Metuchen based local ME05 with the 5290 bringing down a long cut of cars to the Raritan Central Railway interchange.

A crewman flag protects Jersey Avenue as NS 5290 crosses it on the Back Lead at County. The engine formerly was CR 8090 before going to Norfolk Southern.

12 days before making his famous flight Santa takes time out of his busy schedule to meet with the children of Freehold and the surrounding townships at the ex-PRR depot in Freehold. Merry Christm... (more)

A blue geep passing a gray geep. The lead engine formerly was CR 8090.

Santa Train passing through Englishtown. The lead engine formerly was CR 8090.

Santa Train arrives in Freehold. The lead engine formerly was CR 8090.

Santa Train makes its way through downtown Jamesburg. The lead engine formerly was CR 8090.

The 2008 Conrail Shared Assets Operations Browns Yard Santa Train enroute to Freehold, NJ heading east on the Freehold Industrial Track through Battleview Orchards and State Park with an Operation... (more)

The engineer of the Browns Yard Santa Train exchanges a friendly wave with the railfans standing trackside at Builder's General in Freehold.

The engineer looks over her train... In reality a CR employee's family member keeps warm in the cab of the 5290 as Santa meets with the children of Freehold.

When Santa comes into town, he comes into town in style. This year, that style was rare style in the form of one of only two remaining ex-CR locomotives in OLS paint which may not be around... (more)

Merry Christmas!

Santa gave up his sleigh and reindeer for the day and instead traveled aboard this train instead. The former Conrail GP38-2 is leading the annual Browns Yard ... (more)

The waters of Lake Manalapan are a bit higher than usual because of a storm system that dumped a couple of inches of rain in the a... (more)

Which will last longer, NS 5290 in CR paint or the Helme Products Snuff Mill in Helmetta? With less than half the locomotives aquired from Conrail still in Dress Blue, 5290 may not last much longe... (more)

With the tide in, the only two shots possible of the South River Bridge on the Amboy Secondary are from the ballast along the tracks and from a very small opening in the trees off of Kearney Ave. ... (more)