"Rubber Necking"

Conrail OI-16 notches up at CP Port in Elizabeth with one of the seven remaining ex-Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s leading. The 1700 was repainted into its as... (more)

Conrail OI-16 comes off NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line and onto the Amboy Secondary at ESSAY in South Amboy. ESSAY Tower may soon be torn down with the construction of the new Raritan Bay Dr... (more)

A Saturday Conrail OI-16 departs Oak Island Yard in Newark with CSX 8886 leading three of Norfolk Southern's SD45-2's, including the Erie Lackawanna painted 1700. While Class Is continue to purge ... (more)

Conrail OI-16 runs south on the former Camden and Amboy Railroad at Parlin, NJ with the NS 1700 painted in its Erie Lackawanna colors leading the way. The train catches a period of bright sun on a... (more)

"Social Distancing"

Conrail Shared Assets OI-16 crosses the Raritan River in South Amboy on a clear spring afternoon with SD45-2 1700 leading about 20 cars in tow for B... (more)

Conrail OI-16 pulls its train out of Oak Island Yard with the NS 1700 "Erie Lackawanna" leading an SD40-2 past some brightly colored fall foliage.

The crew of Conrail OI-16 slowly shoves their consist of transfer cars from Oak Island Yard into Port Reading Yard, past the signal at CP RON.

OI-16 approaches CP RON with a healthy cut of tank cars in tow for Port Reading Yard. The Erie Lackawanna heritage unit is now equipped with PTC and some related hardware clutters the cab roof. ... (more)

Theres hardly ever a lack of action around the Port Newark area. Conrail OI-16 yarding it out past CP FRAN at the entrance to Port Newark Yard, meeting a Conrail Yard job with another 1700 series ... (more)

Conrail OI-16 makes its way out of Oak Island Yard for the trip towards Port Reading along the Garden State Secondary. The colorful NS 1700 leads the way ahead of a standard NS SD40-2.

"Return of the OI-16"

The OI-16 continues over the Raritan River at River Draw before swinging onto the Amboy Secondary for its final leg of its journey to Browns Yard.... (more)

Foiled Again
The Erie Lackawanna heritage unit had been leading OI-16 all week...until I arrived on this day when the power was "spun". Oh well. CSXT 8881 leads NS 1700 and a short 1... (more)

A former PRR SD40 leads a former EL SD45-2 into Browns Yard on CR OI-16.

OI-16 arrives at the north end of Browns Yard with a colorful four-unit consist, all of which are former Conrail units now assigned to the Conrail Shared Assets Operation. NS SD45-2 1700, the Eri... (more)

OI-16 has an impressive and colorful four-unit consist, all of which are former Conrail units now assigned to the Conrail Shared Assets Operation. The train is crossing NJ Transit's River Draw wh... (more)