A leased former Conrail GP38-2 provides the power for Raritan Central job RC02.

Using a pair of leased ex-Southern Pacific SW1500s for power, the Raritan Central RC02 switches covered hoppers.

This four car Conrail local looks like a small ship adrift in the vast "ocean" of rails and catenary that comprise the Northeast Corridor. The ex-Reading Conrail Quality caboose 22137 is no stran... (more)

Conrail ME-2 makes a quick run from the National Can lead in Edison to COUNTY interlocking in New Brunswick where they will get in the clear on the Millstone Running Track. The consist on this su... (more)

A heavily weathered AEM-7 leads the westbound Pennsylvanian through Edison. The consist is nearly invisible as it is obscured by flying snow deposited by an overnight storm. While trains were ru... (more)

A 12-car Arrow III set approaches Edison Station on a sunny Sunday afternoon. A good number of these nearly 36-year old EMUs still ply the rails in New Jersey, despite NJ Transit's apparent prefe... (more)

Timing is everything! A quick, unplanned stop at Edison Station yielded several unusual moves in the span of about a half-hour, including two NJ Transit equipment extras from Morrisville, ... (more)

An NJ Transit equipment move bound for the Atlantic City Line blasts through Edison Station on track 3. Judging by the sound of the diesels, the crew was doing their best to make track speed with... (more)

Conrail on the Corridor: It has been many years since heavy freight traffic has regularly traveled this particular portion of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. One lingering after-effect of Hurr... (more)

Sandy's Aftermath: Raritan Central has the misfortune of being located adjacent to the Raritan River and Raritan Bay. The storm surge from Hurricane Sandy deposited a large amount of debri... (more)

Working the Raritan Center Industrial Park, RCRY 7545 slowly crosses Fieldcrest Ave. as it makes its way back to Raritan Central Yard.

A high-speed friendly wave: the engineer of this weekend-only Richmond, VA bound train must have spotted me on the platform from a distance since I got a "toot and a wave" as he passed thro... (more)

CSXT 654, now in YN3 paint, splits the signals at CP-Potter, or where they used to stand. It's been almost 5 years since th... (more)

Former Conrail GP10 7579 is in the process of losing its Conrail blue paint to Raritan Central Railway's green.

The Raritan Central Railway works the Raritan Center Industrial Park in Edison, N.J. on a September night.