Conrail's Oak Island to Browns Yard transfer train is departing Port Reading behind a pair of former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2 locomotives.

Conrail's OI-60 is just departing Port Reading, as it thumps across the Port Reading Secondary. The train, originating at the large Oak Island Yard, is destined for Brown's Yard in Old Bridge, N.... (more)

A Conrail crew pulls ethanol empties out of Motiva with a nice consist of standard-cab EMDs including: DME 6370, CP 6234, CP 4437 and CP 4422. This train arrived the day before as CSX K408 and ap... (more)

The former Reading Railroad McMyler coal dumper was constructed in 1917 to handle the increasing coal traffic that was destined for the New York Harbor. In 1951 the pier caught fire. Much of the o... (more)

Conrail OI-82 brings a train of Norfolk Southern maintenance of way equipment south to Browns Yard. Reportedly there is a tie replacement project scheduled in the near future on one or more of th... (more)

A pair of former Erie Lackawanna SD45's (1705 & 1701) head south through Port Reading.

With a set-off in Port Reading Yard complete, Conrail JR-2 proceeds south down the Chemical Coast. An all-day snow storm which has covered the rails ahead of JR-2 is tapering off, but the heavy, ... (more)

Conrail JR-2 has a typical matched set of former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s in the lead (NS 1701 & 1705), with CSXT 2810 along for the ride down to Browns Yard. A heavy, wet snow has fallen througho... (more)

Conrail OI-16, gets under way for Browns Yard, after dropping cars off at the Port Reading Yard.

In the early morning hours of Dec. 5th, a Conrail crew was backing a cut of cars into the Kinder Morgan siding in Carteret when two cars carrying hazardous chemicals derailed. One car partially de... (more)

After dropping off cars at Port Reading Yard the conductor peers out the side window to help gauge the approach back to the rest of the train.

Conrail OI-16 pulls across the diamond at CP Ron after setting off cars in Port Reading Yard. Leading this day's train is a typical pair of former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s, NS 1700 and CSXT 8886. ... (more)

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-16 rolls to a stop at CP Ron. The conductor will hop off the train here in preparation to set off cars in Port Reading Yard. It was good to see former EL SD45-2s still assigned to thi... (more)

A loaded ethanol train led by ICE 6449 and DME 6370 pulls up to the signal at CP Ron. The power and "cover car" will be cut away from the train, reversed on the wye and then run around to shove t... (more)