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1/6/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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CSX 4403
Title:  CSX 4403
Description:  Resembling a true 'engine terminal', this is actually small Browns Yard in central NJ, with the usual power lineup to the right, and todays Santa Train to the left
Photo Date:  12/8/2012  Upload Date: 12/8/2012 8:42:31 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4403(GP40-2) NS 5294(GP38-2) NS 5271(GP38-2) CSX 1554(GP15-1) NS 3016(GP40-2) CSX 4429(GP40-2)
Views:  875   Comments: 5
NS 3022
Title:  NS 3022
Description:  The 2009 edition of the Conrail Browns Yard Santa Train makes its way along the Amboy Secondary, seen passing the old Helme tobacco processing plant
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 3:12:24 PM
Location:  Helmetta, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 3022(GP40-2) CSX 4425(GP40-2)
Views:  1062   Comments: 5
NS 3022
Title:  NS 3022
Description:  The CR Browns Yard Santa train enters the Freehold Industrial Track, enroute to Freehold
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 3:16:13 PM
Location:  Jamesburg, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 3022(GP40-2) CSX 4425(GP40-2)
Views:  532   Comments: 0
NS 3022
Title:  NS 3022
Description:  The CR Browns Yard Santa train trundles through western Monmouth county, enroute to Freehold
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 3:20:16 PM
Location:  Englishtown, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 3022(GP40-2) CSX 4425(GP40-2)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
NS 3022
Title:  NS 3022
Description:  Approaching his destination, Santa Claus positions himself atop the anticlimber to spread cheer & goodwill to the good boys & girls of Monmouth county
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 3:22:42 PM
Location:  Freehold, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 3022(GP40-2) CSX 4425(GP40-2)
Views:  551   Comments: 0
NS 3022
Title:  NS 3022
Description:  A large crowd greets Santa Claus on this bright but cold winter day in downtown Freehold, in front of the old Pennsy passenger station
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 12/12/2009 3:27:27 PM
Location:  Freehold, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 3022(GP40-2) CSX 4425(GP40-2)
Views:  575   Comments: 0
NS 5281
Title:  NS 5281
Description:  Conrail Shared Assets symbol OI-16 leaves Perth Amboy and crosses the Raritan River on NJ Transits North Jersey Coast Line
Photo Date:  3/6/2010  Upload Date: 3/6/2010 9:30:45 PM
Location:  Perth Amboy, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 5281(GP38-2) NS 3022(GP40-2)
Views:  926   Comments: 2
NS 5281
Title:  NS 5281
Description:  Todays CSAO train OI-16 features 2 four-axle units, as they leave Perth Amboy and cross the Raritan River on the NJT North Jersey Coast Line
Photo Date:  3/6/2010  Upload Date: 3/6/2010 9:35:00 PM
Location:  Perth Amboy, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 5281(GP38-2) NS 3022(GP40-2)
Views:  803   Comments: 0
NS 5281
Title:  NS 5281
Description:  Conrail OI-16 approaches RIVER on NJT's North Jersey Coast Line, bound for SA Tower and the CSAO Amboy Secondary
Photo Date:  3/6/2010  Upload Date: 3/6/2010 9:38:10 PM
Location:  Perth Amboy, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 5281(GP38-2) NS 3022(GP40-2)
Views:  839   Comments: 6
NS 5292
Title:  NS 5292
Description:  Two former Conrail units on CSAO Port Reading Yard local PR-8, as they shove north (away from the camera) towards the Linden Industrial Track
Photo Date:  4/14/2011  Upload Date: 4/21/2011 8:52:26 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 5292(GP38-2) NS 3022(GP40-2)
Views:  358   Comments: 3
CSX 4441
Title:  CSX 4441
