Now that NJ Transit's F40PHs are just about all gone, you can still catch Metro North's F40s going strong. Here Metro North 4909 has a westbound out of Hoboken on NJ Transit's Main Line.
Susquehanna SD40-T 3012 and 3016 and SD45 3618 crossing the Hackensack River. The submarine USS Ling, now a museum, can be seen in the background just ahead of the first unit.
NJ Transit 4147 has just crossed the Hackensack River and is about to pass HX Tower. HX Tower, which has been closed a number of years, is starting to look pretty beat up from the weather.
It doesn't look like it now, but at one time this area was a real hotbed for rail activity, and an important link to New England. Just south of here was New Haven's Maybrook Yard, which not much o... (more)