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5/19/2024
 
 
 
 
  Viewing the last 200 photos I selected as my favorite Pictures.
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CSX 61
Title:  CSX 61
Description:  Just after sunrise, CSX unit potash train K533 heads east on the Lehigh Line
Photo Date:  10/27/2013  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 4:42:20 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 61(AC44CW) CSX 7859(C40-8W)
Views:  167   Comments: 3
NS 9213
Title:  NS 9213
Description:  Daily westbound intermodal train 21M glides silently (honestly, the most quiet section of mainline I have ever encountered) along the Lehigh Line for points west
Photo Date:  12/28/2013  Upload Date: 12/28/2013 9:58:35 PM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 9213(C40-9W) NS 9508(C40-9W) NS 9803(C40-9W)
Views:  274   Comments: 2
NS 1066
Title:  NS 1066
Description:  Driving 90 minutes on a hunch doesn't always work out, but today it did; NS NYC Heritage unit 1066 leads Allentown-based wayfreight H76 eastbound on the Lehigh Line, destined for interchange with 3 cars for my favorite shortline, BDRR, at Hudson Yard, then up to Slateford, Pa, with the remainder of the train for the Delaware-Lackawanna RR.
Photo Date:  12/28/2013  Upload Date: 12/28/2013 9:58:38 PM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 1066(SD70ACe) NS 9543(C40-9W) NS 7647(ES40DC)
Views:  435   Comments: 5
NS 5282
Title:  NS 5282
Description:  Conrail Shared Assets local SA-31 crosses Patterson Ave. on the way to Lakewood; this run is significant in the fact that the crew will pick up two loaded gons of scrap metal on the return trip, the first outbound loads from the Southern in many years.
Photo Date:  12/26/2013  Upload Date: 12/27/2013 10:08:34 AM
Location:  Shrewsbury, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Views:  591   Comments: 7
Camden & Amboy Memorial
Title:  Camden & Amboy Memorial
Description:  The town of Spotswood, NJ, has recognized its railroad heritage in the form of a very authentic memorial to the Camden & Amboy RR, the first railroad in NJ, complete with original rail and stone 'sleepers', predecessor to the present day railroad tie
Photo Date:  12/15/2013  Upload Date: 12/15/2013 8:58:43 PM
Location:  Spotswood, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Views:  435   Comments: 1
CSX 4403
Title:  CSX 4403
Description:  Santa Claus awaits the next customer. Many thanks to all who make this happen; the employees of Conrail, Freehold PBA, and Freehold and Jamesburg Fire Departments. I think we're all hoping for sun & 45 degrees next year!
Photo Date:  12/14/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 5:01:21 PM
Location:  Freehold, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4403(GP40-2)
Views:  594   Comments: 3
CSX 4403
Title:  CSX 4403
Description:  Through sleet, snow, and gloom of, umm, day, the crew delivers Santa safely to Freehold, much to the delight of the sizeable crowd
Photo Date:  12/14/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:54:11 PM
Location:  Freehold, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4403(GP40-2) NS 5282(GP38-2)
Views:  432   Comments: 4
CSX 4403
Title:  CSX 4403
Description:  Lights, camera, action.....with horns blaring from both locos, the big man himself arrives in Freehold borough
Photo Date:  12/14/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:48:48 PM
Location:  Freehold, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4403(GP40-2) NS 5282(GP38-2)
Views:  837   Comments: 5
CSX 4403
Title:  CSX 4403
Description:  The 2013 Santa Train pauses in western Freehold, while gifts are loaded into the caboose, and Santa gets ready to assume his position
Photo Date:  12/14/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:45:54 PM
Location:  Freehold, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4403(GP40-2) NS 5282(GP38-2)
Views:  607   Comments: 4
CSX 4403
Title:  CSX 4403
Description:  The Santa Train rolls eastward through scenic central Monmouth County, as she approaches the Freehold border
Photo Date:  12/14/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:42:05 PM
Location:  Manalapan, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4403(GP40-2) NS 5282(GP38-2)
Views:  397   Comments: 3
CSX 4403
Title:  CSX 4403
Description:  The Browns Yard Santa Train skirts a frozen Lake Manalapan on a cold, snowy day. It's a bit unusual for the lake to be covered in ice this early in December.