Description:  Skirting/Lake Manalapan, the Browns Yard Santa Train makes its way west on the Freehold Industrial Track
Photo Date:  12/10/2011  Upload Date: 12/10/2011 6:16:54 PM
Location:  Jamesburg, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4441(GP38-2S) NS 3022(GP40-2)
Views:  437   Comments: 4
CSX 4441
Title:  CSX 4441
Description:  The Conrail MOW forces did a great job of rebuilding this line after Hurricane Irene hit in late August; the 25th Annual Browns Yard Santa Train skirts Lake Manalapan on its way-to Freehold
Photo Date:  12/10/2011  Upload Date: 12/10/2011 6:18:44 PM
Location:  Jamesburg, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4441(GP38-2S) NS 3022(GP40-2)
Views:  647   Comments: 3
CSX 4441
Title:  CSX 4441
Description:  With one of the few Agway's left in NJ in the background, the Browns Yard Santa Train rolls through Englishtown
Photo Date:  12/10/2011  Upload Date: 12/10/2011 6:07:57 PM
Location:  Englishtown, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4441(GP38-2S) NS 3022(GP40-2)
Views:  743   Comments: 3
CSX 4441
Title:  CSX 4441
Description:  This angle will soon go away, with the young apple trees in the foreground just a few years from maturity; Santa is just a couwle of miles west of his destination for today
Photo Date:  12/10/2011  Upload Date: 12/10/2011 6:10:37 PM
Location:  Manalapan, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4441(GP38-2S) NS 3022(GP40-2)
Views:  649   Comments: 4
CSX 4441
Title:  CSX 4441
Description:  This is it! With a friendly wave from Santa, the crew beginq its final approach to the old Pennsylvania RR station in Freehold, a half-mile away
Photo Date:  12/10/2011  Upload Date: 12/10/2011 6:13:49 PM
Location:  Freehold, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4441(GP38-2S) NS 3022(GP40-2)
Views:  743   Comments: 3
CSX 4441
Title:  CSX 4441
Description:  In the staging area, and receiving approval to proceed, Santa is about to make his way out and begin his triumphant entrance into Freehold
Photo Date:  12/10/2011  Upload Date: 12/10/2011 6:25:49 PM
Location:  Freehold, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4441(GP38-2S) NS 3022(GP40-2)
Views:  447   Comments: 4
CSX 4441
Title:  CSX 4441
Description:  The Silver Anniversary edition of the Browns Yard Santa Train idles in Browns Yard, t-minus 50 minutes to departure
Photo Date:  12/10/2011  Upload Date: 12/10/2011 6:05:07 PM
Location:  Sayreville, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4441(GP38-2S) NS 3022(GP40-2)
Views:  717   Comments: 3
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
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Locomotives:  CSX 4423(GP40-2) NS 3028(GP40-2)
Views:  1204   Comments: 4
CSX 4423
Title:  CSX 4423
Description:  Enroute to the Freehold Industrial Track, the Browns Yard Santa train passes the long dormant Helme tobacco mill
Photo Date:  12/11/2010  Upload Date: 12/11/2010 4:03:48 PM
Location:  Helmetta, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4423(GP40-2) NS 3028(GP40-2)
Views:  756   Comments: 3
CSX 4423
Title:  CSX 4423
Description:  Last year's Santa Train had a scary near-miss early in the run, but I don't think this year's encounter was quite as close
Photo Date:  12/11/2010  Upload Date: 12/11/2010 4:07:26 PM
Location:  Englishtown, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4423(GP40-2) NS 3028(GP40-2)
Views:  592   Comments: 2
CSX 4423
Title:  CSX 4423
Description:  The Browns Yard Santa Train makes it's way through the apple orchards of central Monmouth County, next stop Freehold
Photo Date:  12/11/2010  Upload Date: 12/11/2010 4:11:15 PM
Location:  Manalapan, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4423(GP40-2) NS 3028(GP40-2)
Views:  667   Comments: 1
CSX 4423
Title:  CSX 4423
Description:  Two former Conrail GP40-2s arrrive in Freehold, for the annual distribution of gifts to local youngsters by the kind-hearted crews, along with families & friends, of Browns Yard
Photo Date:  12/11/2010  Upload Date: 12/11/2010 4:15:23 PM
Location:  Freewood Acres, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  CSX 4423(GP40-2) NS 3028(GP40-2)
Views:  681   Comments: 3
NS 3034
Title:  NS 3034
Description:  Strangely enough, the ex-Conrail GP40-2 isn't the special loco here; NS 3435 was built as an SD40 for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1966! She's still earning her keep on NS local H74 as the crew heads east on track 1 'running wrong main', as NS intermodal train 22V sits on main 2 while making a pickup from River Yard
Photo Date:  11/6/2011  Upload Date: 11/7/2011 5:39:48 PM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 3034(GP40-2) NS 3435(SD40-2)
Views:  290   Comments: 3
NS 9365
Title:  NS 9365
Description:  Power for todays NS train 69Q heads towards the 'Hess" crossovers, where it will reverse into Pt. Reading Yard. Two interesting units today: a BNSF unit is in the lineup, and, unusually, a 4-axle unit (ex-CR 3355, blt 3/79) is in the lashup. Normally, the unit ethanol trains get 6-axle power exclusively
Photo Date:  8/18/2010  Upload Date: 8/19/2010 8:44:55 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 9365(C40-9W) NS 3045(GP40-2) BNSF 4412(C44-9W)
Views:  924   Comments: 3
NS 9365
Title:  NS 9365
Description:  CSAO local crew PR-19 brings todays 69Q power north on the Secondary to reverse into Pt. Reading yard, before their return trip west
Photo Date:  8/18/2010  Upload Date: 8/19/2010 9:03:20 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 9365(C40-9W) NS 3045(GP40-2) BNSF 4412(C44-9W)
Views:  740   Comments: 3
NS 9365
Title:  NS 9365
Description:  A four-axle unit is rare on NS ethanol trains; the GP40-2 seems small compared to its 6-axle brothers, soon to become todays NS 69Q
Photo Date:  8/18/2010  Upload Date: 8/19/2010 9:10:35 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 9365(C40-9W) NS 3045(GP40-2) BNSF 4412(C44-9W)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
NS 5171
Title:  NS 5171
Description:  For a moment, everything is OK with the world; the first 2 units seen are former SOU high-hood units running long hood forward, a fact very apparent to the conductor considering the smile on his face. NS local H76 is seen entering track 3 in River Yard for a set-out on this cloudy Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  9/26/2010  Upload Date: 9/27/2010 9:15:28 PM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 5171(GP38-2) NS 5125(GP38-2) NS 3057(GP40-2) NS 5662(GP38-2)
Views:  252   Comments: 3
NS 1702
Title:  NS 1702
Description:  Conrail Shared Assets train OI-16 heads south on the Chemical Coast Secondary after working Port Reading Yard. A special visitor today, with 'still-Blue' NS 3059 assisting
Photo Date:  3/18/2011  Upload Date: 3/18/2011 7:42:57 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 1702(SD45-2) NS 3059(GP40-2)
Views:  761   Comments: 4
NS 3059
Title:  NS 3059
Description:  With a face only a mother (and a Conrail fan) could love, bruised & battered ex-Conrail 3384, blt 5/79, sounded very healthy rolling by, as she helped pull CSAO OI-16 southward towards Browns Yard
Photo Date:  3/18/2011  Upload Date: 3/18/2011 7:46:45 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 3059(GP40-2)
Views:  695   Comments: 2
NS 1702
Title:  NS 1702
Description:  Backing into Port Reading Yard for a set-out, CSAO train OI-16 ties up the diamond at CP-PD, where the Port Reading Secondary crosses the Chemical Coast Secondary
Photo Date:  3/18/2011  Upload Date: 3/18/2011 7:51:37 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
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Locomotives:  NS 1702(SD45-2) NS 3059(GP40-2)
Views:  297   Comments: 5


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