Stereotypical New Jersey – A westbound NJT diesel train crosses the Lower Hack Lift Bridge, which spans the Hackensack River, as an Arrow III train moves east. To the right are the 500 ... (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)

NS 3376 has been a mainstay on the daily transfer from Oak Island Yard to Browns Yard. Here OI-16 crosses the Rahway River using an old bascule drawbridge built in 1921. This drawbridge is still... (more)

Two Trains Are Better Than One A commuter train pushes north out of Red Bank across the Navesink River Bridge, while another ALP46 led train approaches from Middletown.

Sporting new paint, NS 5277 has finally lost its Conrail blue some 12 years after the breakup. The Conrail logo, however, still bares its mark on the Rahway River Drawbridge.

Kinkisharyo International LLC has acquired a former plastic factory on Baekeland Avenue and transformed the property into a modern locomotive and rail vehicle maintenance shop. Kinkisharyo Int... (more)

Gasoline Loco #2

Gas-Mechanical locomotive #2 was made at the Vulcan Iron Works of Wilkes-Barre, PA. It was probably originally powered with a Ford “Model T” automobile mo... (more)

The Friendly Skies - The skies above Newark International Airport bustle with air traffic, whereas rail traffic on Conrail's Chemical Coast is hit or miss. Here, a local job pauses for a... (more)

A Dedicated Fan Base - There are several local trains that run out of Browns Yard, but none have a bigger or more enthusiastic fan base than the once weekly train down the ex-CNJ Southern D... (more)

Moving less than 10 mph, SA31 powers up an incline on the CR Southern Secondary as it passes alongside the Earle Naval Weapons Station boundary on the right.

After delivering the Oak Island transfer to Browns Yard, this pair of SD45s are now leading the steel mill train up the Gillespie Branch. The train is paralleling Jernee Mill Rd. as it passes by... (more)

NS 1702 and Erie Lackawanna Heritage NS 1700 cross the Raritan River after sundown with a train destined for Browns Yard.

A morning stack train is running north on the CSX River Subdivision along the Hudson River. This is a beautiful region where the Hudson is flanked on both sides by mountains. In this area the mo... (more)

Crusing on the Coast Line - Panning shot of a Bombardier ALP46 and multilevel car dashing across Stump Creek.

The crew has just extracted 3 empties from the Berry Plastics Corporation, and are now shoving the remaining cars plus one additional car back.