Two Conrail C30-7s, led by CR 6627 lead a southbound empty ballast train on former Reading rails south of Bound Brook, New Jersey in May, 1995. The ballast cars are former cement hopper cars. Thes... (more)
The first westbound train of the day approaches the station at Bound Brook from Newark Penn Station. This Raritan Valley train will continue on the former CNJ mainline to High Bridge.
MA-1 heads back to Manville Yard having completed a day's work on the Conrail Shared Assets Lehigh Line. The train is powered by two GP38-2's one of which is still in Conrail Blue.
In the pre-EPA days railfanning on summer days in central NJ was a challenge -- white hot sky, heat and pollution, and motley CNJ power like this set of Fs of B&O and N&W lineage. Lead unit is ex... (more)