Photo Date:  12/14/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:38:07 PM
Location:  Jamesburg, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4403(GP40-2) NS 5282(GP38-2)
Views:  671   Comments: 6
CSX 4403
Title:  CSX 4403
Description:  The Santa Train passes the Camden & Amboy RR memorial in Spotswood, on the Amboy Secondary
Photo Date:  12/14/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:34:44 PM
Location:  Spotswood, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4403(GP40-2) NS 5282(GP38-2)
Views:  733   Comments: 4
Spotswood, NJ Memorial
Title:  Spotswood, NJ Memorial
Description:  In tribute to the first railroad to be built in NJ, the Camden & Amboy RR, the town of Spotswood has erected a memorial, complete with original stone 'sleepers'. The rails in 1831 were spiked to stone, before wooden ties were discovered to be more stable anchors
Photo Date:  12/14/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:29:10 PM
Location:  Spotswood, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Views:  257   Comments: 2
CSX 4403
Title:  CSX 4403
Description:  The 2013 edition of the Browns Yard Santa Train moves into position for boarding
Photo Date:  12/14/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:23:43 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4403(GP40-2) NS 5282(GP38-2)
Views:  339   Comments: 1
FURX 725406
Title:  FURX 725406
Description:  A wink from FRED, as Conrail local SA-31 heads off into the sunset on her weekly journey down the Southern Secondary
Photo Date:  12/5/2013  Upload Date: 12/5/2013 7:42:41 PM
Location:  Shrewsbury, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Views:  433   Comments: 2
CSX 4441
Title:  CSX 4441
Description:  4 minutes to sunset on a terribly overcast day=horrendous light; Conrail local SA-31 brings the Navy an early Christmas gift. Only 8 more miles before final delivery to NWS Earle...
Photo Date:  12/5/2013  Upload Date: 12/5/2013 7:32:34 PM
Location:  Shrewsbury, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4441(GP38-2S) USN 65-00648(3GS21B)
Views:  727   Comments: 3
USN 65-00648
Title:  USN 65-00648
Description:  She is actually a 3GS18B, but no option for that model on rrpa just yet. USN 65-00648 leaves the friendly confines of Browns Yard, next stop, the Navy siding at MP48 on the Southern Secondary
Photo Date:  12/5/2013  Upload Date: 12/5/2013 7:28:27 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  USN 65-00648(3GS21B)
Views:  700   Comments: 3
CSX 4441
Title:  CSX 4441
Description:  The second of two new Genset locomotives for Naval Weapons Station Earle leaves Conrail's Browns Yard for final delivery in the consist of SA-31
Photo Date:  12/5/2013  Upload Date: 12/5/2013 7:23:44 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4441(GP38-2S) USN 65-00648(3GS21B)
Views:  744   Comments: 2
NS 5283
Title:  NS 5283
Description:  Almost home; with the largest train in many, many years, Conrail local SA-31 brings a new loco for the Navy base at MP48, and 20 cars of lumber for Lakewood.
Photo Date:  11/21/2013  Upload Date: 11/21/2013 6:37:18 PM
Location:  Shrewsbury, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 5283(GP38-2) CSX 1537(GP15-1) USN 65-00647(3GS21B)
Views:  832   Comments: 8
NS 5283
Title:  NS 5283
Description:  Conrail Sayreville - Lakewood, NJ local SA-31 leaves Browns Yard in Sayreville, enroute to the Southern Secondary with a monster train today, featuring 1 of 2 new locos for NWS Earle
Photo Date:  11/21/2013  Upload Date: 11/21/2013 6:33:38 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 5283(GP38-2) CSX 1537(GP15-1) USN 65-00647(3GS21B)
Views:  861   Comments: 2
USN 65-00647
Title:  USN 65-00647
Description:  One of two new locomotives for Naval Weapons Station Earle, seen on the final leg of her journey from Illinois to Colts Neck, NJ in the consist of Conrail local SA-31
Photo Date:  11/21/2013  Upload Date: 11/21/2013 6:31:09 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  USN 65-00647(3GS21B)
Views:  917   Comments: 6
NS 5283
Title:  NS 5283
Description:  Conrail Shared Assets local SA-31 departs Browns Yard with a very large train (20 cars) and a special delivery for the Navy base in Colts Neck, NJ
Photo Date:  11/21/2013  Upload Date: 11/21/2013 6:28:03 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 5283(GP38-2) CSX 1537(GP15-1) USN 65-00647(3GS21B)
Views:  942   Comments: 6
NS 5283
Title:  NS 5283
Description:  A 'Treat' on Halloween; for only the second time in the past several years, 2 locomotives handle a large (for this line) 11 car train on southbound Shared Assets local SA-31
Photo Date:  10/31/2013  Upload Date: 10/31/2013 6:24:26 PM
Location:  Eatontown, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 5283(GP38-2) CSX 2814(GP38-2)
Views:  599   Comments: 10
BNSF 5103
Title:  BNSF 5103
