NS 65K barrels westbound on Conrail's Port Reading Secondary through industrial South Plainfield after departing its origination point of Port Reading. Behind the leader is UP 7092 (GE AC44CW).

Due to ease of access, this was no doubt the most photographed railroad subject in New Jersey over the course of a gloomy April weekend. NS 1700 spent the weekend parked at this location just east... (more)

Rebuilt from NS 8867.

A very late CSX Q14012 Tropicana Juice Train trudges through South Plainfield on the Shared Assets Lehigh Line. The broken ditchlight and bent handrails provide a clue as to why they were late.

OIPI (Oak Island-Pittsburgh)

After Effects: Due to an unprecedented amount of rainfall on September 1st and 2nd, several railroads in the area of Manville and Bound Brook, NJ ended up underwater. Causing issues with th... (more)

In Summer 1972, LV C628s 627-628 cross Metuchen Road to enter the yard in South Plainfield, NJ to make a pick-up for JSA-1. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo.

NS 211 heads west on Conrail Lehigh Line Track #2 with an SD70 rebuild on point (rebuilt from SD70 NS 2530 in April of 2019). Behind the leader are NS 9752 (C44-9W) and NS 3641 (ET44AC).

Ex-Conrail C40-8 8306, which was built as Conrail 6034 in March, 1989, hustles a Norfolk Southern intermodal train east through South Plainfield, NJ on the "shared assets" portion of the... (more)

My father and I were were back out on the LV the next Saturday. Unfortunately, Saturday, March 13, 1976, was also an overcast day in New Jersey. We were rewarded with C628s on NE-1 again, this t... (more)

Our next move was to South Plainfield Yard. After making their set-out, LV C628s 639-640 make a pick-up, passing the new LV Yard Office as they head back to the mainline on March 6, 1976. You mi... (more)

On March 6, 1976, LV C628s 639-640 back their set-out up the yard lead / Perth Amboy Branch to South Plainfield Yard. This is my father's picture. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

On March 6, 1976, LV C628s 639-640 have dropped their train, NE-1, on the east side of South Plainfield and pull past the Metuchen Road crossing to make a set-out and pick-up at South Plainfield Y... (more)

My father and I moved to the Park Avenue overpass on the east side of South Plainfield for the arrival of NE-1 on March 6, 1976. We were rewarded with C628s 639-640, the first time we saw C628s... (more)