Magic status: Shared. The rolling red billboard leads Amtrak 161 from Boston to Washington DC on a crystal clear fall afternoon. Fans were out in droves along the entire length of the Nor... (more)

Two Metro North "West of Hudson" commuter units share shop space with M&E 20 at Morristown & Erie's shop. The visiting units are having PTC equipment installed by Alstom who was renting... (more)

NJ Transit's PRR heritage unit shoves a weekend local west out of Morristown station through Baker Interlocking. The track at right is the connection to the Morristown & Erie Railway. Some late-... (more)

NJ Transit's PRR heritage unit leads a weekend local east out of Millburn station during a rare moment of sunshine on an otherwise cloudy morning. The train has entered Millburn Interlocking wher... (more)

The remaining NY&GL equipment stored in Passaic is living on borrowed time. The Dundee Spur is slated for removal with an eye toward redevelopment. It is unclear if this equipment will be saved.... (more)

NJ Transit's Pennsylvania Railroad heritage unit has finally been set loose and is starting to make revenue runs, almost a month after being unveiled. Here the unit shoves an afternoon westbound ... (more)

An Amtrak ballast train occupies an out of service 2 Track on the Northeast Corridor in Kearny. Amtrak "pumpkin" 772 was built as Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis 710. In the early 2000s this ... (more)

A former Conrail SW1500 (ex-CR 9522) still wears a bright blue coat of paint in this view at the north end of Enola Yard. The unit was working the yard assisted by an NS GP38-2.

A WS-based local works the MC Yard adjacent to Ridgefield Park station. Power on this day was the short-lived NYSW 3042 which was surrounded by its own bluish exhaust on this cold winter day. Th... (more)

Q404 rolls north across the Doodletown Bight trestle with Iona Island and the Hudson River valley providing a backdrop. A second GEVO in DPU mode was located further back in the train.

The crew of Conrail OI-16 slowly shoves their consist of transfer cars from Oak Island Yard into Port Reading Yard, past the signal at CP RON.

OI-16 approaches CP RON with a healthy cut of tank cars in tow for Port Reading Yard. The Erie Lackawanna heritage unit is now equipped with PTC and some related hardware clutters the cab roof. ... (more)

Conrail CA20 passes the restored former PRR Maple Shade depot. The train is returning to Pavonia Yard in Camden after working the Pemberton Industrial Track.

Conrail CA20 navigates the front yards along E. 3rd Street in Moorestown. Here the track runs adjacent to the road, which places it in front of a series of homes. This line was once the Pemberto... (more)

The last time I saw Southern 1401 was probably in the mid-80s. It's still on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, DC and looks as good as it did 34 years ... (more)