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| Title: |
Home made |
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The CNJ, in bankruptcy since 1967, had to get creative to make improvements. The efficiencies of push pull trains were obvious, but there was no way they could pay for new equipment. As it was, it took a long time to get their new GP40Ps in the late 60s. So the cab cars were home built, from 1925 era coaches, modified with a cab and control stand. The fronts were sealed off, and given scare stripes. We see one from the PATH train, just east of Harrison, which was(and is, except the paranoid Port Authority will now chase you off if youre taking photos) a great place to watch NJT and Amtrak. This view also gives a cross section of the action here. The track on the right with the third rail is the PATH, once the Pennsy's own rapid transit connection to lower Manhattan. The tracks under the signal bridge are the Northeast Corridor, the former Pennsy main to New York and Jersey City. Beyond them, the westbound PATH track with its third rail. Past the open area, you can see another set of catenary supports. That's the ex DLW Morristown Line to Dover, its trains running out of the Lackawanna's Hoboken Terminal. They are adjacent to, but do not in this era, connect with, the Corridor. A connection will be built later on that allows trains off the Corridor to access Hoboken, and vice versa, allowing a midtown connection for NJ Transit trains off the Morristown Line to Penn Station. Beyond the DLW, we see a Conrail local freight, probably working Hartz Mountain, which had a large plant here. Lots going on. |
| Photo Date: |
6/28/1978 Upload Date: 12/4/2016 4:23:03 AM |
| Location: |
Harrison, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Yard,Passenger,Action |
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241 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
All kinds of good stuff |
| Description: |
This view of the Harrison lay up yard shows some of the variety of equipment that was running out of Newark in the late 70s. Most prominent is CR 4101, a former CNJ unit still in its original owners paint, though renumbered into the CR passenger unit series. To the left of the GP40P is a coach in Great Northern Big Sky blue, one of a fleet of cars acquired from BN at Amtrak start up, and used mostly on the NY & Long Branch, for which that train set became known as the "Bay Head Empire Builder." At right, we see the Reading RDCs used on the Crusader, which had another three years to live at this point. It used the CNJ via the Aldene Connection out to Bound Brook, then onto the Reading for the trip to Philly. |
| Photo Date: |
6/28/1978 Upload Date: 12/4/2016 4:47:27 AM |
| Location: |
Harrison, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJDOT 4101(GP40P) |
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781 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Arrows to Trenton |
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A train of Jersey Arrows pulls away from Newark on its way down the Corridor. I always liked the atmosphere of Newark Penn. It is large and cavernous, and really had the feel of big time, high density railroading-which, of course, it was. |
| Photo Date: |
6/28/1978 Upload Date: 12/4/2016 4:39:45 AM |
| Location: |
Newark, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
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175 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Philly tonight |
| Description: |
Seen from the front window of a PATH train, were looking at the Crusader, the lone remnant of what had at one time been hourly service between Jersey City and Philly-Reading Terminal. Now two RDCs were the only train holding down that run, up from Philly in the morning, back in the afternoon, via Bound Brook and West Trenton. During the day, they laid over here, now ready for their departure back to Philadelphia. Also in this scene, we have an ex CNJ GP40P, and a partial view of one of CNJ's home built cab cars. |
| Photo Date: |
6/28/1978 Upload Date: 12/4/2016 5:05:38 AM |
| Location: |
Harrison, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
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160 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The Red Baron lives!! |
| Description: |
One of the great things about riding past the NJDOT yard in Harrison was that you never knew what youd see, Here is one of the ex CNJ GP7Ps still sporting its red scheme and original number, albeit somewhat worse for wear. Note also the ex GN cars from the Bay Head Builder. |
| Photo Date: |
7/17/1978 Upload Date: 9/5/2012 11:35:04 PM |
| Location: |
Harrison, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CNJ 1523(GP7) |
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1125 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Borrowed power |
| Description: |
A straight GP 9-CR had not started rebuilding them into the 7500 series GP 10's yet-assitts a Raritan train as it gets ready to roll into Newark to take on passengers. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1978 Upload Date: 1/5/2014 3:42:57 AM |
| Location: |
Harrison, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 7301(GP9) NJT 5904(GP7) |
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650 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Conrail E unit |
| Description: |
A North Jersey Coast train-still NY & Long Branch to most of us in those days-has turned on the loop at Bay Head Jct and approaches the station to take on passengers for New York. The train will swap its E8s for a GG 1 at South Amboy. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1979 Upload Date: 8/8/2012 12:56:50 AM |
| Location: |
Bay Head, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4256(E8A) DOTX 210(E8A) |
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1331 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
The only way to ride |
| Description: |
