Lake Manalapan Bridge - The railroad tracks along Lake Manalapan are a favorite spot for fishermen, and every so often they have to share it with the local train. Here a train is returni... (more)

Boat fishermen are enjoying a splendid summer morning, while a Long Branch local pushes south across the Manasquan Inlet for final stops at Point Pleasant Beach and Bay Head.

A nearly full moon hangs over the Raritan River Drawbridge. Visible on far left is the Great Beds Light, a sparkplug lighthouse built in 1880.

The train to Freehold was running especially late on this Friday afternoon. Here it is passing along Lake Manalapan. A nice treat seeing the splat car,which meant that the train would be running... (more)

The train on the left terminated at South Amboy and is waiting on a siding for a westbound train to Long Branch to pass before heading back east. The long, harsh winter of 2013-14 doesn't seem al... (more)

The daily transfer train is just arriving to Browns Yard, which was originally owned and operated by the first railroad in the nation, the Camden and Amboy Railroad (1830's). The yard has since b... (more)

Raritan River Drawbridge - A year and a half after Sandy and the NJCL is finally back to hosting five daily direct trains from Hoboken to Bay Head. Here is the third diesel-powered train... (more)

Today’s train is short with one boxcar and 3 or 4 covered hoppers. CSX 2810 is sitting in front of the switch for the Bway Corporation. In a short while the train will move forward, the switc... (more)

Moon over Morgan – A morning eastbound train to NYC passes by some nice homes overlooking the Raritan Bay. Morgan, a subsection of Sayreville, holds some interesting history. Morgan was... (more)

7 days a week Browns Yard in Sayreville/Old Bridge is supplied by a daily transfer train from Oak Island, Newark. During the week the train re-crews at night to return empties back. However, on ... (more)

The SA33 crew leads an 8 to 9 car train through the Borough of Helmetta, en route to Dayton. In the background reside the Helmetta water tower and old abandoned snuff factory.

An afternoon NJ transit train pushes north onto the Raritan River Drawbridge past the obsolete coal-powered E. H. Werner Power Station built in 1929. Power is now produced from the blue generator... (more)

Browns Yard is part of the Conrail Shared Assets territory and a mix of CSX and NS power are routinely seen here. NS 1702 & 1705 have recently uncoupled from the daily yard supply train they brou... (more)

Here was a very nice surprise on a beautiful spring morning. Direct trains out of Bay Head very consistently shove east to Hoboken, but on this morning the 6:02 am out of Bay Head was pulling eas... (more)

A morning westbound train pushes along the shoreline of the Raritan Bay past some impressive looking homes. This location is accessible from the recently upgraded Raritan Bay Waterfront Park in S... (more)