NJ Transit's Hoboken to Mt. Olive train 853 whisks past the Maplewood station.

Squeeze!

M&E 19 and 18 are returning west from Kearny Jct. with five lumber cars and a boxcar. Ahead lies a quick, but rough 1.5% grade leading into Summit. All 4,800 HP would be n... (more)

"4,800 HP"

M&E 19 and 18 are returning west from Kearny Jct. with five lumber cars and a boxcar. Ahead lies a quick, but rough 1.5% grade leading into Summit. All 4,800 H... (more)

Gladstone 3-Pack

Winter storm "Jonas" hit the area causing widespread havoc. Much of NJT's equipment was pressed to the max and Hoboken trains had just about anything tha... (more)

AN outbound MidTown Direct enters Maplewood. At this point, NJT seemed to be running anything that ran, as undoubtedly the snow was causing havoc on the equipment.

Clean Up

Dual mode motor 4519 arrives at the ravaged Maplewood Station on the second day after Winter Storm Jonas stomped out the area. Most of the platform was still covered with ... (more)

End Of An Era

...well for Maine Eastern, that is. M&E 18 hauls the last of the MERR equipment out of Center Street, officially ending an era of service in Maine.

Red Alco Delight

M&E 18 hustles through MP 15.1 with the first half the Maine Eastern equipment returning from Maine. Today's consist included an ex Amtrak MHC, the Adirondack and ... (more)

M&E 18 leads a tank car and a bulkhead flat east towards the Center Street interchange track in Harrison, NJ. This is the only freight service left on the old Lackawanna M&E Line east of Morristow... (more)

The Squirts

With the leaf season at its peak, the Aqua Train makes a presence spraying the rails as they shove east on track 2, powered by a venerable GP40PH-2B. A few minutes late... (more)

M&E 18 makes a run for the CSX interchange in South Keary with two cars in tow. The short train is heading east on track 1 of NJ Transit's Morristown Line and is following close behind the Aqua T... (more)

A Dual Mode ALP powers a MidTown Direct run, headed towards NYC on an unseasonably warm November afternoon.

Super Elevated Arrow

A mid day Hoboken bound Arrow III set leans into the super elevated curve at Maplewood. Although the Arrows are quickly becoming extinct, they still serve thei... (more)

A midday inbound commuter train from Gladstone departs for Hoboken Terminal. This train was an interesting contrast to the MidTOWN Direct train that stopped here less than 10 minutes earlier. Fo... (more)

Rare EL MU combine trailer makes an appearance on the USA's bicentennial.