A pair of CN units visited New Jersey for the weekend: CN 2262 & 8923 led CSX K684 (ethanol loads) east into the area on Friday May 18th. By Sunday the train was unloaded. Here the same two unit... (more)

Conrail Shared Asets Operations transfer job OI16 back up against their train on the Chemical Coast and about to continue with the rest of their run to Browns Yard.

After supplying cars to Port Reading Yard, OI-16 moves south for Browns Yard.

One highlight of the Conrail Shared Assets operation in northern New Jersey is the assignment of many former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s to yard and local duty. NS 1703 and CSXT 8886 are seen shoving... (more)

A familiar SD40-2/SD45-2 (NS 3434/CSXT 8886) consists leads Conrail OI-16 on a very sunny but very cold Sunday afternoon. In the distance...one of the nearly constant flow of ethanol trains operat... (more)

Conrail OI-16 is southbound on the Chemical Coast Secondary after setting off cars at Port Reading Yard. It seemed like the same NS SD40-2 led this train for weeks, and it was a nice change of pa... (more)

OI-16 is led by a consist typical for Conrail "Shared Assets" in the form of NS 3376 and CSX 8886, both former Conrail units. The train is seen making a reverse move into Port Reading Yard after ... (more)

A former UP SD45 leads an empty CSX ethanol train from the Motiva refinery in Sewaren, and is seen crossing Conrail's Port Reading Secondary at CP PD. The wye tracks curving off to the left and r... (more)

The ghost of SF-100? Three former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s (NS 1703 / NS 1701 / CSX 8886) lead a long transfer job across the diamond at Port Reading. This was a nice surprise as typicall... (more)

BNSF 9647, BNSF 8239 and NS 9581 pass the southbound signal at PD as they take the east leg of the wye into Port Reading Yard.

On a crystal clear but frigid winter afternoon, OI-16 backs across the diamond at CP PD to set off cars in Port Reading Yard.

OI-16 is back on the Chemical Coast Secondary after setting off cars at Port Reading Yard. A pair of BNSF Dash 9s are tied onto a loaded ethanol train on the East Track. In the distance is yet ano... (more)

OI-16 shoves a cut of cars into Port Reading Yard, past the last remnants of fall color in the area. NS 3434 is former PRR 6077, a rebuilt SD40.

I was surprised at the amount of fall color still present in Port Reading at this date. OI-16 has made a set off in Port Reading Yard and heads south on the Chemical Coast for Browns Yard.

Conrail OI-16 heads for Browns Yard after setting off cars in Port Reading Yard. There is quite a bit of trackage at this location where the Chemical Coast Secondary (occupied by OI-16) crosses t... (more)