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New Jersey Commuter Rail Before NJ Transit
Thanks largely to mergers and bankruptcies, New Jersey's commuter railroads underwent profound changes between the end of steam and the takeover by NJ Transit in 1983.
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Photo ID: 193048

Arriving South Amboy for engine change to E units

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: GG-1
Location: South Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: PC 4872
Train ID: PC 1159
Photo Date: April 12, 1974


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By: George W. Hamlin

Added: Jul 09, 2007

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Photo ID: 193047

Railroad: Central Railroad of New Jersey
Locomotive: GP40P
Location: South Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: CNJ 3671
Train ID: CNJ 5322
Photo Date: April 12, 1974


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By: George W. Hamlin

Added: Jul 09, 2007

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Photo ID: 192572

Slowing for Bound Brook stop

Railroad: Central Railroad of New Jersey
Locomotive: EMD GP40P
Location: Bound Brook, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: CNJ 3675
Train ID: CNJ 5559
Photo Date: September 16, 1973


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By: George W. Hamlin

Added: Jul 06, 2007

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Photo ID: 192491

Arriving at Bound Brook; one of the more unique cab cars in U.S. service!

Railroad: Central Railroad of New Jersey
Locomotive: Cab Car
Location: Bound Brook, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: CNJ 1320
Train ID: CNJ 5560
Photo Date: September 16, 1973


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By: George W. Hamlin

Added: Jul 05, 2007

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Photo ID: 170697

Erie 906 has a commuter train on the move out of Jersey City and through the terminal throat trackage. #906 has only been on the job for 9 months. Ansco color/color corrected in P/S

Railroad: Erie Railroad
Locomotive: Alco RS-2
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: ERIE 906
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: August, 1950


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By: John Dziobko

Added: Jan 06, 2007

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Photo ID: 170695

Fairbanks-Morse power on the CNJ, one of 12 H15-44's delivered the year before, works a commuter train. Ansco color/color corrected in P/S

Railroad: Central Railroad of New Jersey
Locomotive: FM H15-44
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: CNJ 1512
Train ID: commuter train
Photo Date: October, 1950


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By: John Dziobko

Added: Jan 06, 2007

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Photo ID: 169572

Built by Pullman-Brill in April 1929 then converted to Diesel, and scrapped iin '63. Ansco color/color corrected in P/S.

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: Diesel-Electric OEG350
Location: Toms River, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 4658
Train ID: unk
Photo Date: April, 1951


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By: John Dziobko

Added: Dec 27, 2006

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Photo ID: 169246

4110 hustles a train south at Linden. The covered wagons trailing are #4325 & 4256, a Conrail leasor still in blue.

Railroad: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Locomotive: EMD GP40P
Location: Linden, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: NJDOT 4110
Train ID: unknown
Photo Date: July, 1979


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By: John Dziobko

Added: Dec 23, 2006

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Photo ID: 102047

Train 733 and its morning counterpart, No. 704, were the last steam powered passenger trains to serve New York City.

Railroad: Pennsylvania Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 4-6-2
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 830
Train ID: 733
Photo Date: October 08, 1956


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By: N Kent Loudon

Added: Apr 16, 2005

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Photo ID: 101114

Renumbered CNJ unit. Coaches are former Great Northern

Railroad: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Locomotive: EMD GP40P
Location: Red Bank, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: NJDOT 4108
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July, 1979


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By: Ellis Simon

Added: Apr 10, 2005

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Photo ID: 99555

Local approaches Penn Station Newark

Railroad: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Locomotive: Arrow EMU
Location: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: NJDOT 600
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September, 1978


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By: Ellis Simon

Added: Mar 29, 2005

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Photo ID: 94787

This observation car used to run on the famed "Blue Comet." Fifty years later she is ending her career in commuter service to Phillipsburg.

Railroad: Central Railroad of New Jersey
Locomotive: Observation Car
Location: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July, 1978


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By: Ellis Simon

Added: Feb 17, 2005

Views: 7,881
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Photo ID: 93748

Railroad: Erie Lackawanna
Locomotive: GE U34CH
Location: Denville, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: EL 3359
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July, 1975


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By: Ellis Simon

Added: Feb 07, 2005

Views: 3,740
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Photo ID: 91224

Runnig Commuter Lines

Railroad: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Locomotive: EMD GP40-P
Location: New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: NJT 4102
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October, 1978


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By: WILLIAM KLAPP

Added: Jan 16, 2005

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Photo ID: 62354

Newark bound train passing thru Hillside

Railroad: Jersey Central
Locomotive: EMD GP7
Location: Hillside, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: CNJ 1523
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 26, 1978


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By: gg1tim

Added: May 19, 2004

Views: 3,577
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