In October that same year, Joseph Supor Sr. donated the engine to Bergen Tech to put on display near the Hackensack River.

385's last years on the Southern, it worked on the Richmond Division hauling branch line mixed trains.

[1] In 1982, the Delaware Otsego Corporation (the parent company of the NYS&W) acquired the assets of the Morris County Central, including No.

After many years of subsequent storage, and taking on the sad patina of neglect, the Delaware Otsego donated the locomotive to the Bergen County Vocational & Technical High School in Hackensack, New Jersey in June 1990.

385 nearly 2 miles from the rails of the NYS&W to Bergen Tech, where the locomotive was lifted into place on a panel of display track in an area adjacent to the school athletic field, alongside the Hackensack River.

By 1999, the direction had changed drastically at Bergen Tech, when the “Stationary Steam Course” (which had been established in 1952) was eliminated and all facets of the program were disassembled and removed.

At this point, Joseph Supor Sr. became aware of the dire situation and bought the locomotive at the very last minute, as it was due to be cut up within hours of his acquisition.

[1] In 2021, the Whippany Railway Museum repainted 385 into the green and gold paint scheme that it used to wore for the Morris County Central Railroad.