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| Title: |
Gloomy Times |
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Its a gloomy morning in Hoboken and everything might seem like "business as usual" but that would be far from the truth. In the weeks since the COVID-19 pandemic has had its grip on the world one of its largest cities has grinded to a halt. Empty trains sit in vacant stations waiting for the few souls who still rely on the reduced service to get around. The normally busy streets that make up the greater New York area resemble those of ghost towns. In a effort to get things back to normal the United States Navy has deployed the "USNS Comfort" from Naval Station Norfolk to Manhattans Pier 90. While it may not be the answer to all the citys problems it comes with space for 1,000 patients that would otherwise end up in already crowded hospitals. The hospital ship was a welcome sight for many as it slowly sailed up the Hudson River with its iconic red crosses. |
| Photo Date: |
3/30/2020 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:12:11 AM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4022(PL42-AC) NJTR 4503(ALP45-DP) |
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| Title: |
A Busy Hoboken Morning |
| Description: |
It's a "business-as-usual" Friday on a cold December morning in Hoboken. NJ Transit's "Railmen for Children" Santa train hangs out of the house on 8 Depot with the new CNJ tribute on the lead paired up with another ex-CNJ sister. The train will soon leave Hoboken with a train load of students from school across North Jersey adding another sucesful trip to the employee-run charity's books. |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/2019 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:17:02 AM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4109(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4506(ALP45-DP) |
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296 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Real Locomotives |
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A pair of 51-year old ex-CNJ GP40Ps are ready to lead NJ Transit's "Railmen for Children" west on the Boonton Line for a trip to Port Morris Yard and back. The lead engine is one of NJ Transit's three newest heritage locomotives paying tribute to the Central Railroad of New Jersey. There's something about the look of a 2nd generation standard cab EMD that just say "Locomotive" to me. I grew up when NJ Transit was in the process of ordering a ton of GP40 rebuilds and almost all the Conrail trains that ran through my hometown of Rutherford were all EMD GP and SD power until the C40-8Ws started to show up. Personally I like the modern appearance of a lot of the newer power that on the rails today but no matter how technology advances as time goes by whenever someone says the world "locomotive" the image that pops up in my head is a GP40. |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/2019 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:18:59 AM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4109(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4506(ALP45-DP) |
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301 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Elizabeth Trifecta |
| Description: |
On Saturday, August 26, 2017 a trio of afternoon trains met at Elizabeth Station along Amtraks Northeast Corridor. Each train was powered by a different example of Bombardier ALPs (American Locomotive Passenger) demonstrating the three different models of electrified locomotives currently in service on NJ Transit. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/2017 Upload Date: 2/9/2018 4:17:52 PM |
| Location: |
Elizabeth, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4507(ALP45-DP) NJTR 4616(ALP-46) NJTR 4658(ALP-46) |
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529 Comments: 1 |
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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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379 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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376 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A Hazy Night on the Long Slip |
| Description: |
The south side of Hoboken Terminal is all quiet with only the hum of an dual mode and the occasional passing train disturbing the peace. |
| Photo Date: |
12/28/2019 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:17:09 AM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Night,Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4512(ALP45-DP) |
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125 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Send In the Reserves |
| Description: |
As NJ Transit continues to work through the testing phases of PTC across the system the commuter railroad has found itself short of power. In an effort to alleviate the stress of the demands of the PTC program a pair of unlikely veterans have been pulled from the benches to take a few swings. Train #1171 departs Hoboken on a later summer afternoon with NJ Transit's last two active F40s, the 4119 and 4120. "The Twins" were paired up on this train as part of a shakedown run in their first revenue passenger runs in years without any other HEP-equipped power to assist. The plan was to let them run a fairly simple cycle of trains for a few days so they can be easily monitored. If all went well both would be split apart and released into active service by themselves. Unfortunately the 4119 suffered a minor failure that only allowed it to run a single round trip. The following morning both engines were removed and sent back to the MMC with the intention of returning as soon as the issues are resolved. |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/2020 Upload Date: 12/19/2020 1:33:25 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4119(F40PH-2CAT) NJTR 4120(F40PH-2CAT) NJTR 4533(ALP45-DP) NJTR 4512(ALP45-DP) |
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283 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Dawn Colors |
| Description: |
The annual Railmen for Children "Santa Train" is staged in the depot on Track 8 as the sun begins to rise over Manhattan. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2017 Upload Date: 2/15/2018 4:58:11 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Night,Yard,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4527(ALP45-DP) NJTR 4514(ALP45-DP) |
