Pushing east

The PL42AC locomotive was built by Alstom with GM-EMD 710 engines for New Jersey Transit. First manufactured in Valencia, Spain in 2003, later units were assembled in Hornell, New York. Based on... (more)

Looking something like a Walt Disney "TRON" convention, reflective tape applied to NJT's passenger trains glow in a... (more)

Moon over Hoboken. Stablemates idle ready under a near full Moon at 5 PM preparing for the day's return rush of NYC commuters.

NJT 4012 finds a small pocket of sunlight just before sunset as it passes under the 4-track signal bridge east of the Secaucus Junction station with a shuttle train headed for the New York Giants ... (more)

More consecutively numbered locos. With two tracks being used exclusively for Meadowlands shuttle trains, the regular rush hour trains are starting to stack up outside the Secaucus Junction... (more)

Consecutively numbered locos. As NJT 4032 waits for a train ahead of it to clear the platform at Secaucus Junction station, NJT 4031 passes with a shuttle to the NY Giants game at the Meado... (more)

There's only five stops left before the end of the line for the commuters on train 5729 out of Newark as PL42AC 4023 crosses the North Branch of the Raritan River on the former CNJ arch bridge.

NJT 4025 cruises toward it's station stop at Elberon with a Bay Head-bound shuttle as the last of the setting sun shines off the nose of the 2004-built PL42AC.

Spring on the Coast Line. NJT 4025 is on the rear of a Hoboken bound commuter train as it splits the signals protecting the Shark River drawbridge.

NJT 4020 leaves Bridgewater and enters Bound Brook as it pushes east across the Middle Brook. This time last year the Middle Brook swelled to flood stage due to heavy rains and a big snow melt. ... (more)

With NJT PL42AC 4024 shoving, the train has just gotten underway, after making a stop at Union station.

NJT PL42AC 4008 glides to a stop at the Elberon station with a southbound (railroad westbound) shuttle from Long Branch to Bay Head.

End of the Line. NJT 4021 sits at the end of NJT's Meadowlands Rail Line adjacent to MetLife Stadium, home of the Giants and Jets. Security is very prevalent before the 4PM game between the... (more)

A typical lineup at Hoboken Terminal in advance of the evening rush hour.