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New Jersey Commuter Rail Before NJ Transit
Thanks largely to mergers and bankruptcies, New Jersey's commuter railroads underwent profound changes between the end of steam and the takeover by NJ Transit in 1983.
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Photo ID: 735921

Railroad: Erie Lackawanna
Locomotive: MU
Location: Gladstone, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: EL 3225
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April 18, 1982


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By: Joe Osciak

Added: May 13, 2020

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Photo ID: 734411

Railroad: Erie Lackawanna
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: EL 825
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July, 1973


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By: Richard Kimble

Added: Apr 29, 2020

Views: 5,562
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Photo ID: 734288

Railroad: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Locomotive: GE U34CH
Location: Secaucus, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: NJDOT 3358
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May, 1974


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By: Richard Kimble

Added: Apr 27, 2020

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Photo ID: 728955

The pair of classic rivited ex-PRR MP54 MU cars assigned to Penn Central's Princeton shuttle await the mainline connection on the branchline track at Princeton Junction station.

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: MP54 MU
Location: Princeton Junction, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: shuttle
Photo Date: December, 1971


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Mar 16, 2020

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Photo ID: 727765

A set of 1930’s MU cars make a station stop at Convent Station, New Jersey, while a U34CH pushes its more modern train toward Hoboken.

Railroad: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Locomotive: GE U34CH
Location: Convent Station, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: NJDOT 4172
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 24, 1984


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By: Doug Lilly

Added: Mar 05, 2020

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Photo ID: 726462

As they had been doing every day since 1930, a set of former Lackawanna heavyweight MUs comes to a stop at Short Hills, NJ, en route to Hoboken. The indestructable 40-year-old cars had more than a... (more)

Railroad: Erie Lackawanna
Locomotive: electric MU
Location: Short Hills, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: commuter
Photo Date: December, 1971


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Feb 22, 2020

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Photo ID: 724490

Built in 1968 for Jersey Central, the 4110 is seen here in 1982 at South Amboy. It was rebuilt in 1993 by Conrail's Juniata Shops and numbered as 4100, and is still in service today, 50+ years af... (more)

Railroad: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Locomotive: EMD GP40P
Location: South Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: NJT 4110
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August, 1982


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By: Bob Kise

Added: Feb 03, 2020

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Photo ID: 712201

The Pennsylvania Railroad once rostered over 500 MP-54 class MUs, a design dating to 1915, but by 1971 newer equipment was coming on line to replace them. This set of owl-eyed MP-54s running as a ... (more)

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: MP-54 MU
Location: Iselin, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: commuter
Photo Date: April 10, 1971


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Oct 07, 2019

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Photo ID: 708367

On a bleak winter day an unpatched Jersey Central GP7 now working for Conrail approaches the station at Cranford, NJ, with a westbound commuter train, probably a Bayonne-Cranford shuttle. A second... (more)

Railroad: Jersey Central
Locomotive: EMD GP7
Location: Cranford, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: CNJ 1526
Train ID: commuter
Photo Date: December, 1976


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Aug 30, 2019

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Photo ID: 705583

The catenary ends at Princeton station via a white post. An original Ektachrome slide from my collection; the photographer was not specified.

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: MP54
Location: Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: PC 631
Train ID: Princeton Shuttle
Photo Date: March 08, 1974


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By: Nate Murry

Added: Aug 02, 2019

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Photo ID: 702955

EL GP-7s 1401 and 1403 lead the Port Jervis bound commuter train westbound at Ridgewood Jct, NJ, during July 1974.

Railroad: Erie Lackawanna
Locomotive: EMD GP7
Location: Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: EL 1401
Train ID:
Photo Date: July, 1974


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By: Timothy Tonge

Added: Jul 11, 2019

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Photo ID: 702475

EL E8 #825 leads the Port Jervis bound passenger train at Ramsey, NJ, May 1974

Railroad: Erie Lackawanna
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Ramsey, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: EL 825
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May, 1974


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By: Timothy Tonge

Added: Jul 07, 2019

Views: 5,606
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Photo ID: 702239

The last eastbound run of E8s and Stillwell coaches is led by EL 829, 816, and 825 at Ridgewood Jct, NJ on Sep 14, 1974 with 15 cars in tow. The train brought all the equipment from Port Jervis o... (more)

Railroad: Erie Lackawanna
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: EL 829
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 14, 1974


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By: Timothy Tonge

Added: Jul 05, 2019

Views: 7,675
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Photo ID: 670501

A few minutes out of Hoboken on their way to the suburbs, a set of 51-year-old former Lackawanna MUs now working for New Jersey Transit emerges from the west portal of the Bergen Hill tunnel in Je... (more)

Railroad: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Locomotive: electric MU
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: commuter
Photo Date: July 24, 1981


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By: Tom Nelligan

Added: Sep 14, 2018

Views: 2,579
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Photo ID: 667109

Westbound shore train

Railroad: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: 4248
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April, 1982


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By: Kay_Cee_Jones

Added: Aug 11, 2018

Views: 2,455
Comments: 0

Favorited: 10
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