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12/25/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Chris S
Dates:3/1/1989 - 8/1/2009
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CR 24531
Title:  CR 24531
Description:  Sub-lettering affectionately applied either by local crew, or drazed railfan
Photo Date:  3/1/1989  Upload Date: 10/15/2009 8:08:06 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  360   Comments: 0
CR 24531
Title:  CR 24531
Description:  CR 24531, saved from the scrappers torch and restored in 2007 in Ringoes, NJ
Photo Date:  3/1/1989  Upload Date: 10/15/2009 8:03:36 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  409   Comments: 1
CR 1963
Title:  CR 1963
Description:  Sitting at the very end of the engine track, #1963 awaits her next assignment
Photo Date:  3/21/1989  Upload Date: 11/20/2009 9:41:45 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 1963(B23-7)
Views:  1072   Comments: 1
CR 6258
Title:  CR 6258
Description:  CR 6258 sits on the engine track at Browns Yard
Photo Date:  3/21/1989  Upload Date: 11/20/2009 10:28:14 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6258(SD40)
Views:  806   Comments: 1
CR 6338
Title:  CR 6338
Description:  A long way from the main line, CR 6338 sits on the ready track at Browns Yard, ready for a move back to Oak Island Yard in Newark
Photo Date:  3/21/1989  Upload Date: 11/20/2009 10:31:53 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6338(SD40)
Views:  882   Comments: 1
CR 6348
Title:  CR 6348
Description:  With sister 6338, CR 6348 (ex-PRR 6095) will lead the transfer run back to NJ's Oak Island Yard from Browns Yard on this chilly winter day
Photo Date:  3/21/1989  Upload Date: 11/20/2009 10:40:02 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6348(SD40)
Views:  781   Comments: 1
CR 7896
Title:  CR 7896
Description:  Conrail local WPSA-35 returns to Browns Yard in fresh snow with mostly empties this day
Photo Date:  1/15/1991  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 8:58:10 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 7896(GP38)
Views:  815   Comments: 1
CR 7896
Title:  CR 7896
Description:  Conrail local WPSA-35 returns to Browns Yard on a cold January day
Photo Date:  1/15/1991  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 9:01:04 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 7896(GP38)
Views:  678   Comments: 1
CR 6643
Title:  CR 6643
Description:  Conrail 6643 (C36-7) & 6974 (SD40-2) power idle in the falling snow on a cold morning at Browns Yard
Photo Date:  1/15/1991  Upload Date: 7/24/2009 9:01:46 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6643(C36-7)
Views:  729   Comments: 2
NS 1701
Title:  NS 1701
Description:  Conrail Shared Assets symbol WPOI-16 enters Browns yard with the days transfer run from Oak Island Yard
Photo Date:  8/16/2009  Upload Date: 8/16/2009 9:06:07 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 1701(SD45-2) NS 3428(SD40-2)
Views:  528   Comments: 1
NS 3428
Title:  NS 3428
Description:  Conrail OI-16 power picks up #3429 at Browns Yard for the trip back to Oak Island Yard
Photo Date:  8/16/2009  Upload Date: 8/16/2009 9:14:27 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3428(SD40-2) NS 1701(SD45-2) NS 3429(SD40-2)
Views:  704   Comments: 2
CSX 4423
Title:  CSX 4423
Description:  Conrail Shared Assets symbol WPSA-3 returns to Browns Yard after a long, hot day on the Gillespie Branch
Photo Date:  8/16/2009  Upload Date: 8/16/2009 9:28:51 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 4423(GP40-2) NS 3376(SD40-2)
Views:  648   Comments: 1
CSX 4423
Title:  CSX 4423
Description:  Conrail WPSA-3 power pulls away from its train and prepares to tie down for the night after a long, very hot day in the sun
Photo Date:  8/16/2009  Upload Date: 8/16/2009 9:36:55 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 4423(GP40-2) NS 3376(SD40-2)
Views:  650   Comments: 1
NS 3429
Title:  NS 3429
Description:  NS SD40-2's 3428 & 3429 bracket SD45-2 1701 as they prepare to depart Browns Yard for Oak Island Yard in Newark, NJ
Photo Date:  8/16/2009  Upload Date: 8/16/2009 9:45:09 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3429(SD40-2) NS 1701(SD45-2) NS 3428(SD40-2)
