Working the Perth Amboy Branch - After running around its train MA-1 is now in position to exchange coil cars at Marino Ware and to work the South Plainfield Yard.

Stack Train to NS Erail -A northbound stack is now moving in reverse destined for the NS Erail inter-modal facility.

Westbound manifest train hauling through the signals in South Plainfield.

Crossing the Millstone River - This shot was at least a year and a half in the making as I had to wait for a long spell of sub-freezing temperatures for this location to become accessible... (more)

Crossing the Raritan -The Oak Island Yard to Browns Yard daily transfer is only freight train to regularly cross this 100+ year old Ex-Pennsy swing bridge - the NJCL River Draw.

Cormorants on the Raritan - Gulls and cormorants perch on old dock pilings, while a morning train direct from Bay Head to Hoboken travels the shoreline of the Raritan Bay. Photo taken f... (more)

A plane lands at Newark Liberty Int'l Airport right as an empty ethanol train, with KCS foreign power, is returning north after serving the Motiva refinery in Sewaren.

OI16 is on the Scene - Most often led by NS horses it was nice to see a CSX unit leading the daily transfer train into Browns Yard.

Former New York Central switcher #8618 rests outside the engine house in Strasburg, PA.

"Armpit of America" - A photogenic spot right smack dab in the middle of the "Armpit".

The daily OI-16 led by EL Heritage NS 1700 rumbles west on Conrail's Amboy Secondary toward Browns Yard.

NJT Salutes Our Military - One of NJ Transit's two ALP46s saluting active miliary and veteran employees crosses a bridge over the Cheesequake Marsh.

Woodbridge Ave. - After dropping cars at Port Reading Yard, the OI16 makes its way south on the Chemical Coast to interchange with North Jersey Coast Line and then the Amboy Secondary for... (more)

An empty ethanol train, with KCS 4125 in the consist, is returning north on the Garden State Secondary (formerly and much more appropriately called the Chemical Coast Secondary) after serving the ... (more)

The Friendly Skies - The skies above Newark International Airport bustle with air traffic, whereas rail traffic on Conrail's Chemical Coast is hit or miss. Here, a local job pauses for a... (more)