The more things change the more they say the same. Hard to believe its been 4 years since I've been to the West Slope, even more since I've been to this particular location. The GEVOs are new sinc... (more)

The morning sun shines on 66Z as it makes its way east on the Port Reading Secondary hauling crude oil.

NS 66Z with the LV Heritage unit exits NS' Port Reading Secondary and enters Conrail's Garden State Secondary for the run up to Phillips 66 in Linden, NJ, on a fairly humid morning.

66Z passes through the Altoona Amtrak station with NS 8104 - NS 8137 and 108 cars

Norfolk Southern's Lehigh Valley Heritage unit transitions onto it's neighbor's railroad, The CNJ as it passes by the old CNJ tower in Phillipsburg, NJ

NS 1037 and an ES44AC trail 66Z in DPU mode, back when this was common place on NS oil trains.

NS 66Z with two new SD70ACes is paralleling I-287 during the last few miles of it's journey to Phillips 66 in Linden.

The LV Heritage unit heads north on the Garden State Secondary on it's way to a crew change just past this vantage point and ultimately Phillips 66 in Linden.

Finally! 66Z arrives in New Jersey after sitting in Bethlehem, PA for roughly 36 hours. The train was held until a prior 66Z could be unloaded at the terminal in Linden, NJ. The NS Lehigh Valle... (more)

A pair of Union Pacific locomotives leads loaded oil train 66Z east on the Bayard Secondary south of Alliance. Foreign power is restricted to this line, due to cab signal requirements on the nearb... (more)

The Erie heritage unit leads NS 66Z east on Conrail's Port Reading Secondary. NS 1068 and 1156 (both SD70ACes) are hauling crude oil loads to Linden, NJ.

NS 1157 & 1142 lead train 66Z east across the NS Pittsburgh Line

With the "GoRail" unit on the point oil train 66Z rolls east out of Elkhart under classic NYC era signals that will soon be replaced.