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| Title: |
Portrait of a Tired Workhorse |
| Description: |
Millions of miles of service during a 49-year career moving the people of New Jersey to and from. Id be tired, too. |
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11/28/2017 Upload Date: 2/15/2018 5:45:25 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4102(GP40PH-2) |
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843 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Temporarily Reunited |
| Description: |
The 4101 (CNJ 3672) and 4100 (CNJ 3681) spend the night together in Hoboken on 8L and 9L in Hobokens Days Gard. |
| Photo Date: |
1/31/2018 Upload Date: 2/7/2018 5:55:40 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Night,Yard,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4101(GP40PH-2) |
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683 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Hundred and the Oh One |
| Description: |
The Altoona-boards of the last two of 13 former Central Railroad of New Jersey geeps in passenger service on NJ Transit. |
| Photo Date: |
1/31/2018 Upload Date: 2/7/2018 5:39:28 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Night,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4101(GP40PH-2) |
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1148 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sisters on a Rainy Night |
| Description: |
Once again the pair of CNJ sisters on NJ Transit found themselves spending a cold and rainy night together in Hobokep's Days Yard. In the distance and partly blurred by the warm exhaust the Hoboken yardmasters tower looms over the yard as these two old soldiers rumble away into the night. |
| Photo Date: |
2/2/2018 Upload Date: 2/7/2018 5:39:24 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Night,Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4101(GP40PH-2) |
| Views: |
646 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Altoona Products |
| Description: |
A pair of Altoona rebuilds soak up afternoon sun in Hoboken's Days Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
4/28/2018 Upload Date: 4/29/2018 4:44:23 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4216(GP40PH-2B) NJTR 4000(PL42-AC) |
| Views: |
661 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Class |
| Description: |
A portrait of the class leader for NJ Transit's ex-CNJ GP40Ps in Hoboken's Days Yard. However it is not the original class leader from this order. Today's 4100 started life as CNJ 3681 and was renumbered sequentially as NJTR 4110. Upon returning from its Altoona rebuild in July of 1991 is was renumbered again as the new class leader as the engines were renumbered in the order they were completed rather than retaining their sequential numbers. |
| Photo Date: |
4/28/2018 Upload Date: 4/29/2018 4:44:28 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) |
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475 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Autumn at Hogback |
| Description: |
A 52-year old veteran of the Central Railroad of New Jersey visiting the DL&W's Passaic & Delaware Branch storms over the North Branch of the Raritan River at the Hogback Bridge just west of Far Hills. For the second day in a row a shortage of the usual Arrow III MUs has resulting in a 3-car diesel set running under wire from Hoboken to Gladstone. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/2020 Upload Date: 12/19/2020 1:32:30 PM |
| Location: |
Far Hills, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
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| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) |
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392 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CNJ on the P&D |
| Description: |
The quaint rural town of Gladstone was a little noisier than usual as the hum of 4100's HEP filled the air. The train was met with considerable fanfare after arriving on Train #419 as the 52-year old CNJ veteran was filling in for the usual Arrow III MUs. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/2020 Upload Date: 12/19/2020 1:32:44 PM |
| Location: |
Gladstone, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Yard,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) |
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363 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Happy Rock Yard |
| Description: |
The roar of an HEP and the grumble of a 645 fill the air as this 52-year old ex-CNJ veteran shoved Train #428 out of Gladstone for a trip down the "Passaic & Delaware" to Summit and Hoboken. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/2020 Upload Date: 12/19/2020 1:33:05 PM |
| Location: |
Gladstone, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) |
| Views: |
344 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
West End Meets |
| Description: |
Three trains meet at at West End as two of them pound over the slips on a warm April afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/2008 Upload Date: 7/25/2018 8:57:11 PM |
| Location: |
Jersey City, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Tunnel,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4101(GP40PH-2) |
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577 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
CNJ Sandwich |
| Description: |
A pair of ex-CNJ GP40Ps bookend a 3-car train that is currently without a cab car. This is one of four trains currently in operation like this on the Hoboken Division alone due to a backlog of cab cars OOS for PTC fitting and testing. This small train is eastbound out of the Meadowlands Sports Complex as part of a weekday mid-day outage on the Pascack Valley Line for a series of crossing replacement projects. During this outage the Sport Line is being used as a place to stage the mid-day turns without having to stack up trains on main tracks at Secaucus after making bus connections. |
