NS 24X detours on the Port Reading Secondary. The leader was rebuilt from C44-9W NS 9279 in May 2022. Behind the leader are C44-9W locomotives NS 9811 and NS 9911. On this weekend, freight trains ... (more)

Geep Garage. Norfolk Southern GP38-2 no. 5670 is seen shoving cars into the MarinoWARE facility in South Plainfield, NJ, operating as Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CSAO) train MA1.

Shoving into South Plainfield. Norfolk Southern GP38-2 no. 5670, one of the railroad's Operation Lifesaver units, is seen shoving a cut of covered hoppers into South Plainfield Yard, op... (more)

CSX Detour: With a pilot crew from Conrail Shared Assets on board, CSX M410 detours eastbound on the Port Reading Secondary. CSXT 3399 (ET44AH) is the second unit. On this weekend, freight ... (more)

NS 20E Reroute: Because of work at CP Townley on the Conrail Lehigh Line due to a derailment 4 months earlier, freight trains on this day were taking the Port Reading Secondary as an altern... (more)

Trains meet on the Main Line. A morning eastbound train rounds a curve past the tail end of a westbound train. Photo taken just off Park Ave.

OIEN (Oak Island-Enola).

CSX single level intermodal train rolling though South Plainfield with an SD60I leading AC44CW 411 as the train makes its way to Kearney.

NS 65K barrels westbound on Conrail's Port Reading Secondary through industrial South Plainfield after departing its origination point of Port Reading. Behind the leader is UP 7092 (GE AC44CW).

Due to ease of access, this was no doubt the most photographed railroad subject in New Jersey over the course of a gloomy April weekend. NS 1700 spent the weekend parked at this location just east... (more)

Rebuilt from NS 8867.

A very late CSX Q14012 Tropicana Juice Train trudges through South Plainfield on the Shared Assets Lehigh Line. The broken ditchlight and bent handrails provide a clue as to why they were late.

OIPI (Oak Island-Pittsburgh)

After Effects: Due to an unprecedented amount of rainfall on September 1st and 2nd, several railroads in the area of Manville and Bound Brook, NJ ended up underwater. Causing issues with th... (more)

In Summer 1972, LV C628s 627-628 cross Metuchen Road to enter the yard in South Plainfield, NJ to make a pick-up for JSA-1. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo.