Dec 2023 | 08:16
Operation Toy Train rolls through today For the 15th holiday season in a row, local nonprofit Operation Toy Train will roll out its special train to collect toy... Home 09 Dec 2023 | 08:15
Nonprofits work together to restore historic trains Four nonprofit organizations have partnered to restore three identical historic locomotives to operate in New York, New Jersey... Home 31 Jan 2023 | 02:26
Brandon Kroen, 3, of Ogdensburg talks to Santa at the Sparta Station during the Operation Toy Train event Saturday, Dec. 10. ( Photo by Kathy Shwiff) Operation Toy Train picks up loads in Sparta, Vernon After collecting about $7,500 in donations, members of the Warlocks motorcycle club went shopping Saturday, Dec. 3 at Wal-Mart.... Local News 20 Dec 2022 | 11:45
Save the date for these local holiday events Seriously, no “Bah, Humbugs” this year, okay? Get ready to bring on the jolly. The holidays are back after a year of Covid-caused... Entertainment 06 Dec 2021 | 12:31
Operation Toy Train pulls into Vernon, N.J., in December 2019 (Photo by Janet Redyke) Three historic Erie Railroad cabooses acquired by railroad preservationists Port Jervis. The cars were moved to the Delaware, Lackawaxen & Stourbridge Railroad in Honesdale, Pa., for storage until... Local News 07 Feb 2021 | 12:30
With very heavy hearts, we must cancel Operation Toy Train this year To the Editor: It is with great sadness and very heavy hearts that Operation Toy Train, in conjunction with our host railroads,... Letters to the Editor 31 Aug 2020 | 04:45
