"CNJ" F3A units 57 and 56 sit outside the former CNJ station in Jim Thorpe. Currently, these engines are not being used. Hopefully, their respective historical group owners find them a new home ... (more)

This signal bridge once spanned the thriving Jersey Central Railroad's Main Line approach to its Jersey City Terminal. Once a bustling six track main through this area, the line was forever alter... (more)

A Conrail westbound local pulls up to the eastbound high platform. Passengers could make a cross platform change here to train #1812, the "Scoot" to Bayonne, a short lived service that ran from 1... (more)

The Fanwood/Scotch Plains depot on the Central Railroad of New Jersey was originally named Fanwood in revenge by the railroad, who had fought the Scotch Plains locals for years for the right to bu... (more)

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

The train shed at the former Jersey Central Railroad Jersey City Terminal sits unused since the last passenger train departed in 1967. Funding is unavailable for the cleanup of the asbestos filled... (more)

The Maintainnence of way equipment bowed to the Royal SD40 as she came down the hill.

#784 with tender sitting cold on the service track.

The running gear of #784 up close and personal.

A wide angle perspective of the #784.

Lots to see in this view from the turntable perspective of the property including the CNJ commuter train stored on the house track. Freighthouse and other RR structures in the distance create a ... (more)

Because it was a weekend, the CNJ commuter train is parked on the interchange service track. A CNJ camelback is coupled to the train. The last coach appears to be #283.

In this next series of historical color views from John, we look back in time to see the rail environs of Flemington, N.J., where PRR and CNJ came together. You see the PRR property marker, and t... (more)

"Come on, hurry up!" John always has to get one last shot, even back then. Check out the cameras of the trainmen.