The property was foreclosed on and sold on August 3, 1878 an official of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, its only connection, for $51,580.
Interchange was established with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad at Morristown.
Lounsberry was also served by the main line of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad at least through 1903.
This was in turn acquired by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1873.
Like his father, he was a machinist and began working for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad when he was sixteen years old.
Incorporated in 1852, the railroad began operation in 1856 and was taken over by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1873.
The station was built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1903 during a track depression to serve Newark's Roseville neighborhood.
He is most known for his tenure as the president of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad for 32 years.
Paralleling the tracks of the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Route 690 soon splits off under the tracks.
Reconstruction was started in 1895, opened May 1, 1898, and sold to the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1903.