Views:  753   Comments: 1
NS 3426
Title:  NS 3426
Description:  NS 3426, ex-CR 6962, sits on the ready track at Browns Yard
Photo Date:  11/4/2009  Upload Date: 11/4/2009 8:52:32 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3426(SD40-2)
Views:  542   Comments: 1
CSX 4419
Title:  CSX 4419
Description:  CSX 4419, ex-CR 3322, blt 5/78, sits on the reads track at Browns Yard
Photo Date:  11/4/2009  Upload Date: 11/4/2009 8:41:28 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 4419(GP40-2)
Views:  331   Comments: 1
CSX 4425
Title:  CSX 4425
Description:  CSX 4425 (ex-CR 3340, blt 6/78), workpng today as Conrail yard job SA-2, repositioning before tying down for the night
Photo Date:  11/4/2009  Upload Date: 11/4/2009 8:22:49 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 4425(GP40-2)
Views:  885   Comments: 1
CSX 4419
Title:  CSX 4419
Description:  Two former Conrail units rest on a cloudy Fall day at Browns Yard, awaiting theih next assignment
Photo Date:  11/4/2009  Upload Date: 11/4/2009 8:59:20 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 4419(GP40-2) NS 3426(SD40-2)
Views:  629   Comments: 1
NS 1702
Title:  NS 1702
Description:  CSAO Oak Island - Browns Yard transfer freight OI-16 arrives behind a veteran leader (ex-Erie Lackwanna SD45-2 3674)
Photo Date:  11/4/2009  Upload Date: 11/4/2009 9:07:23 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 1702(SD45-2) CSX 8829(SD40-2)
Views:  350   Comments: 1
NS 1702
Title:  NS 1702
Description:  Conrail Shared Assets symbol WPOI-16 enters Browns Y`rd with todays delivery from busy Oak Island Yard
Photo Date:  11/4/2009  Upload Date: 11/4/2009 9:15:00 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 1702(SD45-2) CSX 8829(SD40-2)
Views:  626   Comments: 0
NS 5282
Title:  NS 5282
Description:  Built as PennCentral 8029 in February of 1973, NS 5282 leads CSAO local SA-31 down the 'Church runner', the running track that connects the CSAO Amboy Secondary to the NJ Transit North Jersey Coast Line, on her way to Lakewood, NJ, via the Southern Secondary connection at Red Bank
Photo Date:  5/13/2010  Upload Date: 5/13/2010 8:22:53 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5282(GP38-2)
Views:  569   Comments: 5
CSX 4423
Title:  CSX 4423
Description:  The 2010 edition of the Browns Yard Santa Train gets ready to depart, with ol' St. Nick keeping a watchful eye over the festivities
Photo Date:  12/11/2010  Upload Date: 12/11/2010 3:58:46 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 4423(GP40-2) NS 3028(GP40-2)
Views:  1169   Comments: 4
CSX 4431
Title:  CSX 4431
Description:  Snow plows come in very different shapes & sizes; Conrail Browns Yard based SA-2 plows its way along the Gillespie Branch after a 12" snowfall
Photo Date:  1/28/2011  Upload Date: 1/29/2011 10:17:18 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 4431(GP40-2)
Views:  942   Comments: 6
CSX 4431
Title:  CSX 4431
Description:  Conrail Shared Assets local SA-2, operating out of Browns Yard in Sayreville, makes its way along the Gillespie Branch (former Raritan River RR trackage)
Photo Date:  1/28/2011  Upload Date: 1/29/2011 10:34:13 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 4431(GP40-2)
Views:  783   Comments: 3
CSX 4431
Title:  CSX 4431
Description:  About to make a mess of a cleanly plowed crossing, Conrail Shared Assets symbol SA-2 runs long-hood forward on the Gillespie Branch
Photo Date:  1/28/2011  Upload Date: 1/29/2011 10:37:41 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 4431(GP40-2)
Views:  361   Comments: 5
CSX 4431
Title:  CSX 4431
Description:  Putting its plow to good use, CSAO YPSA-02 moves carefully along the Gillespie Branch after the latest storm to hit NJ this year (52" & counting as of this date)
Photo Date:  1/28/2011  Upload Date: 1/29/2011 10:43:41 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 4431(GP40-2)
Views:  809   Comments: 1
NS 1703
Title:  NS 1703
Description:  Former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s are common here in central NJ, but three of the 'old girls' (blt 11/72) on one train is not something you see every day; CSAO train OI-16 enters Browns Yard in Sayrevile
