NJT 4652 pushing on Track 2 toward the Cheesequake causeway.

There used to be 5 direct trains from Hoboken to Bay Head on the NJCL each weekday. Since Hurricane Sandy there have been only 2 direct trains a day. Here the last direct train of the day is cro... (more)

Stump Creek Bridge on the North Jersey Coast Line (NJCL)

An afternoon westbound on the NJCL crosses over Stump Creek bridge. This railroad causeway which spans across the Cheesequake Creek Basin was originally built in the 1870s by the NY&LB.

The weekly freight train to the CR Southern Secondary crosses over the Cheesequake Marsh. You can't tell from looking, but this causeway (NJCL) was completely submerged by the storm surge from Hu... (more)

Browns Yard has not been electrified for over 30 years, yet many of the catenery polls and wires from the PRR era still remain. The thrice weekly train to Freehold is seen departing west out of t... (more)

A morning eastbound crosses Stump Creek on the NJCL.

Pine Tree Creek Reflection - The first of five diesel powered trains from Hoboken to Bay Head makes its way over the Cheesequake Marsh, heading for its next stop on the NJCL at Aberdeen-M... (more)

Pine Tree Creek Reflection - Coming from Browns Yard, SA31 is the only freight train to run this section of the North Jersey Coast Line (NJCL). Here SA31 is moving south (railroad west) ... (more)

NJT 4652 reflects off the waters of Stump Creek as it pushes south (railroad west) for Long Branch on the North Jersey Coast Line.

Geep over Stump Creek - A morning direct from Bay Head to Hoboken pushes north (railroad east) across the Cheesequake Marsh.

SA31 hauls south (railroad west) across the Cheesequake Marsh, and over the Stump Creek bridge, on its weekly trip to Lakewood, NJ.

With short hood forward, CSX 4412 reflects off the waters of Deep Run as it runs light to the Hightstown Industrial Track. A long train of empty cars, extending west out of Browns Yard, awaits re... (more)

The North Jersey Coast Line (NJCL) has a trove of rail-fanning spots that have not been exploited. Here, the only freight train to traverse this section of the NJCL crosses south over the mile-w... (more)

The last Bay Head to Hoboken train of the morning pushes east (north) over Stump Creek at high tide.