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.

The daily supply train crosses Browns Rd. as it enters into Browns Yard. NS 3426 and NS 1703 have been mainstays on this transfer run. The crewman's door is open as he readies to throw the swit... (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)

The daily supply train from Oak Island Yard to Browns Yard crosses the Raritan River.

When I was young I rode on “The Last Run of the GG1”. What was most memorable for me about that train ride was crossing the old, rusty Raritan River drawbridge, which back then did not bear a... (more)

NS 3376 has been a mainstay on the daily transfer from Oak Island Yard to Browns Yard. Here OI-16 crosses the Rahway River using an old bascule drawbridge built in 1921. This drawbridge is still... (more)

Two Trains and an Airplane - A CSX stack train crawls to a stop as the OI-16 train to Browns Yard, led by NS 1703, passes on the right. At the same time, a United Airlines jet makes a la... (more)

Conrail OI-16 heads south past the distant signal for the interlocking at CP PD. Power today is a pair of former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s.

Conrail OI-16 seemed to run a little bit earlier than usual today. This, coupled with the overnight change to daylight savings time, allowed for a properly lit late-morning view of the train head... (more)

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

Led by a consist characteristic of the Conrail Shared Assets Operations, OI-16 moves south over the Raritan River for Browns Yard.

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)

This picture was taken from a secluded vantage on the south shore just west of the Bridge. This spot is ideal for catching the daily freight train from Oak Island (Newark) to Browns Yard (Sayrevil... (more)

Conrail OI-16 arrives at Browns Yard after a slow ride down the Amboy Secondary. The unused catenary poles at this location reveal the PRR-heritage of this historic line. The Camden & Amboy was ... (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)