If you cant ride in the engine. Up until NJ Transit reequipped its trains, starting in the mid 1980s, there was a lot of hand me down equipment in service that had been owned by the predecessor roads, much of it cars that were rendered excess as train offs mounted in the 1960s, and finally when Amtrak started in 1971. Almost all of the cars had dutch doors, which were a wonderful place to ride on a nice day. The practice was long standing, and train crews generally didnt chase you. Im riding the NY & Long Branch down on the shore as we approach Elberon, the train sweeping around a long curve behind a pair of E 8s. I always liked the signals on the Bay Head line, one of which is at left. They reminded me of the ACL. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1979 Upload Date: 12/12/2016 5:04:28 AM |
| Location: |
Elberon, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 4256(E8A) DOTX 210(E8A) |
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609 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Keystone |
| Description: |
There were two subscription cars on the Bay Head line, one for the ex CNJ riders that originated in Newark, and one for ex PRR riders that originated in Penn Station New York. It was named the North Jersey Commuters Club, and remained in service in its PRR livery til it was discontinued in the mid 1980s |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1979 Upload Date: 8/8/2012 1:27:45 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger |
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209 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Arrows on the corridor |
| Description: |
The standard commuter equipment in the late 70s were these "Jersey Arrows" build for PRR/PC, which replaced the 1920s era MP 54s. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1979 Upload Date: 8/8/2012 1:30:38 AM |
| Location: |
Rahway, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 1330(Arrow III MU) |
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438 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Another relic |
| Description: |
Every railroad that ran in New Jersey put cars into the pool, and some still carried the name of their prior owners. Some of those heralds are scattered through this album, and the one on EL commuters. In this case, its a second hand herald we see. The CNJ statue is on the side of a stainless steel coach that once belonged to the Santa Fe. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1979 Upload Date: 12/12/2016 5:19:48 AM |
| Location: |
Newark, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Passenger |
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335 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
USDOT E8 |
| Description: |
US DOT E8 210, lettered "Transportation Safety Institute" is the trailing unit on todays mid day Bay Head run from New York. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1979 Upload Date: 8/8/2012 1:50:59 AM |
| Location: |
Bay Head, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DOTX 210(E8A) CR 4256(E8A) |
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1262 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Straight as an arrow |
| Description: |
Jersey Arrows roll east from Newark past the Harrison PATH station in a driving rain with a Jersey Av local. Theyll be in New York in about 15 minutes. |
| Photo Date: |
6/15/1979 Upload Date: 12/12/2016 5:15:38 AM |
| Location: |
Harrison, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 1371(Arrow III MU) |
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231 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CNJ units |
| Description: |
Another day at Harrison, we see a different GP7P, and a GP40P in the rain. Note the coach behind 5908. It's one of the BN cars acquired by CNJ that ran on the Bay Head Builder, now repainted in the last CNJ passenger car scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/1979 Upload Date: 8/8/2012 1:48:34 AM |
| Location: |
Harrison, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
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NJT 5908(GP7) NJT 4102(GP40P) |
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1011 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NJ DOT 5906 |
| Description: |
NJ DOT 5906, a former CNJ GP7P, heads toward Newark with a Raritan Valley train |
| Photo Date: |
11/8/1979 Upload Date: 3/6/2011 1:28:29 AM |
| Location: |
Cranford, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 5906(GP7) |
| Views: |
514 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Grab shot |
| Description: |
A grab shot from a passing PATH train of NJT 4100, the class unit of the ex CNJ GP40P's. The "P" in the model designation is still active, as evidenced by the steam leaking from the lines. |
| Photo Date: |
11/13/1979 Upload Date: 12/29/2013 4:11:11 AM |
| Location: |
Harrison, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4100(GP40P) |
| Views: |
462 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Bucolic scene |
| Description: |
Well, as bucolic as it gets in Kearny, though the reeds in the meadows do convey an image more rural than youd expect from north Jersey. A former EL U34 leads a train on the Morristown Line with the Pulaski Skyway in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
11/13/1979 Upload Date: 6/7/2014 2:28:20 AM |
| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
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192 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Es waiting for the rush |
| Description: |
One of the things I would do in that era was take either the PATH train to Newark, which yielded a good view of the storage tracks for the commuter trains, or ride the ex DLW out of Hoboken to Newark, which had a view of the engine tracks at Kearny. This day, it was a PATH trip. Going through Harrison, there was this pair of Es on a train that would go to Bay Head during the evening rush |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/1979 Upload Date: 8/8/2012 1:42:57 AM |
| Location: |
Harrison, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4285(E8A) NJT 4251(E8A) |
| Views: |
472 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ex CNJ power |
| Description: |