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305 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Off Goes the Santa Train |
| Description: |
The annual "Railmen for Children" Santa Train departs Hoboken for Newark, The Oranges, Denville and Montclair with a trainload of children from schools all across the area. The children aboard this train are treated with gifts, music, food and a visit from Santa. The entire trip is made possible by the employee operated Railmen for Children charity and cooperation by NJ Transit who has been providing a train to the event every year since 1983. The equipment used and the people involved have changed over the years but one thing remains the same: The Santa Drumhead. This hand-painted drumhead has been affixed to the cab car of every Railmen for Children Santa Train since the very beginning and will continue to make its annual appearance for many years to come! |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2017 Upload Date: 2/15/2018 4:58:44 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4527(ALP45-DP) NJTR 4514(ALP45-DP) |
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399 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pressed Into Passenger |
| Description: |
As NJ Transit struggles to comply with the federally mandated Positive Train Control requirements many cab cars have become unavailable as they are retrofitted with the new PTC systems. In order to maintain service locomotives have been acting as "cab cars" on the east ends of train all across the system. Sometimes those engines used are those normally reserved for non-revenue work trains such as seen here. Eastbound Train #1204 is seen here just after crossing the Hackensack River at Upper Hack drawbridge and was lead by one of four GP40-2s on the NJ Transit roster. These engines are usually assigned as work and protect power to outlying terminals such as Dover, Long Branch and Morrisville and have rarely been used to power scheduled revenue passenger trains. |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/2018 Upload Date: 5/11/2018 8:16:47 PM |
| Location: |
Secaucus, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4300(GP40-2) NJTR 4516(ALP45-DP) |
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496 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Engine East at PLANK |
| Description: |
As the cab car shortage on NJ Transit comes under control as PTC work continues there remains one trainset on the Hoboken Division with a non-revenue GP40PH-2B filling in as a cab car. That train is seen here on Train #1624 headed east for Hoboken at PLANK interlocking. |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/2018 Upload Date: 2/13/2018 4:39:57 PM |
| Location: |
East Rutherford, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4217(GP40PH-2B) NJTR 4517(ALP45-DP) |
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357 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Trailing at Auto C87 |
| Description: |
A GP40 acting as a cab car trails behind Train #1157 at Rutherford at the C87 automatic signal. |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/2018 Upload Date: 2/13/2018 4:40:03 PM |
| Location: |
Rutherford, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4217(GP40PH-2B) NJTR 4517(ALP45-DP) |
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421 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Fall Colors at Millington |
| Description: |
Surrounded in late autumn colors NJ Transit's Erie Lackawanna tribute ALP45-DP leads train #419 west to Gladstone over the Passaic River at Millington Viaduct. |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/2020 Upload Date: 12/19/2020 1:32:53 PM |
| Location: |
Millington, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4519(ALP45-DP) |
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261 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Gangs All Here |
| Description: |
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. |
| Photo Date: |
12/18/2020 Upload Date: 12/19/2020 1:13:05 PM |
| Location: |
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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904 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) |
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393 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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341 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Generational Gap |
| Description: |
Two generations of equipment share time together in the depot. A battle-scarred GP40 with nearly 50 years running and millions of miles of both freight and passenger experience from Penn Central, Conrail and NJ Transit rumbles away on Track 3 with the new generation of equipment staring it down from a distance. For now these tired old soldiers continue to provide service but for how much longer? With every passing year the equipment on New Jersey's commuter lines becomes less and less diverse. These tired old geeps won't be around forever. Especially with a recent announcement that NJ Transit has ordered an additional 17 ALP45 dual-modes from Bombardier. It feels like just last week I was coming to work in Hoboken for an afternoon assignment to a house with a dozen or more of them rumbling away ready for their westbound journey to wherever. |
| Photo Date: |
12/17/2017 Upload Date: 2/15/2018 4:58:16 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4206(GP40PH-2B) NJTR 4521(ALP45-DP) |
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262 Comments: 0 |
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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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355 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Another Noisy Cab Car |
| Description: |
One of a handful of 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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446 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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529 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 4108(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4532(ALP45-DP) |
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465 Comments: 1 |
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