On an overcast day, we catch this old wore out soldier. PC, Penn Central 4233 E7, at South Amboy, New Jersey. March 1, 1980. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

NJT, New Jersey Transit E8's 4272- 4257, at South Amboy, New Jersey. March 1, 1980. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo.---- NJT 4272----ex-PRR 5702>PC 4272>NJT 4272>4305, now DLW 808....... NJT 4257--... (more)

NJDOT E8's 4320 -4246, with a northbound on the NY&LB, New York and Long Branch, about a mile from where the E's are removed, and GG-1's take the train to New York City. South Amboy, New Jersey. M... (more)

NJDOT, GG1 4880, is at the end of the electrified route, and is swapping the power with E8 4305 (ex-PRR 5702) for the trip southbound to Bayhead, NJ on the NY&LB at, South Amboy, New Jersey. Febru... (more)

"Rare" Move: Due to catenary work at Rare Interlocking to prepare for the new South Amboy Train Station configuration, the overhead wires were de-energized for the weekend and diesel trains... (more)

NJT GG1 4875 is southbound crossing the swing bridge at Raritan Bay and about to enter S. Amboy, NJ. Here, the G's are taken off, and the E-8's will take the train to Bay Head, New Jersey. March 1... (more)

During late 1976 and all of 1977, you didn't need the internet to know that there were three E7s still in service on Conrail's North Jersey Coast Line (former New York & Long Branch) between South... (more)

By the summer of 1978 NJDOT's inherited fleet of ex Penn Central E8s an E7s were really worn out and unreliable. Seeing a freight engine on a Conrail passenger train was never a surprise, although... (more)

July 28, 1978 - South Amboy, NJ - Having turned a rail with its train, Raritan River SW900 #6 has disconnected from its train and pulled forward to wait for additional help to arrive. We had been ... (more)

Foggy Friday: ALP-45A #4548 sits in South Amboy awaiting departure on a foggy Friday night.

For the first time in 35 years, an engine exchange from electric to diesel power occurred at South Amboy. NJ Transit included this nod to the past as part of their 40th Anniversary Excursion. Here... (more)

Pennsy By SA. NJT Train 7212 was appropriately powered by NJTR 4636 (ALP46A, Bombardier, Pennsylvania Railroad Heritage) as it passed SA Tower on the morning of September 3, 2022. During th... (more)

EL By SA. Conrail Shared Assets OI-16 is a daily freight that brings cars from Oak Island Yard in Newark, New Jersey to Browns yard in Sayreville, New Jersey. Its round trip is usually the ... (more)

Conrail SA-42 crosses the Raritan River at River Draw on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line under "Fujichrome skies". The train is headed for Browns Yard after making a set-out in Por... (more)

Sunday Night Special. After sunset on the evening of Sunday, May 21, 2023, NJ TRANSIT Train MM-08 crossed River Draw over the Raritan River to South Amboy, New Jersey with NJTR 4112 leading... (more)