The hottest train on Conrail's River Line was TVLA. Scheduled to depart North Bergen at 7:30am, it was usually through CP 5 before 8:00am, and was carded to be interchanged directly to the Santa Fe at Corwith Yard in Chicago by 9:00am the following day. According to my notes, the train pictured here is TVLA-1X. It crossed Overpeck Creek at 9:30am on New Yeasrs Eve, so perhaps it was following the regular TVLA. The trailing Santa Fe and Southern Pacific GEs had led TV-556 the day before and have made a quick turn to head back west.
