South Amboy was the home for the last of the great places for locomotive changes from electric to diesel (New Haven hung on for awhile longer, and it's still done in Washington, but not with power... (more)

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.

Browns Yard local SA31 waits on the Church Running Track for clearance onto New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line. The SA31 will use the NJCL to Red Bank for access to the Southern Seconda... (more)

Just having departed the North Jersey Coast Line at ESSAY OI16 rounds the big bend on the Amboy Secondary. The catenary poles are old and have been out of service for at least 30 years, but the b... (more)

An afternoon commuter train passes over the Raritan River Drawbridge on a tranquil and sunny winter day.

A Bombardier electric locomotive leads a set of passenger cars across the Raritan Bay into South Amboy on the North Jersey Coast Line.

An afternoon bi-level train heads west on Track 1 across the Raritan River at low tide.

NS 1701 and CSX 2810 have delivered a loaded freight train to Browns Yard and are now running light, with CSX 2810 in the lead, back to Oak Island Yard. Here they have just departed the Amboy Sec... (more)

The daily supply train from Oak Island Yard to Browns Yard crosses the Raritan River.

When I was young I rode on “The Last Run of the GG1”. What was most memorable for me about that train ride was crossing the old, rusty Raritan River drawbridge, which back then did not bear a... (more)

By September 1957, the sharks largely replaced the K4's on the NY&LB, seen here highballing South Amboy at sunset after the swap out with the GG1. PRR Class BP40.

Double your pleasure, double your fun. The GG1 has been swapped out and a pair of K4's take this outbound train the remainder of the way.

An afternoon westbound destined for Long Branch pushes across the Raritan River Drawbridge.

Conrail OI-16 seemed to run a little bit earlier than usual today. This, coupled with the overnight change to daylight savings time, allowed for a properly lit late-morning view of the train head... (more)

Led by a consist characteristic of the Conrail Shared Assets Operations, OI-16 moves south over the Raritan River for Browns Yard.