Low early morning sun highlights the fall color along the Lehigh Line as 18G heads east for Oak Island Yard.

SP Lives! Well, sort of. A former Southern Pacific rebuilt SD40 (ex-SP 7336) leads Q300 east on the Lehigh Line. The sun held out for this train as it became mostly cloudy soon after on ... (more)

A nice set of "older" EMDs leads Q439 west on a beautiful late summer afternoon. The Prospect Ave. grade crossing will be closed for rehabilitation in the coming week, and it seems the nearby swi... (more)

Conrail MA-80, with NS 5611, on its way to South Plainfield with coil steel cars.

NS 9765 in the lead, heading eastbound through Piscataway on the Lehigh Line.

An eastbound Norfolk Southern stack train passes through Piscataway, NJ on an early September evening. Canon EOS 40D, Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC

CSXT ES44DC 5220 heads up a dog's breakfast locomotive consist on the point of manifest Q300 through northern New Jersey. Trailing the 5220 was MEC SD40-2 619, MEC high hood GP40 371, CSXT AC4400C... (more)

Before a large storm system covered the Northeast, some blue morning skies created "the calm before the storm" as Q300 pounds through Piscataway with an ex-BN SD40-2 leading a CSX ES44AC.

A pair of GP38-2s (the trailing unit is a rebuilt ex-SOU GP38) lead Conrail MA-80 with a typical block of coil steel cars for South Plainfield.

Two NS Dash 9s, along with an ES40DC, rush this mix of containers and trailers eastbound through Piscataway on a cold but clear winter morning. Everything on this line seems to rush, come to thin... (more)

Q418 has a lot of power for a short train on this Sunday afternoon. Trailing the lead leased SD40-2 is a very unique mix of CSX power: 8706 (SD60), 2811 (GP38-2), 7507 (C40-8), 5010 (CW44-6...a f... (more)

NS 22V races east on the Lehigh Line, passing remaining fall foliage at New Market.

Happy Halloween? The day after a rare late-October snow storm hit the Northeast, Conrail MA-80 makes a run to South Plainfield with the usual complement of loaded steel coil cars in tow. As can be... (more)

A former LMS C40-8W (ex LMSX 720) leads a long and colorful 22V eastbound in a rare snowy October setting. It is still a bit early in the fall season here, with many deciduous trees still retaini... (more)

Something told me to wait for 33K today. I did...and as the sun was setting I was rewarded with a pair of UP units which had, earlier in the day, been part of the consist of NS 212.