SA31 crosses the calm Manalapan Brook for a fifth and final time on its way to Freehold. Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: EMD GP40-2
Location: Monroe, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 4423
Train ID: CR WPSA31
Photo Date: August 17, 2009

Browns Yard has not been electrified for over 30 years, yet many of the catenery polls and wires from the PRR era still remain. The thrice weekly train to Freehold is seen departing west out of t... (more)

After serving the Freehold Industrial Track, CSX 4423 makes an early return to Browns Yard w/ SHF. Here it negotiates Willow Street, the first of many road crossings on the Amboy Secondary.

Merry Christmas! Conductor Santa waves to small crowds gathering by the tracks as he makes his way to meet with the children of Freehold and Jamesburg.

Merry Christmas. Santa has stepped out of the cab to wave to the people trackside as the annual Conrail Shared Assets Santa Train slowly rolls through Englishtown on its way to Freehold.

The Conrail Shared Assets Browns Yard Santa Train rolls through Jamesburg, New Jersey, on Conrail Shared Assets' Freehold Industrial Track. The train terminated in Freehold, where toys were handed... (more)

A perfect reflection in the South River as an early morning westbound departs Browns Yard.

With only a few minutes of sunlight left on a hot July evening, CSXT 4423 and 7 cars emerge from the woods and cross Lake Manalapan on the return trip from Freehold to Browns Yard. The crew will t... (more)

A late afternoon westbound rolls over the Emerson Street crossing just before sunset. Note the first car behind the locomotive is a former Amtrak boxcar.

After crossing Bordentown Road, unit 4423 spots two ancient hoppers at the Minteq Plant. Workers had to pick mud and debris out of the interior web of the rail for this movement. Minteq must not r... (more)

I noticed something odd along the shore of Lake Manalapan last summer, the plants and flowers blooming in late July and early August. The plants add a touch of color well after the spring bloom ha... (more)

Conrail Shared Assets local SA31 currently heading west on the Amboy Secondary to either the Hightstown Industrial Track or the Freehold Secondary.

Former Conrail GP40-2 is sandwiched between strings of tank cars here at NS Falls Yard under sunny skies.