Conrail PR32 heads against their train at CP-Karen with an NS and CSX SD40 variants, including a rebuilt ex-EL SD45-2, for power.

Resting on the Crest: A CSX empty ethanol train sits on the Garden State Secondary on top of a crest in Carteret. The train came loaded from Proviso, IL as CSX K648 and would depart 2 days ... (more)

Support Our Troops. On the night of Tuesday, December 14, 2021, Kansas City Southern 4006 ("Support Our Troops", SD70ACe, EMD, 2005) was in Carteret, New Jersey under Roosevelt Av... (more)

Really Red. Canadian Pacific Railway 7027 (SD70ACu/DRF-43) arrived in New Jersey on CSX K634-28 (Bensenville, IL [CP] to Sewaren, NJ) trailing behind CSXT 5252 (ES40DC). As the train was be... (more)

Union Pacific's "Pink Ribbon" locomotive idles at Carteret, NJ along Conrail's Garden State Secondary. 7400 had arrived earlier on CSX loaded ethanol train K682. Per UP's web site, this locomotiv... (more)

Don't Karen Me About The Other Yellow. CSX K682/CRCX JR5 passed through CP Karen in Carteret, New Jersey on the afternoon of Saturday, November 7, 2020 with Union Pacific Railroad 2544 (ES4... (more)

That's not a costume! In spite of it being Halloween, Norfolk Southern SD45-2 1700 (ex-Conrail 6654, née Erie Lackawanna 3669 (SD45-2) leads light power on Conrail Shared Assets OI-16 over... (more)

Conrail PR-19 forwards a future CSX K685 with a CN/IC EMD duo north on the Garden State Secondary towards Port Newark, seen departing from Carteret under Exit 12 on the New Jersey Turnpike.

On a day ruled by clouds, a 5 minute window of sun, dramatic clouds, a nice reflection in the Rahway River and a beautiful paint scheme all came together as Conrail Shared Assets train OI-16 cross... (more)

"Diamonds and Can-Openers"

After dropping off a cut of cars in Bayway Yard, the JR-5 continues south down the Garden State Secondary across the Rahway River at CP Karen... (more)

"Erie Lackawanna at KAREN"

"Office Varnish on the Chemical Coast"

The CSX 994307 "E. Hunter Harrison" crosses Karen on Conrail Shared Assets Garden State Secondary on Thursday, February 6, 2020. This car was recently repainted in a B&O heritage tribute scheme C... (more)

Because of the Norfolk Southern derailment, CSX P901-06 unexpectedly traveled over the Conrail Shared Assets Garden State Secondary on Thursday, February 6, 2020. The legendary Conrail logo on the... (more)

Norfolk Southern Corp Train 294 heads over the Rahway River at Karen near Carteret, NJ on Sunday, February 2, 2020. This is a lift bridge that actually does open, unlike the bridge at Ralph just u... (more)