NJ Transit train 1003 arrives at Mountain Lakes.

An early morning shuttle from Long Branch to Bay Head passes through Asbury Park on a stretch of track known as the Deal Lake causeway.

A westbound shuttle to Bay Head passes through Point Pleasant Beach on a cold December afternoon.

After completing its first revenue westbound run of the day, NJT 4216 leads its train around the curve and onto the Bay Head loop before yarding. The train will depart for Long Branch as train 473... (more)

NJT GP40PH-2B 4216 shoves an eastbound shuttle to Long Branch over NJ Transit’s Brielle Drawbridge on the North Jersey Coast Line. The bridge spans the Manasquan River between Brielle and Point ... (more)

Known as the Bay Head loop, the Bay Head running track is used by just about every train to arrive Bay Head. However, the installation of the new “BORNE” Interlocking has allowed for the elimi... (more)

As the sun casts its first rays of light the second eastbound shuttle of the day crosses the Shark River Drawbridge in Belmar on NJ Transit’s North Jersey Coast Line with a former Penn Central G... (more)

The first revenue westbound of the day crosses the low tide waters of the Manasquan River at Point Pleasant Beach, NJ with a former Penn Central GP40 for power.

NJT 4216 is one of the more “recent” locomotives to return to service after being sidelined for a rather long period of time for PTC installations. It started life back in November, 1968 as Pe... (more)

There was a time when EMDs were a regular on this part of the North Jersey Coast Line. Then with the arrival of the PL42AC and ALP-45DP locomotives the regularity of EMDs slowly faded away and has... (more)

The silence of the shores of Raritan Bay is interrupted as a westbound Hoboken to Bay Head express crosses the Raritan River Drawbridge at South Amboy, NJ. This train runs as an express from Newar... (more)

A westbound Hoboken to Dover local crosses the Peckman River Bridge at Cedar Grove, NJ on NJ Transit's Montclair-Boonton Line after a morning winter storm blanketed the area with snow.

NJ Transit train 877 has just departed the Dover station and is approaching the Warren Street grade crossing. The next stop for the Hackettstown bound train will be Mount Arlington.

NJ Transit 4216 passing the closed and weather beaten HX Tower.

Fall at the Jersey Shore With the North Jersey Coast Line running only blocks from the ocean at points, it is not uncommon to find the line blanketed by fog. Here, NJT 4216 shoves a southbo... (more)