A CSX mixed manifest train makes its way eastbound on the Conrail Lehigh Line. Behind the leader are a pair of C44-8W locomotives: CSXT 7663 and CSXT 7771.

NJT 5408 comes through Townley Interlocking on Track #1 an into Union Train Station. NJT 4503 (ALP45DP) is on the rear.

NS 18G heads east on Conrail's Lehigh Line bound for Oak Island Yard in Newark. NS 2722 (a now-retired SD70M-2) and NS 8396 (a now-retired C40-8W; former CR 6189) are the trailing units.

NS 290, No More: NS 290 was one of a handful of trains axed from the Norfolk Southern schedule in the late 2010s on account of reduced traffic. This particular train was abolished in Octobe... (more)

Westbound CSX Q301 passes through Union Train Station. The Schering Facility with its signature smokestack (later Schering-Plough and later owned by Merck) is now gone. The trailing units are CSXT... (more)

A now-abolished NS 33K takes the signal at CP Townley west on Track #2. The leader, NS 9067, was rebuilt in June of 2019 to become AC44C6M NS 4262. The second unit, NS 2710 (SD70M-2), is no longer... (more)

A pair of CSX AC4400CW units in the older "YN2" paint scheme lead Q191 westbound through Union, NJ. CSXT 435 is the second unit.

For the portion of the Conrail Lehigh Line that New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line operates on, freights are more commonly seen occupying on Track #2 for dispatching purposes. Nonetheless, w... (more)

One of the earlier wide cab “Dash 9" units for Norfolk Southern leads NS 212 east on Conrail's Lehigh Line Track #1. This unit was rebuilt in February of 2020 to become NS 4280 (AC44C6M). The se... (more)

An eastbound train from Raritan bound for Newark Penn Station is approaching Union Station on Track #1. In the distance on Track #2, NS 18G can be seen with NS 8369, NS 8409, and NS 8933.

CR OCS-101 heads east with a pair of 4 axle EMD's, one from NS, and one from CSX.

A Conrail relief job approaches CP Townley in Union, NJ as it heads down to CP Aldene to pick up an outlawed NS 18G and bring the train to Conrail's Oak Island Yard in Newark.

NJT Train # 5416 arrives into Union Station behind the 4200. There are leased MARC Sumitomo Cars in the consist.

An ex-CNJ GP40PH-2 leads train 5902, a local train from Plainfield, into Union Station. The 4106 is one of a handful of refurbished GP40s on the NJT roster; these units have appeared on the east e... (more)

Abandoned remnants of the Rahway Valley Railroad Maplewood Branch. The branch line reached a length of nearly 4 miles and served numerous types of customers such as coal, lumber, building products... (more)