The CNJ 113 is all dressed up to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the first recorded use of anthracite coal in 1768; note the red "250" diamond-shaped number plate. It's charging pa... (more)

The CNJ 113 is dressed up to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the first recorded use of anthracite coal in 1768; note the red "250" diamond-shaped number plate and sign above the pil... (more)

During Steamtown's Railfest weekend, Delaware Lackawanna owned CNJ RS-3 1554 was used to power the Scranton Limited trains. Here, the train in close to the outer yard limits, being between the Ma... (more)

A CNJ survivor and Scranton landmark - built in 1891 at the top of a switchback, this freight house served as the Western most terminus for the railroad originating in Jersey City. An equally impr... (more)

We are at or near the highest point (elev. 1676') on the Jersey Central (CNJ). The EMD SD35s with a westbound freight have just met a Lehigh Valley eastbound, and are beginning the steep descent... (more)

Jersey Central 2505, one of the railroad's dozen SD35s, posed at the Bethlehem, PA, engine terminal shared by the CNJ and Reading. The dust probably came from a recent assignment on one of the ra... (more)

It's a beautiful summer day in the Communipaw freight yards. Central Railroad Company of New Jersey had leased a group of Fairbanks-Morse switchers from the Baltimore & Ohio, one of which basks in... (more)

The train shed at the former CNJ Communipaw Train Station last saw service in 1967, when the last passenger train departed the facility. The station itself has be restored and is part of the Liber... (more)

The former Central Railroad of New Jersey's eastbound station building in Elizabeth, N.J. has housed various restaurants since the termination of passenger service in 1978. The clock tower is stil... (more)

CNJ 3681 GP40-P at Bound Brook, NJ October 13,1975.

A CNJ "Jersey Builder (named because of the former Great Northern equipment in the consist) is southbound on the Notheast Corridor destined Bay Head via Rahway and South Amboy.

The CNJ 113 in her natural element, trundling through Cressona Yard.

Still can't believe I only rode this line once. Thought I'd get more chances but it didn't last that long after this visit. This was the Conrail Bayonne Scoot, inherited from the Jersey Central an... (more)

Commuter passenger service presented unique challenges to the railroads that operated these trains. One of those challenges was keeping the lights on in the coaches. Long-distance passenger cars w... (more)

Continuing the story from photo, 595404. After ME-2 completed its set-out at Bound Brook, my father and I drove to Middlesex to get a picture of ME-2 from the Mountain Avenue bridge. In an unusu... (more)