NS 24Z rolls down track one on the Lehigh Line.

BNSF 4561 and another BNSF unit on track 2, about to go around NJ Transit's Union, NJ station.

NJT 5427 begins to slow down for the station stop at Union on track 1.

On a Beautifully warm March day, CSX Q409 heads down track one of the Lehigh Line through Union NJ.

Brake smoke emanates as a heavy bilevel set slows for a station stop at sunset. www.railroad-photography.com

With dust flyin', a freight sneaking up behind and the binders on. A Raritan bound train slows for a stop at Union.

How can you not just love a face like that?

Out of the western sun. Nikon D50 70-300mm. www.railroad-photography.com

Rounding out my series of wreck cleanup shots is likely LV #23, a "no name" train, westbound for Lehighton, Pa., passing the cleanup at restricted speed. Thanks to Railfan & Railroad for help ID'... (more)

Since nobody seemed to be bothered by me shooting pictues, I went in a little closer and got this. Maybe you will be able to recognize a long lost relative who worked for the LV at the time.

In this picture, you see a set of bogies being lifted by a derrick. Its a study in RR employee hierarchy of the day...the workers in the foreground, and the bosses, who appear to be standing in t... (more)

Continuing my series of shots from a LV wreck cleanup, in this view I have crossed the tracks and we watch as a crane has a load of ties out of the gondola ready to drop. The man in the foregroun... (more)

In those days the RRs cleaned up their own messes. A LV work train with 2 cranes is dispatched to clear a path.

In this view, another steam engine, LV 3189 joins the 5218 in work train detail clearing up a freight derailment on the LV main at Union. I was a 17 year old high school kid with my Bolsey camera... (more)

This is my first box of Kodachrome, I stumbled upon this LV freight derailment wreck site where a gang was working to clear the mess. Steam only had one more year on the LV; by this time it was r... (more)