Engine Change. We are in South Amboy, New Jersey in 1982, but these locomotives could very well have made a similar hand-off of the Southern Crescent in Washington, DC in years past. After the S... (more)

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) operations between Penn Station in New York City to Bay Head in southern New Jersey became a real anachronism in the late 1970s and early 1980s.... (more)

Twenty-eight years after it crashed through the stationmaster’s office of Washington Union Station with a runaway train, GG1 4876 is one of the last group of operating GG1’s. Conrail and Amtra... (more)

Raritan River Crossing

The Pennsy E8's finish a quick run on New Jersey Transit as they head for Conrail's Amboy Secondary. They would follow the line down to Jamesburg where t... (more)

Pennsylvania Railroad E8s 5711 and 5809 lead a special excursion for the Lexington Group. The excursion toured a large part of Conrail's North Jersey Shared Assets operation. The train has just ... (more)

Conrail SA-31 makes it's weekly trek down NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line to Red Bank. There the train will divert onto Conrail's Southern Secondary. This day's train has two units and 16 c... (more)

ALP-45DP 4534 operating in electric mode pushes a New York bound train through South Amboy. This unit is decorated with a banner saluting military members & veterans.

A westbound train for Long Branch rounds the sharp curve into South Amboy on a nice August after-noon. Even though the PRR has ceased to exist for over 45 years it still has a strong presence as m... (more)

Raritan River Drawbridge - An afternoon commuter train from NYC moves across the partially frozen waters of the Raritan River. Normally, the ALP46 locomotives operate with just one raise... (more)

South Amboy was the home for the last of the great places for locomotive changes from electric to diesel (New Haven hung on for awhile longer, and it's still done in Washington, but not with power... (more)

Concrete ties are being installed here in South Amboy. A parade of work equipment rests off to the side while an eastbound from Long Branch makes its approach to the interlocking at RARE.

Browns Yard local SA31 waits on the Church Running Track for clearance onto New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line. The SA31 will use the NJCL to Red Bank for access to the Southern Seconda... (more)

Just having departed the North Jersey Coast Line at ESSAY OI16 rounds the big bend on the Amboy Secondary. The catenary poles are old and have been out of service for at least 30 years, but the b... (more)

An afternoon commuter train passes over the Raritan River Drawbridge on a tranquil and sunny winter day.

A Bombardier electric locomotive leads a set of passenger cars across the Raritan Bay into South Amboy on the North Jersey Coast Line.