Amtrak train 171 from Boston, with an E60CP up front, emerges from the tunnel of girders and wires created by the Passaic River lift bridge and enters Newark Penn Station on its way south.

Conrail OI-10 holds track 1, waiting for NJT 5134 to cross over from 2 to 1 at CP Newark. Once NJT clears, OI-10 will shove back into Parkview Yard with cars from Oak Island Yard.

Blue Unit Farewell Tour
The Ringling Brothers blue unit circus train heads west out of Oak Island Yard in Newark behind four CSX units. The train does not have far to go, as the next ... (more)

Permission on the Garden State Secondary

After waiting for Conrail Shared Assets Job OI-16 to clear the interlocking, CSX K682 proceeds South at CP Fran as they come off the Na... (more)

A westbound New Jersey Transit train passes the former Tiffany building in north Newark, N.J. The building is now apartments. The rail line was once part of the Boonton Line but is now abandoned, ... (more)

Conrail's OI16 is departing Oak Island Yard, destined for the Garden State Secondary and the Amboy Secondary. En route the train will set off freight cars at Port Reading Yard and will terminate a... (more)

NJ Transit Raritan Valley Line train 5127 passing through Newark's Weequahic Park.

Conrail OI10 is en route to Oasis Food Products, located on the Irvington Branch. The train is shown on the Lehigh Line, passing Weequahic Park in Newark. Soon, in Hillside, the train will diverge... (more)

ALP-45DP #4534 stands out among its sister units, with each side bearing a seal next to the cab door which commemorates its status as the 100th ALP unit built by Bombardier for NJ Transit and a de... (more)

An SD38/MT6 slug set rests at the east end of Oak Island Yard. These slug sets were the usual power at Oak Island hump during the last decade of Conrail's existence.

A BNSF warbonnet C44-9W leads CSX K142 past Newark's Weequahic Park. The loaded crude oil train is westbound on Conrail's Lehigh Line headed for Philadelphia, PA.

At the last light of the day, NS 33K (Croxton to Allentown) pulls west on the Lehigh Line, passing Weequahic Park. Today's train has ample power, with two NS and two BNSF locomotives.

ALP-45DP 4530 pushing train #5742 through Newark's Weequahic Park.

The old platforms at the former PRR South Street station in Newark once offered a haven to watch and photograph the action under the wires, such as this view in 1985.

An NJ Transit extra heads west during the morning rush hour through a very colorful Weequahic Park.