Description:  A perfect end to a perfect day trackside! 12 trains in 5 hours, finishing with a BNSF C44 & an NS heritage unit on a CSX train; the second empty crude oil train of the day (K049) speeds eastward on a beautiful Fall day in NJ
Photo Date:  10/27/2013  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 6:55:25 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  BNSF 5103(C44-9W) NS 1069(SD70ACe)
Views:  256   Comments: 7
BNSF 5169
Title:  BNSF 5169
Description:  With an 'Executive' third out, CSX empty crude oil train K043 heads eastward on the Lehigh Line, before turning north towards Selkirk, NY, and then to points west
Photo Date:  10/27/2013  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 6:46:17 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  BNSF 5169(C44-9W) NS 8143(ES44AC) BNSF 9713(SD70MAC)
Views:  370   Comments: 5
BNSF 5169
Title:  BNSF 5169
Description:  Early morning light is great for me, tough for the eastbound crews; CSX K043 has their blinders on until they turn northward in Kearny, NJ
Photo Date:  10/27/2013  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 6:42:49 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  BNSF 5169(C44-9W) NS 8143(ES44AC) BNSF 9713(SD70MAC)
Views:  266   Comments: 3
BNSF 5169
Title:  BNSF 5169
Description:  CSX K043 (empty oil cans) begin its ascent to MP 29
Photo Date:  10/27/2013  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 6:39:58 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  BNSF 5169(C44-9W) NS 8143(ES44AC) BNSF 9713(SD70MAC)
Views:  258   Comments: 2
CSX 5268
Title:  CSX 5268
Description:  Affectionately referred to as the 'Juice train', CSX L140 brings its solid consist of Tropicana Orange juice east into the blinding early morning sun; this can not at all be easy for the crews on the Lehigh Line
Photo Date:  10/27/2013  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 5:34:50 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 5268(ES40DC)
Views:  226   Comments: 4
NS 9517
Title:  NS 9517
Description:  NS intermodal train 22V brings its 248 axles (per the Middlesex detector) eastward on the Lehigh Line
Photo Date:  10/27/2013  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 5:23:52 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 9517(C40-9W) NS 9315(C40-9W)
Views:  215   Comments: 2
NS 9517
Title:  NS 9517
Description:  With the major northeastern sea ports in Newark, Elizabeth and Staten Island just 45 minutes away, intermodal is huge in this area; NS 22V heads east with another load of containers in the non-stop parade
Photo Date:  10/27/2013  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 5:19:06 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 9517(C40-9W) NS 9315(C40-9W)
Views:  190   Comments: 2
CSX 622
Title:  CSX 622
Description:  Hard to find a matched set of fairly clean YN2 schemes on CSX these days; train Q300 heads east for trash reload
Photo Date:  10/27/2013  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 5:13:56 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 622(AC60CW) CSX 5004(AC60CW)
Views:  167   Comments: 3
CSX 622
Title:  CSX 622
Description:  Keeping it 'Green', empty CSX trash train Q702 returns east for yet another reload
Photo Date:  10/27/2013  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 5:10:11 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 622(AC60CW) CSX 5004(AC60CW)
Views:  167   Comments: 2
CSX 8418
Title:  CSX 8418
Description:  Built as Chesapeake & Ohio 7467 in August of 1966 (!), CSX 8418 leads a short version of todays Q300
Photo Date:  10/27/2013  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 5:02:02 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 8418(SD40-2) CSX 811(ES44AC-H)
Views:  209   Comments: 5
CSX 8418
Title:  CSX 8418
Description:  On a brilliant Autumn morning, a seasoned veteran leads more modern power on CSX train Q300, looking and sounding as good as ever
Photo Date:  10/27/2013  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 4:58:03 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 8418(SD40-2) CSX 811(ES44AC-H)
Views:  187   Comments: 3
NS 2675
Title:  NS 2675
Description:  Plenty of horsepower for todays NS train 20E, eastbound on the Conrail Shared Assets portion of the Lehigh Line
Photo Date:  10/27/2013  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 4:55:21 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 2675(SD70M-2) NS 9208(C40-9W) NS 9908(C40-9W)
Views:  221   Comments: 2
NS 2675
Title:  NS 2675
Description:  A handsome leader brings NS train 20E eastbound through Piscataway
Photo Date:  10/27/2013  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 4:52:23 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 2675(SD70M-2) NS 9208(C40-9W) NS 9908(C40-9W)
Views:  188   Comments: 3
NS 9663
Title:  NS 9663
Description:  A closer look at NS 212, approaching Prospect St. in the morning sun
