Concrete ties are being installed here in South Amboy. A parade of work equipment rests off to the side while an eastbound from Long Branch makes its approach to the interlocking at RARE.

A morning commuter train to Long Branch pushes south over the Raritan River Drawbridge with a group of Canada geese wandering in the foreground.

A morning direct train out of Bay Head pushes across Port au Peck Ave. and past Monmouth Park Station. Trains stop here only on racing days during the thoroughbred racing season.

Branchport Creek Bridge - The 6:49 am train out of Long Branch pushes across Branchport Creek on the NJCL.

The Matawan train station was built by the New York & Long Branch in 1875 and served as the original train station until the early 1980s when the line was electrified. This Victorian-style statio... (more)

Save the Station – The Raritan River Railroad Historical Society and Milltown Historical Society are teaming up to raise funds to move and preserve the only remaining station of the Ra... (more)

Lawrence Brook Trestle - A maintenance worker rides on the back of a Harsco tie exchanger as it crosses west over the Lawrence Brook Trestle. This was the second to last day of a multi-... (more)

Ballast and tie replacement work has recently been completed here where the Amboy Secondary and the Gillespie Branch lines meet. Extra piles of ballast and old ties are visible to the left. The... (more)

After delivering the OI-16 transfer this pair of Ex-Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s rest in the yard, while the evening steel mill train is being assembled in the background.

The Browns Yard tie replacement project moves into its next stage with work beginning on the Gillespie Branch this morning. Here a Harsco TR-10 Production Tie Exchanger departs north out of the y... (more)

Tie Replacement in Browns Yard - To the left Norfolk Southern MofW equipment is being used to perform a tie replacement project, and I must say the tracks are looking nice and straight. ... (more)

At the beginning of this week an NS train loaded with MofW equipment was delivered to Browns Yards for a major tie replacement project. For the last couple of mornings the entire parade of track ... (more)

NS 2584, an SD70M, is something unusual to see in Browns Yard. Typical six-axle power seen at Browns are these SD45s (NS 1702 and 1705) to your left, which are just arriving with the daily transf... (more)

Conrail Shared Assets Browns Yard is a small but busy yard. Piles of ties can be seen scattered about everywhere as a major tie replacement project is about to begin. I happen to catch these gee... (more)

NS 2584 and NS 5309 delivered a work train of MofW equipment to Browns Yard yesterday and are now waiting for their return back north. The locomotive power operating in/out of Browns Yard are ver... (more)