"Shady's Back"

After another trip to the shops, the EL SD45-2 returns back to its North Jersey assignment on OI-16 with two other units.

Conrail's OI16 is pushing into Port Reading Yard. Once again, EL livery SD45-2 1700 is assigned to the train, but as a trailing locomotive.

NS 1702 and Erie Lackawanna Heritage NS 1700 cross the Raritan River after sundown with a train destined for Browns Yard.

Conrail's OI-16 has the Erie Lackawanna heritage 1700 as the trailing locomotive, with sister unit 1702 leading. The train is pushing back to the Garden State Secondary, before heading south to Br... (more)

On a muggy June day Conrail's OI-16 departs Port Reading Yard for Browns Yard. Power is a pair of ex Erie Lackawanna SD45-2 locomotives.2

More demolition work has recently been done to the E.H. Werner Power Station building, which includes the removal of the 4 smoke stacks. Click Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: EMD SD45-2
Location: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: NS 1702
Train ID: CR WPOI-16
Photo Date: August 03, 2014

The daily transfer train is just arriving to Browns Yard, which was originally owned and operated by the first railroad in the nation, the Camden and Amboy Railroad (1830's). The yard has since b... (more)

7 days a week Browns Yard in Sayreville/Old Bridge is supplied by a daily transfer train from Oak Island, Newark. During the week the train re-crews at night to return empties back. However, on ... (more)

After delivering the OI-16 transfer this pair of Ex-Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s rest in the yard, while the evening steel mill train is being assembled in the background.

Signs are everywhere that a major tie replacement project in and around Browns Yard will soon be getting underway. Here a pair of SD45s are running light back to Oak Island Yard past recently pla... (more)

The afternoon transfer from Oak Island has just arrived at Browns Yard with the moon hanging above.

A Blast From the Past: CSAO OI-16 throttles up on the Chemical Coast Secondary with two Ex-Erie Lackawanna SD45s. Both still obtain their original RS3Ls, however the 20 cylinder 645 prime mover wa... (more)

I haven't caught an OI-16 in a while, but it was good to see that Conrail still occasionally assigns a pair of former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s to this train. OI-16 has just arrived at Port Reading... (more)

This picture was taken from a secluded vantage on the south shore just west of the Bridge. This spot is ideal for catching the daily freight train from Oak Island (Newark) to Browns Yard (Sayrevil... (more)

On a crystal clear but frigid winter afternoon, OI-16 backs across the diamond at CP PD to set off cars in Port Reading Yard.