The Jersey Central's massive 0-6-0 No. 113 is getting ready for a day of hauling Santa Claus Specials in this November 2019 photo. The 1923-built Alco can exert 46,000 pounds of tractive effort.

In 40 years of chasing steam trains, this had to be one of the most impressive smoke plumes that I had ever witnessed- the CNJ 0-6-0 No. 113 in a steady drizzle, working upgrade along the West Bra... (more)

CNJ and PRSL Budds spending the weekend in AC.

A Jersey Central commuter train bound from Newark to Bay Head Junction on the New York & Long Branch approaches the stop at South Amboy, NJ, behind a GP40P. These locomotives were designed for bid... (more)

CNJ 1524 at the Elizabethport, NJ engine house, Nov 30 1974.

CNJ RDC 1561 passes CNJ 1561 at Cranford, NJ on Feb 2 1975.

CNJ RS-3 1542 along with SD-35 2504 at Boundbrook, NJ, Nov 8, 1974.

Central Railroad of New Jersey SD35 2507 idles on one of the turntable tracks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This is possibly the first and only return to Bethlehem Engine Terminal for the 1965 EMD s... (more)

In March of 2010, Central Railroad of New Jersey Alco RS-3 1554 was undergoing a full restoration at Delaware-Lackawanna's Shop in Scranton.

The rebuilding of Central Railroad of New Jersey Alco RS-3 1554 at Delaware-Lackawanna's Shop in Scranton. The C425 was built in October of 1964 for the Erie Lackawanna. After service on the Erie,... (more)

CNJ Alco RSD4 #1614 awaits the attention of shop mechanics in Bethlehem on February 1970. Unknown Photographer Photo, from my Collection.

Communipaw; The Jersey Central's engine servicing facility was about one mile west of the passenger terminal. The engine facility hosted a wide variety of Jersey Central, Reading and Baltimore & ... (more)

The CNJ really had a diverse roster with locomotives from EMD, Alco, Baldwin, and Fairbanks Morse. Two Trainmasters lead a CNJ Freight at an unknown location, but I'm wondering if it might be on ... (more)

The CNJ didn't buy any F7s new, but ended up leasing them from both the B&O and N&W. Here, an example of each lead a rather unimpressive eastbound past an RS3 drilling Bound Brook. R.T. Steinbr... (more)

A late afternoon CNJ eastbound with a SD40-SD35-SD40-RS3 combination crosses the Delaware River into Phillipsburg, NJ. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo