OI-2 makes the turn off of the Port Reading Secondary (ex-Reading) onto the Chemical Coast Secondary (ex-CNJ) as a deer decides which way to run. In the foreground is the signal protecting the dia... (more)

Lately it seems odd when there are NOT any "foreign" road units on ethanol trains in northern New Jersey. Conrail JR-2 is pulling ethanol empties out of Motiva with DME 6089 and ICE 6411 on a beau... (more)

After unloading overnight, the CSX K683 begins to head north to park under the bridge in Carteret, NJ where the train will wait for another crew to bring it up to Port Newark. From there, the trai... (more)

A Blast From the Past: CSAO OI-16 throttles up on the Chemical Coast Secondary with two Ex-Erie Lackawanna SD45s. Both still obtain their original RS3Ls, however the 20 cylinder 645 prime mover wa... (more)

With a Conrail crew on board, the power for a CSXT unit ethanol train is in the processing of turning on the wye at Port Reading. The power will then run around its train, in preparation for pushi... (more)

The flow of ethanol trains into New Jersey continues unabated, even on Easter Sunday. This train had arrived the day before as CSX K634 off the River Subdivision. Now, one day later with a Conra... (more)

Two ex- Erie Lackawanna SD45s pull Conrail OI-16 at Port Reading.

I haven't caught an OI-16 in a while, but it was good to see that Conrail still occasionally assigns a pair of former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s to this train. OI-16 has just arrived at Port Reading... (more)

CP power continues to frequent northern New Jersey on ethanol trains from the Midwest. This set of ICE units arrived on CSX K408 Saturday afternoon and was unloaded by Sunday morning. A Conrail ... (more)

Here is a pair of UP locomotives backing up into the Port Reading Yard with a single covered hopper (not seen). These two locomotives have uncoupled from their southbound ethanol tanker train whi... (more)

Ethanol traffic seems to dominate the aptly-named Chemical Coast Secondary. Conrail transfer job OI-16 must often "dodge" ethanol trains while traversing this line. OI-16's crew has completed th... (more)

After dropping off some cars in the Port Reading yard (out of view to the right), NS 3376 and CSX 8829 pulled across the diamond at CP PD to return to their train. The engines will back around the... (more)

NS 1701 & 1703 (both ex-Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s) lead OI-16 south on "the coast" approaching CP PD. The crew will set off cars in Port Reading Yard before continuing south to Browns Yard on the A... (more)

A pair of CN units visited New Jersey for the weekend: CN 2262 & 8923 led CSX K684 (ethanol loads) east into the area on Friday May 18th. By Sunday the train was unloaded. Here the same two unit... (more)

Conrail Shared Asets Operations transfer job OI16 back up against their train on the Chemical Coast and about to continue with the rest of their run to Browns Yard.