| Photo Date: |
10/25/2017 Upload Date: 2/22/2018 3:13:10 PM |
| Location: |
East Rutherford, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4105(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4101(GP40PH-2) |
| Views: |
742 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Balanced |
| Description: |
A pair of former CNJ GP40Ps built 49-years ago this month bookend a 3-car train headed east over HX Drawbridge. |
| Photo Date: |
10/27/2017 Upload Date: 2/22/2018 3:13:04 PM |
| Location: |
Rutherford, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4105(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4101(GP40PH-2) |
| Views: |
675 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Meeting Under the Tower |
| Description: |
Three ex-CNJ geeps meet below Terminal tower just as the sun rises above the Manhattan skyline. Pulling in on 9 Depot is Train #1148 rolling in along side Train #1070 arriving on 13 Depot. Train #1070 has one ex-CNJ on each end with the leading engine out of sight. |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/2017 Upload Date: 2/22/2018 3:13:14 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4105(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4101(GP40PH-2) |
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593 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Scoot at Wesmont |
| Description: |
The "Bayonne Scoot" rounds the curve at Wesmont Station with a 3-car train bookended by ex-CNJ GP40Ps (CNJ 3683 and CNJ 3672). This is the 4108's first day in passenger service since July 24th, 2014. It has since been "overhauled" and converted into a non-revenue locomotive. Today it is filling in as a cab car along with four of its sisters on other trains across the Hoboken Division. The train is passing the mostly empty and quiet grounds of the former Farmland Dairy facility. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/2017 Upload Date: 2/22/2018 2:46:27 PM |
| Location: |
Wood-Ridge, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4108(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4101(GP40PH-2) |
| Views: |
741 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Blazing Through the Meadowlands |
| Description: |
An afternoon westbound express to Suffern and Port Jervis, NY blazes through the Kingsland meadows with an ex-CNJ veteran on the point. In just a moment the train will leave the low lands of the meadows and enter the densely populated suburbs of Bergen and Passaic counties on the way to the rural countryside of New York State. |
| Photo Date: |
5/8/2018 Upload Date: 5/8/2018 9:36:29 PM |
| Location: |
Lyndhurst, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4101(GP40PH-2) |
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645 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Big Suffern Train |
| Description: |
The "Big Train" to Suffern crosses the Hackensack River on a beautiful summer afternoon in New Jerseys Meadowlands. |
| Photo Date: |
6/29/2018 Upload Date: 7/25/2018 8:50:44 PM |
| Location: |
Rutherford, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4101(GP40PH-2) |
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546 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Changing of the Guard |
| Description: |
Its a drab, cold Novembers afternoon along the Southern Tier at Central Valley, NY. It was a Sunday so the railroad was pretty quiet but the next westbound wasnt too far out. The original Erie signal bridge protecting westbound movement here was critically endangered at this point and I knew that if I didnt shoot it now it would be gone forever before I had a chance to come back. Shortly after arriving Train #73 whipped by as I snapped this picture with its markers trailing below the both the old and new structures. The signal would serve one more week before it was ultimately taken OOS and replaced the following weekend. At this time the name of the interlocking was also shortened to CP-Valley from CP-Central Valley. It was one of the first to fall in what would become Metro-Norths larger project to modernize the Southern Tier between Suffern and Port Jervis. |
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11/15/2009 Upload Date: 4/21/2018 1:43:31 PM |
| Location: |
Central Valley, NY |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4102(GP40PH-2) |
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448 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rutherford Passengers |
| Description: |
Another crowd of passengers looking to escape the cold morning at Rutherford wait on Train #1160 to arrive with another 49-year old veteran on the east end. |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/2017 Upload Date: 2/22/2018 2:46:21 PM |
| Location: |
Rutherford, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4102(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4511(ALP45-DP) |
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566 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
In the House |
| Description: |
Late at night in Hoboken Terminal and the cool air is filled with the sounds of two 49-year old veterans rumbling away under the sheds of the Lackawanna Railroad's 110-year old waterfront terminal. These two locomotives are part of a fleet of 13 GP40Ps that were ordered for the Central Railroad of New Jersey and have been providing passenger service in the Garden State since October of 1968 under the banners of three different operators. The entire fleet has seen two major rebuilds over their long careers with some recently receiving their third. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/2017 Upload Date: 2/22/2018 2:46:05 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4103(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4102(GP40PH-2) |
