A weekend Conrail local train heads to Oak Island Yard in Newark to retrieve cars for Metuchen Yard via Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. The leader formerly was Conrail locomotive CR 3306. The other e... (more)

Early Morning in Browns Yard -Looking westward down the Amboy Secondary into the heart of Browns Yard. NS 1702 (SD45-2) was an unexpected treat to see in the early morning light. Typic... (more)

Serving Silverline Windows - The SA2 crew, with conductor riding on the back end, is in the middle of drilling a pair of 4 bay covered hoppers as a shift of workers lets out.

After working the Reformatory Branch, CSX 4412 waits for permission to enter onto the Port Reading Secondary.

A Port Reading local is shoving boxcars to an industry off the Reformatory Branch.

Crossing Omar Ave. - A Port Reading Yard local heads up the Reformatory Branch to drop boxcars at a warehouse along Terminal Way.

Conrail SA-31 makes it's weekly trek down NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line to Red Bank. There the train will divert onto Conrail's Southern Secondary. This day's train has two units and 16 c... (more)

End of the Line - CSX 4412 is just a few hundred feet east of Route 1 and is shoving round a curve to drill cars at Silverline Windows. Track maintenance work was performed here a year ... (more)

CR WPSA-33 rolls over a crossing with CSX 4412 leading a few cars.

Twelve to Woodhaven Lumber - The weekly Thursday local from Browns Yard to Lakewood has been running like clockwork. Once again she is crossing the mile-wide Cheesequake marsh just minut... (more)

Crossing the Navesink - With sunset quickly approaching a three car train makes its way across the Navesink River to Red Bank. The reflection is off the waters of Nut Swamp Brook, which c... (more)

Merry Christmas! - The 28th annual Browns Yard Santa Train is right on schedule traveling east through Manalapan just minutes after 11 am. The train will reach Builders General around 11:... (more)

Conrail way freight OI-10 has departed "South Side" and is headed for the Irvington Branch switch in Hillside. In tow are eight tank cars for Oasis Food Products plus one boxcar.

The daily train to the Dayton Branch has just departed Browns Yard and is preparing to cross Sandfield Rd. which does not have crossing signals. The train has crawled to a stop so that a member of... (more)

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)