An eastbound Long Branch to New York local crosses the Raritan River by way of the 109-year old PRR built Raritan River Drawbridge.

A westbound North Jersey Coast Line train from Hoboken crosses the Raritan River by way of the 109-year old PRR built Raritan River Drawbridge. This train will make all local stops to Bay Head. Th... (more)

Freight Train over the Raritan - The direct train from Oak Island Yard to Browns Yard, led by Conrail crew OI-16, is seen crossing the NJCL Raritan River drawbridge at its usual time of ... (more)

Engine change at South Amboy; 4872 is pulling away from the train after pulling it from Penn Station in New York City. A pair of EMD E units will power PC 1159 from here south.

Conductor conferring with the engineer prior to departing for points along the Jersey Shore

Two New Jersey Transit E60CHs sit in South Amboy Yard on the final day of GG1 ops ever.

OI-16 has an impressive and colorful four-unit consist, all of which are former Conrail units now assigned to the Conrail Shared Assets Operation. The train is crossing NJ Transit's River Draw wh... (more)

After Amtrak’s formation in 1971, South Amboy, New Jersey became the base for Penn Central’s largest concentration of E-units. Here a bunch of them spend the weekend at the engine terminal jus... (more)

Icy waters under River Draw - The winter of 2014-2015 was especially cold and snowy. Unseasonably cold temperatures continued through early March causing the Raritan River to begin icing... (more)

Conrail SA-42 crosses the Raritan River on NJ Transit's River Draw. A pair of former Conrail SD45-2s leads a lengthy consist to Browns Yard in Sayreville. The lead unit has since been retired by... (more)

A Conrail Quality GP38-2 brings the Conrail Shared Assets Operations SA31 onto the New Jersey Transit North Jersey Coast Line.

When Conrail first decided upon blue and white as its corporate image, quite a few units were painted without the correct lettering, and without the wheel-on-rail “can opener” logo. Outlying s... (more)

One of Conrail’s former Erie/EL E8’s escaped the fate of its roster mates, who gave up their prime movers to the DeWitt Geep RS3 re-engine program. Shortly after the consolidation, Conrail’... (more)

Rolling off River Draw - The train to Browns Yard exits the North Jersey Coast Line at ESSAY.

By August of 1977 the three remaining Penn Central E7s in North Jersey Coast Line service were real railfan favorites that everyone was trying to shoot. I, being 15 and using the commuter trains t... (more)