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600 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Another Noisy Cab Car |
| Description: |
One of a handful qf ex-CNJ GP40 rebuilds leads Train #1210 over the Passaic River at Lyndhurst Drawbridge. |
| Photo Date: |
1/3/2018 Upload Date: 2/7/2018 5:39:17 PM |
| Location: |
Lyndhurst, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4102(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4529(ALP45-DP) |
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642 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Autumn Comes to the Rails |
| Description: |
Autumn officially arrives on NJ Transit when the "AquaTrain" hits the rails. Think of it as a gigantic power washer that's sprays extremely high-pressure water at the head of the rails. This washes away the oily residues left behind by crushed leaves and blows those that haven't been crushed away to fight the delays and damages caused by wheelslip. This odd looking train can be found running almost 24 hours a day from the beginning of October to the middle of December on the Hoboken Division. It spends most of its time on the former Lackawanna electrified lines but does occasionally wander over to the Erie side. The Newark division has their own based out of Raritan that runs Monday-Friday and occasionally visits the North Jersey Coast Line on weekends. |
| Photo Date: |
10/19/2020 Upload Date: 12/19/2020 1:32:35 PM |
| Location: |
Wharton, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4102(GP40PH-2) |
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455 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AquaMan Visits the Rockaway River |
| Description: |
Under gloomy skies the eastbound Aqua Train crosses over the Rockaway River along NJ Transit's Morristown Line. The fine mist in the air plus the crushed leaves are the perfect recipe for sliding wheels and this train is out to try to do something about it. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/2020 Upload Date: 12/19/2020 1:32:27 PM |
| Location: |
Wharton, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4102(GP40PH-2) |
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396 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Polishing the Rails |
| Description: |
The Hoboken Division's "Aqua Train" shoves west by Milepost 38 at Dover, NJ as part of its nearly 24-hours schedule of cleaning leaves and leaf oils from the rails. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2020 Upload Date: 12/19/2020 1:33:19 PM |
| Location: |
Dover, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4102(GP40PH-2) |
| Views: |
503 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Terminal Sunrise Meet |
| Description: |
Shortly after sunrise a pair of "rebuilt" ex-CNJ GP40Ps meet each other on the east end of passing trains just west of Hoboken's Terminal Tower. On this day these were two of five GP40s being utilized as cab cars due to a shortage of equipment caused by PTC modifications. |
| Photo Date: |
11/10/2017 Upload Date: 2/22/2018 3:13:31 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4103(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4106(GP40PH-2) |
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690 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Hudson Generating Station |
| Description: |
Train #808 closes in on its destination passing by the iconic coal-fired Hudson Generating Station in Jersey City. |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/2017 Upload Date: 2/22/2018 2:45:58 PM |
| Location: |
Jersey City, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4103(GP40PH-2) |
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636 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Generations Passing By |
| Description: |
A pair of trains powered by purpose-built commuter locomotives from two very different eras in railroad history pass each other just west of Hoboken Terminal. The 4517 is one of 35 ALP45-DP dual-modes delivered to NJ Transit in 2011. It pushes Train #1716 east as it meets NJ Transit's tribute to the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The 4109 is leading Train #2115 west to Spring Valley and comes from a smaller family of 13 delivered to the CNJ in October of 1968. While these two models of locomotive are vastly different from one another they both share at least one thing in common: both were built to move the commuters of New Jersey. |
| Photo Date: |
10/25/2020 Upload Date: 12/19/2020 1:33:00 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4109(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4517(ALP45-DP) NJTR 4103(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4532(ALP45-DP) NJTR 4019(PL42-AC) NJTR 4509(ALP45-DP) |
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673 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Noisy Cab Cars |
| Description: |
A pair of GP40 "cab cars" east out at Hoboken Terminal add a healthy rumble to the air as the two of them idle in unison under the Lackawanna's historic train shed. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2017 Upload Date: 2/15/2018 4:58:38 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4104(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4106(GP40PH-2) |
| Views: |
625 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Kicking Fresh Powder |
| Description: |
