SA31 pauses in town while getting permission to enter the Amboy Secondary to head back to Browns Yard. Three to four days a week Jamesburg is a busy junction in the afternoon with two trains using... (more)

Fishermen pay little or no attention to the Conrail local rolling past them while two ducks take refuge from the photographer in the water. The sun is only a few minutes from setting but still bat... (more)

SA31 hauls south (railroad west) across the Cheesequake Marsh, and over the Stump Creek bridge, on its weekly trip to Lakewood, NJ.

With short hood forward, CSX 4412 reflects off the waters of Deep Run as it runs light to the Hightstown Industrial Track. A long train of empty cars, extending west out of Browns Yard, awaits re... (more)

The North Jersey Coast Line (NJCL) has a trove of rail-fanning spots that have not been exploited. Here, the only freight train to traverse this section of the NJCL crosses south over the mile-w... (more)

Just after departing Browns Yard, CSX 4429 passes alongside Deep Run on its way to the Freehold Industrial Track.

South Amboy was once a bustling railroad town which included a busy station, large freight yard, engine terminal, shortline, and junction of two electrified main lines. Now all that remains is the... (more)

A perfect thin layer of clouds made it possible to try a new angle in Jamesburg.

SA31 cruises over fresh ballast on the Freehold Industrial Track which was dumped after Hurricane Irene caused Lake Manalapan to rise and weaken the causeway and bridge approach.

SA-31 runs once a week out of Browns Yard, down the North Jersey Coast Line (NJCL), en route to the Southern Secondary. Here the Coast Line runs briefly along the Raritan Bay just before crossing... (more)

NS 1703 is about to cross Prospect Plains Rd. as it heads back towards Browns Yard after clearing the Hightstown Industrial down to Cranbury Station. It's rare enough to catch a train south of the... (more)

Just because there aren't any snow pictures coming out of New Jersey, doesn't mean it's not cold! Evident in this shot as SA31 crosses a mostly frozen Lake Manalapan.

SA31 begins its journey down NJT trackage at RARE passing the new fountain outside the recently completed YMCA.

With only a few minutes of sunlight left on a hot July evening, CSXT 4423 and 7 cars emerge from the woods and cross Lake Manalapan on the return trip from Freehold to Browns Yard. The crew will t... (more)