A pair of ex CNJ units readies for the evening rush at Harrison. The heritage is obvious on the trailing unit, CR 5679, as it still carries the CNJ "toothpaste" scheme. The lead unit is not as obvious-you have to look at the end of the long hood to see the squared off section housing the steam generator to see it's a former CNJ GP7P. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/1979 Upload Date: 8/8/2012 1:46:56 AM |
| Location: |
Harrison, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 5905(GP7) |
| Views: |
780 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Es and a familiar sign |
| Description: |
A pair of E 8s, repainted in the scheme on ELs U34s, which NJDOT used for a few years til NJ Transit took over and implemented the disco scheme, lead a stainless coach that has the sign of a previous era-the PC herald. Four years after Conrail, there were still a lot of cars so adorned. |
| Photo Date: |
7/8/1980 Upload Date: 12/12/2016 5:23:48 AM |
| Location: |
Asbury Park, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJDOT 4272(E8A) NJDOT 4320(E8A) |
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487 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Contemplating Raritan |
| Description: |
This ex CNJ GP 7, now numbered into CRs GP 7 block, and painted like an EL U34CH, waits for time at Newark, about to embark on a trip it has done many times. |
| Photo Date: |
7/8/1980 Upload Date: 12/12/2016 5:27:07 AM |
| Location: |
Newark, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
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345 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NJT 5907 |
| Description: |
Except for the paint on the diesel, this train looks just like what it is, a CNJ train from Raritan that has just dropped its New York passengers at Newark Penn Station, and is now heading for the layup tracks at Harrison. The power is an ex CNJ GP7P-note the squared off lower portion of the long hood. The cars are vintage 1925. |
| Photo Date: |
7/14/1980 Upload Date: 12/29/2013 4:11:12 AM |
| Location: |
Harrison, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 5907(GP7) |
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684 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Builders plate |
| Description: |
NJ DOT had some of its E's rebuilt by the ICG in Paducah KY, including this one, probably 4253. Here's the builders plate. |
| Photo Date: |
7/17/1980 Upload Date: 1/5/2014 3:43:01 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4253(E8A) |
| Views: |
389 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Cab car to Raritan |
| Description: |
One of CNJs home built cab cars leads a Raritan bound train at Hunter Tower just after leaving Newark Penn Station. It will take the connection here to the ex LV, which will get the train to the ex CNJ at Aldene. |
| Photo Date: |
1/12/1981 Upload Date: 3/10/2013 4:41:22 AM |
| Location: |
Newark, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4105(GP40P) |
| Views: |
585 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Arrows to Trenton |
| Description: |
This train of Arrows was passing Hunter tower en route to Trenton on a cold January day. |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/1981 Upload Date: 6/4/2014 2:34:01 AM |
| Location: |
Newark, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 1324(Arrow III MU) |
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331 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Power swap |
| Description: |
The time honored tradition of changing engines from electric to steam continued in the diesel era, first with GG 1s to Pennsy E 7s and E 8s, and now from GG 1s-still-to former Southern E 8s. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/1981 Upload Date: 5/29/2011 2:42:47 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4875(GG1) NJT 4332(E8A) |
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930 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
NJT 4126 |
| Description: |
NJT 4126 heads toward the NY&LB with a former CNJ train out of Newark. Date approximate |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/1981 Upload Date: 3/6/2011 1:30:35 AM |
| Location: |
Rahway, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4126(F40PH-2CAT) |
| Views: |
447 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NJ Transit 4332 |
| Description: |
A pair of E units led by ex Southern E8 prepares to head to Bay Heod on the NY&LB |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/1981 Upload Date: 3/6/2011 3:16:43 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4332(E8A) NJT 4258(E8A) |
| Views: |
558 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Going away |
| Description: |
A GP40P leads a Bay Head train going away from South Amboy. Raritan Bay is in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/1981 Upload Date: 6/7/2014 2:30:09 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4104(GP40P) |
| Views: |
425 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Long hood first |
| Description: |
Commuter trains on the Bay Head line didnt usually run backwards, as there was a loop to turn at Bay Head. This unit must have come in off the Raritan Valley and was not able to be turned before going out to the shore. It does show the rear end configuration well. Note the first three cars of the train-they are ex Empire Builder cars acquired from BN, the first one still in its GN Big Sky garb. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/1981 Upload Date: 6/7/2014 2:32:27 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4109(GP40P) |
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486 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
NJ Transit 4116 |
| Description: |
NJ Transit F40 4116, one of its early F 40s, rips through the Rahway station en route to the Jersey Shore |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/1981 Upload Date: 10/22/2011 2:51:36 AM |
| Location: |
Rahway, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4116(F40PH-2) |
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458 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
E units on the move |
| Description: |