After a light overnight snowfall an eastbound train to Hoboken kicks some fresh powder as it arrives at Rutherford. |
| Photo Date: |
12/14/2017 Upload Date: 2/15/2018 4:58:33 PM |
| Location: |
Rutherford, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4104(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4527(ALP45-DP) |
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573 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Kingsland Passengers |
| Description: |
A morning that started sunny and somewhat warm quickly turned cloudy and chilly. Passengers waiting to escape the cold air watch as a 49-year old ex-CNJ GP40P leads their train into the station. The rail in the platform below are some of the remains of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western's Kingsland Wye. At one point these old buried rails routinely saw local freight trains and shop moves from the Kingsland Car Shops run across the platform. Trash trains to North Arlington in the '80s to the early '90s were the last regular run through traffic to polish these old strings of steel. Today the track is mostly forgotten except for occasional MoW equipment storage. |
| Photo Date: |
11/14/2017 Upload Date: 2/22/2018 2:46:11 PM |
| Location: |
Lyndhurst, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4105(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4520(ALP45-DP) |
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553 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rebuild Leader at Plank |
| Description: |
One of NJ Transit's 13 ex-CNJ GP40Ps leads Train #1630 east on the Pascack Valley Line. The locomotive is one of a handful of these thirteen 49-year old veterans to have been overhauled for non-revenue service. Thanks to a shortage of cab cars some of them have made a brief return to passenger service until more cabs are released from the PTC program. |
| Photo Date: |
10/30/2017 Upload Date: 2/22/2018 3:13:26 PM |
| Location: |
East Rutherford, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4106(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4520(ALP45-DP) |
| Views: |
598 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
By the Tower |
| Description: |
Lately one can almost count on Train #1160 to run with an engine east out asking as a "cab car." Like it has done for the last few months #1160 rumbles by BJ Tower as it arrives at Rutherford on the way to Hoboken. |
| Photo Date: |
12/18/2017 Upload Date: 2/15/2018 4:58:06 PM |
| Location: |
Rutherford, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4106(GP40PH-2) |
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372 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A Quiet Night in Suffern |
| Description: |
Its a summers night in Suffern Yard as a handful of trainsets layover for the weekend. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/2008 Upload Date: 7/25/2018 8:43:13 PM |
| Location: |
Suffern, NY |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Roster,Night,Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4141(GP40FH-2) NJTR 4008(PL42-AC) NJTR 4108(GP40PH-2) |
| Views: |
684 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A Winter's Morning on the County |
| Description: |
Hours after the first snow of 2018 fell to the ground a morning eastbound local does the daily routine by BJ Tower. |
| Photo Date: |
1/5/2018 Upload Date: 2/7/2018 5:39:13 PM |
| Location: |
Rutherford, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4532(ALP45-DP) NJTR 4108(GP40PH-2) |
| Views: |
680 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Engine East by the Old Freight House |
| Description: |
Train #1146 passes through Rutherford alongside the old East Rutherford freight house lot. |
| Photo Date: |
1/3/2018 Upload Date: 2/9/2018 5:42:42 PM |
| Location: |
Rutherford, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4109(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4532(ALP45-DP) |
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766 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Behind Hudson Tower |
| Description: |
NJ Transit's Central Railroad of New Jersey heritage locomotive leads Train #807 west behind the Pennsylvania Railroad's Hudson Tower on Lackawanna rails. Back in 1968 when the 4109 was CNJ 3677 it was no stranger to this neighborhood. The only difference being it would be on the other side of Hudson Tower. Since the CNJ's GP40P never made it to their waterfront terminal (cut off by the Aldene Plan) they only ever used the Pennsylvania Railroad's Newark Penn Station as their final stop. After the trains were cleared they would venture just a bit further east to Harrison where they would clear up the PRR's Hudson Yard to prepare for the return trip to Raritan or Bay Head. |
| Photo Date: |
10/2/2020 Upload Date: 12/19/2020 1:32:39 PM |
| Location: |
Harrison, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
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| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4109(GP40PH-2) |
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424 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Veterans of the Rails |
| Description: |
Two examples from NJ Transit's once large fleet of GP40 rebuilds sit side-by-side on 2 Depot at Hoboken Terminal. The two engines were both born in LaGrange, IL in October of 1968. One a GP40P for the CNJ, the other a GP40 for the Penn Central. The came together on the same roster following heavy rebuilds in the mid-90s at the Juniata Locomotive Shops. Rebuilds that made them look nearly identical until 2019 when the 4109 received its CNJ heritage paint. |
| Photo Date: |
10/25/2020 Upload Date: 12/19/2020 1:33:35 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4109(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4208(GP40PH-2B) |
