The striking late-afternoon sun shines bright as an inbound New Jersey Transit train from Long Branch slows for its stop at Secaucus Junction on this mild December day.
"Visiting the Old Stomping Ground"
An eastbound Long Branch to New York local crosses the Raritan River by way of the 109-year old PRR built Raritan River Drawbridge.
An afternoon Long Branch to NYC train pushes north across the Cheesequake Marsh. In the foreground are the waters of a tidal creek, and the remains of a small fishing/crabbing dock.
Parkers Creek Bridge - The 2:54 pm out of Long Branch pushes east across Parkers Creek as it starts to slow for the next stop at Little Silver station.