South Amboy was the place to go for E unit action in the 80s. Here a Bay Head train rolls out past a set waiting for a forthcoming New York originated train on the Pennsy side. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/1981 Upload Date: 6/7/2014 2:35:11 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4285(E8A) NJT 4332(E8A) NJT 4258(E8A) |
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645 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
E unit heaven |
| Description: |
Three sets of E8s wait for trains to arrive from New York to continue their trip down the shore, one of which is approaching in the distance. The first set has a recently acquired ex Southern unit from the Crescent. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/1981 Upload Date: 6/7/2014 2:39:29 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4332(E8A) NJT 4258(E8A) NJT 4285(E8A) |
| Views: |
539 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ex Southern |
| Description: |
When Amtrak took over the Crescent, Southern sold the Es to NJ Transit, where they supplemented the Es already in service there, most of them ex PRR units. Most of them did not get repainted, except for a patch over the Southern markings. Heres one on the ready track waiting for a New York train. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/1981 Upload Date: 6/7/2014 2:43:44 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4332(E8A) NJT 4258(E8A) |
| Views: |
583 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
G power |
| Description: |
A train on the Pennsy side that originated out of Penn Station in New York arrives at South Amboy for an engine change. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/1981 Upload Date: 6/7/2014 2:45:28 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4884(GG1) |
| Views: |
301 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Trenton bound |
| Description: |
An MU train headed to Trenton makes its station stop at Newark |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1981 Upload Date: 1/30/2013 12:44:50 AM |
| Location: |
Newark Penn Station, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NUT 13.)(Arrov ï‡ø MU) |
| Views: |
378 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Arrows to Trenton |
| Description: |
A Trenton train makes its stop at Newark with a set of Arrows, ubiquitous on ex PRR lines. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1981 Upload Date: 1/30/2013 12:46:41 AM |
| Location: |
Newark Penn Station, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 1368(Arrow III MU) |
| Views: |
254 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Builder in Jersey |
| Description: |
New Jersey acquired a number of ex BN cars in the mid 70s, many of them still in their BN and GN colors. They ran as a set for years on the Bay Head trains, giving it the name "Bay Head Empire Builder." Heres one of them on one of the Aldene Plan Bay Head trains at Newark |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1981 Upload Date: 1/30/2013 12:50:49 AM |
| Location: |
Newark Penn Station, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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266 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Arrows in the station |
| Description: |
A set of Arrows stops at Newark. This was a shorter train, as it stopped entirely within the train shed. The train at left is a Raritan train that will shortly leave for the ex CNJ, with one of their cab cars home built from a 1925 period coach leading. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1981 Upload Date: 1/30/2013 12:53:16 AM |
| Location: |
Newark Penn Station, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 1305(Arrow III MU) |
| Views: |
382 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Class unit |
| Description: |
The GP40P class unit has a Raritan train in tow at Cranford, as seen from the Crusaders RDC. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1981 Upload Date: 1/30/2013 12:56:09 AM |
| Location: |
Cranford, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4100(GP40P) |
| Views: |
548 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ex CNJ Bay Head train |
| Description: |
The CNJ trains to the shore were moved to Penn Station in 1967, allowing the CNJ to close its Jersey City station, and ease connections to New York. Those trains continued to use CNJ power and coaches, and originated from Newark Penn Station. Heres one with ex CNJ 4105 taking on passengers. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1981 Upload Date: 1/30/2013 1:01:02 AM |
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Newark Penn Station, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4105(GP40P) |
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477 Comments: 1 |
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CNJ power |
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A Newark bound Bay Head train approaches its station stop at South Amboy. It will do its stop and continue to Newark without an engine change, as this is a former CNJ run. For some reason, I picked the gloomiest days to go out and ride. |
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4/20/1981 Upload Date: 1/13/2013 4:23:15 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4109(GP40P) |
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491 Comments: 1 |
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Es to the ready track |
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A pair of E8s make their way from the engine house to the pocket track beyond the station to await the next GG 1 powered trains arrival. The paint scheme on the lead unit is just one of several NJT tried during the early 80s, though the nose lifting lugs give this away as an ex Pennsy unit. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1981 Upload Date: 1/13/2013 4:26:52 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Passenger,Action |
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NJT 4257(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) |
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746 Comments: 1 |