| Views: |
637 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A Dirty Shade of Blue |
| Description: |
Its been just over a year since NJ Transit revealed their three heritage tribute locomotives back in October of 2019. While the two ALPs were decaled tributes to the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Erie Lackawanna the GP40 selected was one of actual Central Railroad of New Jersey heritage. Since the sunny afternoon when it rolled out of the MMC engine house with all details applied its once shiney fresh blue paint has picked up a fine coat of road grime. Upon its release it was highly criticized by a handful of buffs, foamers and historians alike claiming the slightly metallic paint was too bright and "the wrong shade of blue!" Nobody behind the project at NJ Transit intended for the 4109 to be a perfectly accurate historic restoration. The engine has gone through so many physical alterations over its 52-year career that even if the color was 100% perfect the physical details would still be wrong to the bolt counters. In the end the engine was a pretty impressive project that surprised a lot of people. It was completed on a small budget with limited resources and handful of dedicated employees over the course of two weeks. |
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10/27/2020 Upload Date: 12/19/2020 1:16:34 PM |
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Dover, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
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Roster,Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4109(GP40PH-2) |
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| Title: |
The Gangs All Here |
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All three of NJ Transits heritage locomotives posed side-by-side in the MMC Car Shop made up the background for todays official announcement and press release on how NJ Transit has met all requirements to be PTC Certified. This is the first time all three engines have been posed together since their original unveiling in October 2019 at the annual NJT Family Day event. |
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12/18/2020 Upload Date: 12/19/2020 1:13:05 PM |
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Kearny, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4109(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4519(ALP45-DP) NJTR 4636(ALP-46) |
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| Title: |
Hoboken Symmetry |
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A pair of NJ Transit GP40s rumble under the depot sheds during the mid-day lull. Mostly everything pictured in this photo is retired or out of service. |
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3/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/15/2018 4:51:42 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4110(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4218(GP40PH-2B) |
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| Title: |
Licking the Wounds |
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On a sunny Friday morning Train #6611 arrives at Dover Station while mechanical forces address some mild damage to the 4110 from an incident the night before. About 12 hours earlier the 4110 was returning home to Dover on YD-43 with a handful of equipment from the MMC when they hit a stalled car carrier truck stranded over Station Road crossing at Mount Tabor station. Thankfully no serious injuries came of the incident to both crew and the public. The following morning as the rush neared its end the engine was spotted at the east end of S-6 in Dover Yard to place it close to the yards machine shop. Mechanical forces spent the better part of the morning welding the rear pilot of the 52-year old ex-CNJ veteran to make her roadworthy again. |
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8/21/2020 Upload Date: 12/19/2020 1:33:10 PM |
| Location: |
Dover, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4110(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4629(ALP-46) |
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| Title: |
Morning Color at WC |
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An eastbound train to Hoboken is lead by WC Tower with one of a handful of ex-CNJ GP40Ps that have made a temporary return to passenger service. |
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10/27/2017 Upload Date: 2/22/2018 3:13:21 PM |
| Location: |
Waldwick, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4112(GP40PH-2) MNCW 4903(GP40FH-2) |
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| Title: |
Passenger and Industrial |
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An eastbound Bergen County Line local to Hoboken arrives at Wesmont Station rounding the curve at Curtis Wright. The train is lead by one of 13 ex-CNJ GP40Ps (one of six sets like this on the Hoboken Division). The train passes through the industrial landscape of Wallington and Wood-Ridge. This area was at one point one of North Jersey's industrial strongholds with the massive Curtis Wright complex being one of the major manufacturing sites for the war effort during the second World War. Today much of these industrial properties have either been converted to warehouses or have been cleared to make way for retail and townhouses. The Farmland Dairy facility to the left of the scene was one of the more recent facilities to close its doors in December of 2013 resulting in the loss of over 300 North Jersey jobs. What the future holds in store for the vast property is uncertain but it wouldn't come as a surprise to learn of expanded retail and residential construction. |
