Conrail's OI-16 is pushing freight cars into Port Reading Yard. The two former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2 locomotives are on the former Reading Company's Port Reading Branch.

Conrail's OI-16 is departing Ron (Port Reading) with tonnage for Brown's Yard in Old Bridge. Power for the train are two former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2 locomotives. The train is on Conrail's Garden... (more)

After delivering the Oak Island transfer to Browns Yard, this pair of SD45s are now leading the steel mill train up the Gillespie Branch. The train is paralleling Jernee Mill Rd. as it passes by... (more)

FROZEN IN HISTORY... Former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2 locomotives still roll in New Jersey, under NS and CSX ownerships. These beasts that propelled UPS trains on EL rails now move transfer runs on C... (more)

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.

The daily supply train to Browns Yard approaches Cheesequake Rd.

Conrail OI-16 takes the long way around to Port Reading Yard, running west on the Lehigh Line to Bound Brook and then reversing eastbound onto the Port Reading Secondary. This move is somewhat un... (more)

The train crew keep the door open on a warm summer afternoon as they approach Browns Yard with the daily supply train from Oak Island Yard.

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)

NS 1701 and CSX 2810 have delivered a loaded freight train to Browns Yard and are now running light, with CSX 2810 in the lead, back to Oak Island Yard. Here they have just departed the Amboy Sec... (more)

After setting off a large cut of cars at Port Reading Yard, OI-16 makes a run for the NJ Transit connection at CP WOOD. The train is passing the north end of the siding between Sewaren and DCS BA... (more)

NS 1701 & 1703 (both ex-Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s) lead OI-16 south on "the coast" approaching CP PD. The crew will set off cars in Port Reading Yard before continuing south to Browns Yard on the A... (more)

A former EL SD45-2 and two other standard cab units smoke it up as they accelerate past the ongoing project to double track the Lehigh Line. NS 1701 is ex-CR 6655, EL 3670.