A trainspotting and bird watching two for one - Two double-crested cormorants, three great black-backed gulls, and three herring gulls are all facing into a steady breeze as a Alstom PL42... (more)

Conrail ME-2 is on the move from Metuchen Yard to Deans. The caboose - which is desperately in need of a paint job - is for housing the conductor on the shove back to Metuchen Yard.

Acela on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor

Years ago the areas around the NEC in North Brunswick were all private industry. Some of those industries are gone now and have been replaced by commercial shopping centers making this spot acce... (more)

A midday train cruises north on the NEC as it approaches the Amtrak Adams Yard.

An afternoon commuter train pushes across the Raritan River and past the old JCP&L E.H. Werner Power Station. The building is currently undergoing demolition. A section of the building is about ... (more)

Fall colors are beginning to show and it was nice to finally find a location along the NEC in NJ for taking a broadside shot.

Cormorants and gulls have a nice vantage near the shores of the Raritan Bay to watch the morning commuter rush to NYC.

A Dedicated Fan Base - There are several local trains that run out of Browns Yard, but none have a bigger or more enthusiastic fan base than the once weekly train down the ex-CNJ Southern D... (more)

The 8:13 am out of Aberdeen-Matawan bellows smoke as it picks up speed on the push east toward Hoboken.

After serving Builders General the train of empties has begun it's slow journey back towards Jamesburg. It is passing by one of it's customers, Reed & Perrine as it crosses Main St. (Woodward Rd)... (more)

Just before reaching the Gerdau Steel Mill, SA22 makes the final grade crossing over Main Street Extension. This train brings in scrap metal by gondola and hauls out steel rebar using yellow flat... (more)

The steel mill train to Gerdau has just departed Browns Yard. It is carrying gondolas full of scrap metal that will be turned into steel rebar at the mill. The empty yellow flatcars w/ finger ra... (more)

Dual Mode locomotives like this one have been in the NJ Transit fleet for years. but their presence on the NJCL has only recently increased This weekend train is running direct from NYC Penn Sta... (more)

A single car train kicks up a little dust as it cruises at track speed (25 mph) by the old abandoned Helmetta Snuff factory. Construction work is being done here. A worker in orange is off to th... (more)