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11/27/2017 Upload Date: 2/22/2018 2:46:16 PM |
| Location: |
Wood-Ridge, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4112(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4021(PL42-AC) |
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| Title: |
Two Car Wonder |
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One of two 2-car trainsets running out of Port Jervis, NY on this day roll by BJ Tower. |
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1/3/2018 Upload Date: 2/9/2018 5:42:48 PM |
| Location: |
Rutherford, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4112(GP40PH-2) MNCW 4903(GP40FH-2) |
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664 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Montclair Connection |
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An eastbound train rounds the tight curves of a small section of track built between 1999 and 2002 known as the Montclair Connection. This short section of track was first proposed long ago by the then-competing Erie and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroads as a way for the Erie to detour trains from their New York & Greenwood Lake division over the DL&W's Montclair Branch as a result of regular flooding issues the Erie used to face in the meadows between Kearny and Jersey City. As time went on and the Erie and DL&W began to consolidate their operations the possibility of the project being executed was revisited a few times. In the early '60s shortly after the merger of the Erie and DL&W the project was considered once again as a way to consolidate the NY&GL and the Montclair Branch as one route a result of a larger series of re-route projects the new Erie Lackawanna was considering all across North Jersey. The project was shelved though when the affects of the Interstate 80 and Passaic Reroute projects resulted in heavy freight traffic being diverted from the DL&Ws original Boonton Line between Secaucus and Paterson to the Erie's original New York & Greenwood Lake from Jersey City to Wayne. These projects also resulted in the NY&GL being renamed to the Boonton Line. For another 25 years or so the project sat dormant until it was once again revisited by NJ Transit in the 1980s. Around this same time NJ Transit was in the process of closing the original DL&W Montclair Terminal and replaced the historic 6-track terminal with a less-than-stellar single track station near Bay Street. What was significant about this short new alignment was instead of following the historic route towards the old terminal it instead curved away towards the Boonton Line as a way to setup for the possibility of executing the Montclair Connection project proposed so many years before. The late '90s saw negotiations start between NJ Transit and the town of Montclair over land acquisition between Glen Ridge Avenue and Pine Street. The project would require Grant Street and Sherman Avenue to be severed in order to dig out a small cut and a handful of local businesses and homes to be acquired through eminent domain. Demolition and construction began in 1999 with the project wrapping up in September 2002. Monday, September 30 saw the first revenue trains to pass through the new 1,000ft electrified connection. With the electrification being extended from Bay Street Station to Montclair State University the new "Montclair Line" was now part of the NJ Transit's MidTown Direct service bringing direct access to Penn Station New York to another section of the railroad. As a result of this connection the former alignment of the Boonton Line between Pine Street in Montclair to West End interlocking in Jersey City was abandoned by NJ Transit. Rights were not maintained to operate over the line with Norfolk Southern (previously Conrail) who owned this section of the Boonton Line. Two drawbridges in Kearny over the Passaic and Hackensack rivers were in desperate need of heavy repair or replacement and NJ Transit claimed that the ridership levels did not justify any continued operations. The track became known officially as the Orange Running Track was was served by local NS freight trains until about early 2008. |
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5/11/2018 Upload Date: 5/11/2018 8:16:42 PM |
| Location: |
Montclair, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4112(GP40PH-2) MNCW 4907(F40PH-3C) |
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| Title: |
Garbage Train |
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A westbound passing through Rutherford with a complete set of Comet IB "ComArrows." These oddball rebuilds werent exactly the definition of a quality rebuild but were a cheat answer to a capacity issue back when they were pull from mothball storage. The entire fleet would be retired by 2008 with nearly half the fleet still surviving in passenger service on Amtrak Californias San Joaquin route. The surviving cars have been extensively rebuilt. The cab car pictured here still survives today as CDTX 5010 "The Golden Gate." |
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11/27/2005 Upload Date: 7/26/2018 9:02:24 PM |
| Location: |
Rutherford, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4149(GP40PH-2) |
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| Title: |
The Wall Track |
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One of NJ Transit's 5 MK GP40PH-2A rebuilds spends sopme time on the Wall Track at Summit on a hot summer afternoon. |
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6/24/2007 Upload Date: 2/15/2018 4:51:52 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4149(GP40PH-2) |
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