Already an antique, this wooden car sat in CNJ's yard some 55+ years ago. John reports this is a Western Union (supply) car. "Just sitting there."

Camelback #754 is steamed up for the commuter shuffle, under the new Garden State Parkway, not too far from where Sonny met his fate at the tollbooth.

Pacific #830 was from the CNJ long distance passenger fleet, Baldwin, class of '23, and not long for the world under the new Garden State Parkway.

Here's a frontal on Camelback #758, a product of Baldwin Locomotive c. 1910.

In between moves under the newly constructed Garden State Parkway, #758 steams in the soft winter light. It makes a person wonder if there is still telltale smoke smudges on the bridge facade. P... (more)

CNJ steam works the industry tracks. For a companion view, click here.

The newly constructed Garden St. Parkway encroaches on the CNJ yard.

A CNJ engine crew waits for the next move.

Two CNJ Alco RS-3 units pass through the yards at Roselle Park and past the Aldene station with an eastbound freight. The winter sun is very low on this last day of 1958.

A nicely matched A-B-A set of Jersey Central "Babyface " Baldwin diesels are about to pass under the Lehigh Valley with a westbound freight.

A Lehigh Valley EMD switcher leads a short westbound local freight on the truss bridge over the Jersey Central main line.

In this Ansco-Color film view, CNJ camelbacks 769 and sister 759 wait to take their commuters home. The new Garden State Parkway is seen overhead, built at great expense to span the RR yard. In ... (more)

Classic blue & gold CNJ freight motors haul manifest through Aldine. The original transparency is a badly color-shifted Ansco Color slide, converted to b&w for upload.

A Speno ballast cleaner on the CNJ back in '53. Looks like the highway above the tracks has been newly constructed.

Here's a going-away shot of the Crusader at speed, this photo may have appeared in Passenger Train Journal. The train was converted to diesel power in '52, a set of the FP7s is in charge of the 5... (more)