BDRV interchanges with Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) in Phillipsburg, which provides a connection to the National rail network.

Freight service to Corrugated Paper Group (now Georgia Pacific) in nearby Riegelsville, New Jersey terminated in 2005 when the firm switched from railroad to trucking for product shipment.

[3] In March 2003, the BDRV acquired an Ex-New Haven Brill motorcar, M-55, from the Valley Railroad in Essex, Connecticut, and they contracted with the Edward Railway Motor Car Company in Mount Dora, Florida, to have it restored to operating condition.

[3] Later in 2003, the New York, Susquehanna and Western (NYS&W) Technical and Historical Society joined the partnership, after searching for a place to operate their recently-acquired steam locomotive, No.

All excursions originate out of Lehigh Junction in Phillipsburg with various station stops along the way depending on the season and/or any themed events that may be happening at the time.

In late 2010, the NYS&W Technical and Historical Society began clearing the line of vegetation south of Carpentersville, eventually reaching Milford.

[6] As part of the track improvements to reach Riegelsville a siding that had previously been taken out by Conrail was put back in place; albeit slightly shorter than the original.