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New Jersey Commuter Rail Before NJ Transit
Thanks largely to mergers and bankruptcies, New Jersey's commuter railroads underwent profound changes between the end of steam and the takeover by NJ Transit in 1983.
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Photo ID: 599277

For a couple months in 1977, just before the end of all MP54s on Conrail's commuter lines, a pair of the old cars replaced the normal Jersey Arrow on the Princeton Dinky (aka PJ & B - Princeton Ju... (more)

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: MP54
Location: Princeton Junction, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: PC 410
Train ID: CR Dinky
Photo Date: April 17, 1977


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By: Charles Freericks

Added: Dec 12, 2016

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Photo ID: 599224

A CNJ "Jersey Builder (named because of the former Great Northern equipment in the consist) is southbound on the Notheast Corridor destined Bay Head via Rahway and South Amboy.

Railroad: Central Railroad of New Jersey
Locomotive: EMD GP7
Location: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: CNJ1527
Train ID:
Photo Date: February 08, 1978


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By: Paul F. De Luca

Added: Dec 12, 2016

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Photo ID: 571374

A Roger Puta Photograph

Railroad: Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines
Locomotive: Budd RDC
Location: Haddonfield, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: PRSL M405
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 02, 1965


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By: Marty Bernard

Added: Mar 29, 2016

Views: 3,489
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Photo ID: 570147

For several years after the Erie-Lackawanna was absorbed into Conrail, the classic Lackawanna electric service into Hoboken continued on. Here, a Sunday local heads to Hoboken on a bright fall da... (more)

Railroad: Erie Lackawanna
Locomotive: MU
Location: Chatham, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: 35xx
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 15, 1978


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By: Robert Staples

Added: Mar 20, 2016

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Photo ID: 560911

This is a rare Baldwin AS16 built in April 1953. A Roger Puta Photograph

Railroad: Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines
Locomotive: Baldwin AS16
Location: Haddonfield, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: PRSL 6014
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 02, 1965


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By: Marty Bernard

Added: Jan 04, 2016

Views: 5,820
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Photo ID: 560880

A Roger Puta Photograph

Railroad: Erie Lackawanna
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: EL 824
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 03, 1965


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By: Marty Bernard

Added: Jan 04, 2016

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Photo ID: 559182

The Millburn station was a great place for watching electric train action back in the 1970s with the old Edison cars still running on the Morris & Essex.

Railroad: Erie Lackawanna
Locomotive: ACF DLW MU
Location: Millburn, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: EL 1616
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April 06, 1977


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By: Charles Freericks

Added: Dec 21, 2015

Views: 3,173
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Photo ID: 460705

A blue CNJ EMD GP40P runs through the Elizabeth station with a North Jersey Coast train.

Railroad: Central Railroad of New Jersey
Locomotive: EMD GP40P
Location: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: CNJ 3681
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 28, 1976


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By: Bob Krone

Added: Dec 01, 2013

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Photo ID: 424211

It's late April, the sun is getting higher in the sky, and K4s #3858 has a commuter train in tow, making a mid-day outbound stop at Asbury Park.

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 4-6-2
Location: Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 3858
Train ID: commuter
Photo Date: April 21, 1956


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Feb 08, 2013

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Photo ID: 417577

This Saturday run in July of 1954 from 30th St. in Philadelphia to Wildwood, N.J. was led by K4 #3882. It's seen here making a station stop at Haddonfield.

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 4-6-2
Location: Haddonfield, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 3882
Train ID: passenger
Photo Date: July 24, 1954


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Dec 12, 2012

Views: 7,422
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Photo ID: 389864

Everyday power, 1963. Elizabeth, New Jersey was a great train-watching spot, with the Pennsylvania Railroad main above, and the Jersey Central main below. The Jersey Central had 13 Trainmasters, a... (more)

Railroad: Central Railroad of New Jersey
Locomotive: FM H24-66
Location: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: CNJ 2407
Train ID: unknown
Photo Date: December, 1963


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By: miningcamper

Added: Feb 18, 2012

Views: 10,690
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Photo ID: 380496

Grand, Glorious and One heck of a locomotive, and doing what it was made to do, high speed passenger railroading on the Corridor. Poignant this time was for the end of the GG-1's reign was very n... (more)

Railroad: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Locomotive: GG-1
Location: N. Bergen Twp, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: NJT 4879
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 28, 1983


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By: Dennis A. Livesey-liveseyimages.com

Added: Nov 08, 2011

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Photo ID: 372896

This train is heading to the Big Apple, crossing Cheesequake Creek. In minutes the steam portion of the trip will end as the K4 is swapped out for the run under the wires into NYC, a decades-long... (more)

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 4-6-2
Location: Sayreville, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 1433
Train ID: commuter
Photo Date: April 23, 1956


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Aug 23, 2011

Views: 9,099
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Photo ID: 363740

Westbound commuter train

Railroad: Erie Lackawanna
Locomotive: Alco RS-3
Location: Allendale, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: 914
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June, 1970


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By: Jeremy plant

Added: May 18, 2011

Views: 5,215
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Photo ID: 362551

Just rolling in from NYP

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: GG-1
Location: South Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: PC 4865
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: December 06, 1975


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By: Don Oltmann

Added: May 06, 2011

Views: 7,225
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