Running long hood forward down the Amboy Secondary, NS 5282 leads two covered hoppers past the flowering Crabapple Trees trackside in Helmetta.

A light engine move consisting of CSXT GP40-2 no. 4431 heads west on the Amboy Secondary. This run is the first to use the line after a storm dumped sixteen inches of snow on the area.

SA31 passes the most famous structure along any of the Central NJ Conrail lines, the Helme Snuff Mill. While the current recession has taken its toll in unfortunate ways, loss of jobs, lack of tra... (more)

CSXT GP40-2 4425 was sent out of Browns Yard this afternoon as a light engine movement, seen here kicking up snow as it passes the abandoned snuff mill in Helmetta.

A late afternoon local freight en route to Freehold heads west on the Amboy Secondary, past the abandoned Helme Products Snuff Mill in Helmetta.

Living on borrowed time... Which will the sun set on first, the Helme Snuff Mill or the blue paint on CSX GP40-2 4428? The snuff mill, built in the late 1800s and by 1925, the largest in th... (more)

With the pocket of sun disappearing fast, a 25-car SA33 is doing track speed through Helmetta on a beautiful summer evening.

All the pieces finally fell into place! The sun makes a rare weekday afternoon appearance for the first time in over a week as SA33 with NS 5271 shorthood forward passes the abandoned Helme Snuff ... (more)

Spring has sprung. Framed by blooming trees and the PRR-era catenary poles, CSX GP40-2 4412 hurries through Helmetta with three cars bound for local industries in Freehold. The abandoned He... (more)

The Helmetta Fire Department did their part to complete this late afternoon scene by parking one of the trucks next to the Amboy Secondary as SA33 heads west.

Although the southern section of the Amboy Secondary can see as many as four movements in a day, a "morning" northbound is the rarest catch but sometimes the stars align and the railroad gods come... (more)

The first train to head down the Amboy Secondary since the snow started falling the previous night, SA31 pauses on the Amboy Secondary in Helmetta for a few minutes.

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

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)

CSXT 4412 and 4425 lead a decent size train bound for the industries along Dayton Branch through Helmetta passed the famous Helme Snuff Factory.