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Crusader |
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Ex Reading RDCs held down the two remaining trains covering the service that was once hourly from the CNJ Jersey City terminal to Philadelphia. Now down to two trains each way daily-the Wall Street and the Crusader-they now ran in and out of Penn Station as part of the Aldene plan. This one is on the Crusader, about to launch its trip down the ex LV, CNJ and Reading. These runs would be discontinued shortly after this date, replaced by a train that NJ Transit ran as far as West Trenton. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1981 Upload Date: 1/30/2013 1:06:21 AM |
| Location: |
Newark Penn Station, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Passenger,Action |
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RDG 9167(RDC1) |
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622 Comments: 1 |
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Reading RDCs |
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One of the more obscure parts of NJ Transits operations was a pair of Newark-Philadelphia trains to Reading Terminal. There were two pairs, the Crusader and the Wall Street, which ran Philly-Newark in the morning, and returned to Philly in the afternoon. These were vestiges of once hourly service behind streamlined Pacifics that ran to and from Jersey City via CNJ and Reading. By 1981 this service was running with RDCs from Newark as part of the Aldene Plan, which got all CNJ trains out of their Jersey City terminal and consolidated passenger runs out of Newark on the PRR. This was a fun little train, having a cadre of regulars who enjoyed a lively time on the afternoon runs. They moved, too. I rode in the rear cab for part of the trip over the CNJ to Bound Brook; we were making 65 MPH. This was the Crusader boarding at Newark. |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/1981 Upload Date: 11/6/2011 2:33:40 AM |
| Location: |
Newark, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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RollingStock,Station,Passenger |
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RDG 9166(RDC3) |
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1344 Comments: 2 |
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MUs at Penn Station |
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Newark Penn Station was a cavernous affair, and handled not only NJ Transit and Amtrak trains, but also PATH trains from Manhattan, as that operation was once the Pennsy run Hudson and Manhattan system. Here a Trenton bound train pauses on its way west. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1981 Upload Date: 1/13/2013 3:58:49 AM |
| Location: |
Newark Penn Station, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
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NJT 1368(Arrow III MU) |
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232 Comments: 1 |
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MUs to New York |
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I never took much notice to MU trains; I lived on a line that was entirely run with MU cars(LIRR Port Washington branch) so they were not a big deal. Jerseys were no different, and I figured, why waste film on glorified subway cars. While an afterthought on a day of seeking out the Gs and Es of legend, I grabbed this shot of a set of Arrows leaving South Amboy. Not too bad, I think. Note the approaching Bay Head train with a GP40P on the near track. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1981 Upload Date: 1/13/2013 4:04:38 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 1375(Arrow III MU) |
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383 Comments: 2 |
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CNJ action |
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The Central RR of New Jersey main hosted trains to Raritan, as well as several to Phillipsburg every day. One of the more important stations was Bound Brook, where at this time it was still possible to get a train to Reading Terminal in Philadelphia twice a day. By this time, the four track main was mostly a mockery of what had once been a busy railroad. Fittingly, one of CNJs GP40Ps handles a mid day Raritan train here. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1981 Upload Date: 1/13/2013 4:11:05 AM |
| Location: |
Bound Brook, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4102(GP40P) |
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783 Comments: 6 |
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Newark bound |
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A going away shot of a Newark bound train from Phillipsburg-the mid day P-burg train usually got ex Santa Fe or Rock Island long haul cars-on the ex CNJ. The power would run around the trains at the end of the run, making for a challenging view for the engineers. CNJ did have cab cars on some trains, adapted from their 1925 coaches. They typically ran on the east end of the train, though there were not enough to cover all the trains. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1981 Upload Date: 1/13/2013 4:15:42 AM |
| Location: |
Bound Brook, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4103(GP40P) |
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392 Comments: 2 |
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CNJ power on the NY&LB |
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The NY and Long Branch was jointly operated by PRR and CNJ prior to Conrail. CNJs trains originated from their Jersey City terminal until 1967, when the Aldene plan moved them into Newark Penn Station, with a cross platform transfer from New York connections. Here we see on of them, led by GP40P 4105. Note the crossing gates. They were manually operated at this time. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1981 Upload Date: 1/13/2013 4:20:26 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4105(GP40P) |
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703 Comments: 1 |
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