Photo Date:  3/22/2011  Upload Date: 3/26/2011 11:22:09 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 1703(SD45-2) NS 1701(SD45-2) CSX 8886(SD45-2)
Views:  604   Comments: 2
NS 1703
Title:  NS 1703
Description:  Under the former PRR catenary, Conrail Shared Assets train OI-16 brings the daily transfer from Oak Island Yard to the smaller, but very busy, Browns Yard
Photo Date:  3/26/2011  Upload Date: 3/26/2011 11:11:59 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 1703(SD45-2) NS 1701(SD45-2) CSX 8886(SD45-2)
Views:  644   Comments: 4
NS 1703
Title:  NS 1703
Description:  With their unique 5,000 gallon fuel tanks, the ex-Erie Lackawanna SD45-2's are easy to spot, but finding 3 of them together on a train these days is a bit harder; CSAO train OI-16 eases into Browns Yard with the daily transfer
Photo Date:  3/26/2011  Upload Date: 3/26/2011 11:16:37 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 1703(SD45-2) NS 1701(SD45-2) CSX 8886(SD45-2)
Views:  1189   Comments: 5
CSX 2810
Title:  CSX 2810
Description:  Nearly home, Conrail local SA-31 prepares to enter the Church Running Track, and leave the NJ Transit North Jersey Coast Line, with the South Amboy station looming in the background. Conrail uses the NJT line to access the Southern Secondary in Red Bank, 15 miles to the south (railroad west)
Photo Date:  6/22/2012  Upload Date: 6/22/2012 3:50:49 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 2810(GP38-2)
Views:  640   Comments: 5
NS 5283
Title:  NS 5283
Description:  Browns Yard based local SA-31 sits on the Church Running Track, waiting to enter the NJ Transit North Jersey Coast Line commuter line for the sprint southward (timetable west) to Red Bank, and the freight-only Southern Secondary
Photo Date:  7/25/2013  Upload Date: 7/25/2013 6:20:22 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5283(GP38-2)
Views:  531   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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5283(GP38-2) CSX 1537(GP15-1) USN 65-00647(3GS21B)
Views:  981   Comments: 6
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  USN 65-00647(3GS21B)
Views:  958   Comments: 6
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5283(GP38-2) CSX 1537(GP15-1) USN 65-00647(3GS21B)
Views:  901   Comments: 2
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 4441(GP38-2S) USN 65-00648(3GS21B)
Views:  789   Comments: 2
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  USN 65-00648(3GS21B)
Views:  727   Comments: 3
NS 5271
Title:  NS 5271
Description:  Conrail Shared Assets local SA-2 picks up an empty from the rarely used siding on Jernee Mill Rd., presumably utilized by local masonry business Riverside Supply
Photo Date:  4/3/2014  Upload Date: 4/6/2014 7:15:47 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5271(GP38-2)
Views:  675   Comments: 4
Tie Crane
Title:  Tie Crane
Description:  No RR markings here, may be a private contractor hired to pick up old ties from extensive track rehab in the area, seen on the former Raritan River RR Gillespie branch
Photo Date:  4/3/2014  Upload Date: 4/6/2014 7:26:21 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  727   Comments: 6
PRR 5711
Title:  PRR 5711
Description:  A great treat on Halloween.....Conrail OCS100 heads east out of Browns Yard on the CSAO Amboy Secondary (former PRR rails)
Photo Date:  10/31/2015  Upload Date: 10/31/2015 3:19:25 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 5711(E8A) PRR 5809(E8A)
Views:  1385   Comments: 6
CSX 2812
Title:  CSX 2812
Description:  Two ex-Conrail units work their former territory (original PRR catenary supports in the background) as they depart Browns Yard eastbound, with this weeks edition of Sayreville-Lakewood local SA-31, heading for the CSAO Southern Secondary in Red Bank, NJ. The Southern has been a money maker for CSAO in the past year (after many marginal years), and this 19 car train is indicative of that. A quick wave from the conductor, and they are on their way to Red Bank, via the New Jersey Transit connection at South Amboy.
Photo Date:  3/31/2016  Upload Date: 3/31/2016 6:23:36 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 2812(GP38-2)
Views:  699   Comments: 4


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