Electric power switched out for steam, one of the last K4's does duty as a commuter hauler.

Raritan River caboose 7 and two others sit in the sun at South Amboy. This was a delightful little railroad that almost seems to have come from a child's imagination with red diesels and yellow ca... (more)

One of the RRRR red SW900 diesels sits at the well-kept South Amboy engine terminal. This New Jersey short line was a bonus to be seen when visiting South Amboy for Pennsylvania steam.

CNJ GP7s 1532 & 1529 head north at South Amboy with a long hopper car train of sand. PRR K4s 830 was sitting behind me on the siding awaiting a train from New York. GP7 1532 was leading the commut... (more)

Several K4 locomotives were sitting idle around South Amboy with diesels handling trains during the day. K4s 3752 sits in front of K4sa 612. The only consecutively numbered K4 locomotives among th... (more)

These two Baldwin shark-nose units made a rare apperance in passenger service on the NY&LB. A few of the 2,000 horsepower units had been repainted in the freight scheme, derated to 1.600 h.p. and ... (more)

This was the first time that I had seen K4sa 612 and it arrived at the engine terminal while I was there. The fire is being cleaned while 3807 & 5348 sit in the background.

K4s 3807 sits in a rare bit of sun that day at South Amboy. The locomotive appears to have a stuck bell. This was about one year before the end of all Pennsylvania steam.

K4s 830 leaves South Amboy with North Jersey Coast train 723 for Bay Head Jct..

The view from the rear of K4s 830 shows how tall those 80 inch driving wheels are.

K4s 830 waits for a train from New York in the afternoon. The caboose of a Jersey Central sand train running on the joint railroad is seen at the left.

There were seven K4s locomotives in steam that day at South Amboy.

K4s 3858 blasts out of South Amboy with a train for Bay Head Jct..

Conductor and engineer confer before GG1 4857 leaves with a train for New York that arrived behind a K4s.

K4s 3750 waits for a North Jersey Coast train from New York. This is one of two K4s locomotives saved and is in the Pennsylvania State Railroad Museum at Strasburg.