Making what is probably its first appearance since the CNJ pulled out of Pennsylvania in 1972, Jersey Central SD35 2504 visits Bethlehem Engine Terminal.

A rainy April day finds a Jersey Central RS3 visiting one of its old haunts, pausing at the west end of Allentown Yard.

CNJ 113 is a Alco B-7 type 0-6-0 originally built in 1923. This yard critter was restored to operating standards by the Railway Restoration Project 113 organization and what an outstanding job the... (more)

Three of the Jersey Central's nine SD40s await their next job at the CNJ/RDG engine terminal at Bethlehem, PA, on a spring day. The CNJ's austerity paint scheme was somewhat less than flashy.

Coal railroad, coal country, coal locomotive. CNJ No. 113 on Santa Train duty. She is chunky and all guts.

Central Railroad of New Jersey 113 leads the first Santa train of the year into the well-decorated Minersville station on a dreary December day.

A Central of New Jersey Railroad survivor - built in 1894, this station is located in Elizabeth, NJ and was once host to the Central of New Jersey Railroad, the Reading and B&O trains but saw its... (more)

A Central of New Jersey Railroad survivor sits rather hidden and out of sight along a long abandoned 4 track main through Elizabeth, NJ. Where this freight house sits, the CNJ once had a small ya... (more)

Laboring here in a relentless drizzle is about the biggest 0-6-0 that anyone could ever build, dwarfing the pacing pickup truck along Railroad Street.

The impressive CNJ 0-6-0 No. 113, panned crossing Beckville Road. The "6S46" on the side of the cab signifies its railroad classification- "6-wheeled Switcher, 46,000 pounds tracti... (more)

For over thirty years, before the Reading & Northern came to town, George Hart’s Rail Tours, Inc. provided excursions out of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Here passengers prepare to board a train pu... (more)

Seen high above the Little Schuylkill River valley, CNJ RS3 1554 pulls an excursion train over the high bridge at Hometown, Pennsylvania.

After serving the Black River & Western for a decade, former Jersey Central RS3 1554 was acquired by the Hawk Mountain Chapter, NRHS and restored to its original appearance. The RS3 spent some tim... (more)

Before It Was Famous

Many photos of Jersey Central RS3 1554 have appeared on this site as is serves the Delaware-Lackawanna. Here the 1953 Alco is in its original paint on the rail... (more)