Conrail ME-2 passes through a very empty Metuchen station moments after reversing out of the lead from Metuchen Yard. The crew is heading out for their usual afternoon of switching customers alon... (more)

Conrail ME-2 heads for the National Can lead, passing Lincoln Tower on the Northeast Corridor. Apparently the 12 switch required some attention and an Amtrak C&S crew was on the scene. ME-2 had ... (more)

Raritan Central Railway RC02 passing the Clayton Block & Concrete plant while departing Conrail Shared Assets Operations Metuchen Yard for the return trip back to Raritan Center.

Yard power in the Sunday morning sun. 8886 is an ex-Erie Lackawanna SD45-2 that was rebuilt by Conrail to SD40 specs. It still retains its original car body and 5000 gallon fuel tank. With over 40... (more)

Raritan Central wasted no time putting their newly acquired GP30M to work. Here it leads a GP20 putting together the daily transfer in Conrail's Metuchen Yard.

Raritan Central's newly acquired GP30M crosses over High Street pulling out the cars for today's yard transfer. It will then shove back and hook up to the engines that will lead back to Raritan Ce... (more)

Raritan Central's daily yard transfer is almost done being put together for the trip back to home base. Bringing up the rear is Raritan Central's newest engine, a GP30M acquired from Bakken Transl... (more)

A pair of former SP engines get ready to push the daily yard transfer out of Metuchen Yard and head back to home base in Raritan Center.

Amtrak 627 with a Northeast Regional, passes through Metuchen, at a reduced speed due to track work in the area.

Yard power basks in the early morning sun in Conrail's Metuchen yard. Today's lineup is two SD40's, two GP38's and a Conrail caboose.

The Silver Meteor is running about 15 minutes early on this Easter Sunday as it rolls through Lincoln interlocking at 10:09am. The train will gain even more time and arrive at New York Penn Stati... (more)

Easter Surprise
It was a somewhat quiet holiday morning on the nearby Lehigh Line, and I was surprised to hear Conrail transfer job ME-84 heading east on the Northeast Corridor. The t... (more)

The sun has just come out and begins melting the snow from an overnight spring snowstorm.

A southbound Acela Express glides past snow covered trees on the first full day of Spring.