Photo Date:  10/27/2013  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 4:49:15 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 9663(C40-9W) NS 6612(SD60) NS 9462(C40-9W)
Views:  170   Comments: 3
NS 9663
Title:  NS 9663
Description:  NS Atlanta, Ga - Secaucus, NJ intermodal train 212 storms up the small rise at MP29.2
Photo Date:  10/27/2013  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 4:46:43 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 9663(C40-9W) NS 6612(SD60) NS 9462(C40-9W)
Views:  174   Comments: 3
NS 9231
Title:  NS 9231
Description:  A brief edition of NS 24Z, eastbound on the Lehigh Line
Photo Date:  10/27/2013  Upload Date: 10/27/2013 4:44:50 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 9231(C40-9W) NS 6806(SD60M)
Views:  168   Comments: 3
BNSF 5157
Title:  BNSF 5157
Description:  Tough midday light, but who can resist western visitors, just a mile or so from the Atlantic Ocean? Ethanol train power prepares to spin on the wye at CP-RON for the final shove for offloading
Photo Date:  10/24/2013  Upload Date: 10/24/2013 8:27:48 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  BNSF 5157(C44-9W) BNSF 6748(ES44C4)
Views:  261   Comments: 5
CSX 8886
Title:  CSX 8886
Description:  The old girls just keep on ticking, and the beauty of Shared Assets railroading; former EL '45-2s team up on CSAO transfer OI-16, negotiating the 'Hess' crossovers for todays Pt. Reading Yard delivery
Photo Date:  10/24/2013  Upload Date: 10/24/2013 8:20:33 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 8886(SD45-2) NS 1700(SD45-2)
Views:  690   Comments: 10
CSX 8886
Title:  CSX 8886
Description:  Conrail Shared Assets daily transfer job OI-16 prepares to make the cut, with 26 cars to be set-out at Port Reading Yard, directly behind the camera
Photo Date:  10/24/2013  Upload Date: 10/24/2013 8:15:58 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 8886(SD45-2) NS 1700(SD45-2)
Views:  342   Comments: 5
NS 5283
Title:  NS 5283
Description:  Nothing out of the ordinary today, after last weeks large train; ex-CR, nee PC 8081 brings 5 loads down the line on another cloudy Thursday in the Garden State
Photo Date:  10/10/2013  Upload Date: 10/10/2013 5:16:54 PM
Location:  Shrewsbury, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 5283(GP38-2)
Views:  444   Comments: 5
CSX 4441
Title:  CSX 4441
Description:  Normally a 'down & back' train, Conrail local SA-31 sits on the Southern Secondary main, waiting for a new crew, to spot the remaining loads from yesterdays unusually large 17 car train
Photo Date:  10/4/2013  Upload Date: 10/4/2013 5:45:00 PM
Location:  Lakewood, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4441(GP38-2S) NS 5269(GP38-2)
Views:  780   Comments: 4
CP 6240
Title:  CP 6240
Description:  With the 'spin cycle' complete, the K634 (unit ethanol train) power heads back north on the east leg of the Pt Reading wye (aka the yard track) to retrieve their train, and begin the shove move to the storage facility
Photo Date:  10/3/2013  Upload Date: 10/3/2013 8:34:33 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CP 6240(SD60) CP 6036(SD40-2)
Views:  193   Comments: 3
CP 6240
Title:  CP 6240
Description:  Conrail Shared Assets Operations crew PR-8 is now in charge of CSX train K634, as they prepare to spin the power on the wye just outside Port Reading Yard
Photo Date:  10/3/2013  Upload Date: 10/3/2013 8:31:26 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CP 6240(SD60) CP 6036(SD40-2)
Views:  454   Comments: 9
NS 8026
Title:  NS 8026
Description:  The PC Heritage unit, in all her splendor, helps pull ethanol empties from the storage facility in Sewaren, NJ
Photo Date:  10/3/2013  Upload Date: 10/3/2013 8:27:04 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 8026(ES44AC) NS 1073(SD70ACe)
Views:  567   Comments: 4
NS 8026
Title:  NS 8026
Description:  In a truly classless gesture, the engineer of Conrail Shared Assets crew PR-19 lets us know that 'we're number 1' with him; ethanol empties will become NS train 65K later today
Photo Date:  10/3/2013  Upload Date: 10/3/2013 8:21:53 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 8026(ES44AC) NS 1073(SD70ACe)
Views:  398   Comments: 5
NS 5269
Title:  NS 5269
Description:  A monster train for this line; Shared Assets local SA-31 with 2 locomotives and 17 cars head southward to Lakewood on the Southern Secondary
Photo Date:  10/3/2013  Upload Date: 10/3/2013 5:39:27 PM
Location:  Shrewsbury, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 5269(GP38-2) CSX 4441(GP38-2S)
Views:  708   Comments: 10
NS 5283
Title:  NS 5283
Description:  40 years young; built for the Penn Central in February of 1973, NS 5283 is still working hard, on the regular Thursday afternoon run of Conrail Shared Assets local SA-31
Photo Date:  9/26/2013  Upload Date: 9/26/2013 9:43:42 PM
Location:  Shrewsbury, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5283(GP38-2)
Views:  372   Comments: 2


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