CSX/NS pair serve as Oak Island's yard goats.

SD40-2 heads under the highway.

The Conrail OI-16 transfer job from Oak Island (Newark) to Browns Yard (Sayreville) has just pulled off the Chemical Coast Secondary and has moved westbound onto the Port Reading Secondary. After... (more)

Conrail OI-82 makes a Sunday afternoon appearance at Edison, bringing 42 cars from Oak Island to Metuchen Yard via Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. This train would usually have diverted off the NEC ... (more)

Ethanol traffic seems to dominate the aptly-named Chemical Coast Secondary. Conrail transfer job OI-16 must often "dodge" ethanol trains while traversing this line. OI-16's crew has completed th... (more)

Timing is everything. No sooner than I put the 4 ways on and hop out of the car 8829 and 3426 get underway. Wait a second! 3426? An SD45-2 is usually lashed up with 8829. Hmmm?

After holding for four NJT trains at WOOD, OI16 makes its way across the Raritan Bay behind CSXT 8829 and NS 1703. I am very pleased with the results considering I was out of position on the backl... (more)

CSX SD40-2 drills a cut of tanker cars at Port Reading Yard.

This manifest led by two SD40-2's and a GP38-2 is sitting in the early morning sun at Tracy Road on the Toledo Terminal waiting to enter Stanley Yard.