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| Title: |
Long way from the south |
| Description: |
Unless you mean South Amboy....an ex Southern E 8 and a NJ Transit mate wait to haul commuters down the shore just past the station at South Amboy, the latest players in a long history of engine changes that once meant K-4s. |
| Photo Date: |
7/16/1979 Upload Date: 8/28/2012 9:59:36 PM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4331(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) |
| Views: |
895 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Picking up a good crowd |
| Description: |
A NY&LB train with an E 8 pulls up to the take on passengers for its run to New York |
| Photo Date: |
8/16/1979 Upload Date: 8/28/2012 9:53:38 PM |
| Location: |
Matawan, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4253(E8A) |
| Views: |
549 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Pulling up |
| Description: |
Anothr view of the power on a Bay Head train about to leave for New York. |
| Photo Date: |
8/16/1979 Upload Date: 1/1/2014 4:33:12 AM |
| Location: |
Bay Head, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Locomotives: |
NJT 4253(E8A) |
| Views: |
559 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Builders plate |
| Description: |
NJ DOT had some of its E's rebuilt by the ICG in Paducah KY, including this one, probably 4253. Here's the builders plate. |
| Photo Date: |
7/17/1980 Upload Date: 1/5/2014 3:43:01 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4253(E8A) |
| Views: |
342 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Es to the ready track |
| Description: |
A pair of E8s make their way from the engine house to the pocket track beyond the station to await the next GG 1 powered trains arrival. The paint scheme on the lead unit is just one of several NJT tried during the early 80s, though the nose lifting lugs give this away as an ex Pennsy unit. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1981 Upload Date: 1/13/2013 4:26:52 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4257(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) |
| Views: |
690 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Headed to the house |
| Description: |
GG 1 4873 heads for the South Amboy engine house after cutting off its train in favor of a pair of Es, which have taken charge and are seen at left. . |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1981 Upload Date: 1/13/2013 3:46:46 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4873(GG1) NJT 4253(E8A) |
| Views: |
500 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Es to Bay Head |
| Description: |
This Pennsy side train has made the swap from GG 1s and is now ready to go down the Jersey shore to Bay Head on the NY&LB. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/1981 Upload Date: 1/15/2012 11:23:04 PM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4253(E8A) |
| Views: |
454 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Bay Head train |
| Description: |
A Bay Head train makes its stop at Red Bank. Note the CNJ style signals, and the dwarf on track 2. It protects the no longer extant switch to the northbound main on the CNJ Southern Division. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1981 Upload Date: 3/3/2013 4:53:14 AM |
| Location: |
Red Bank, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4248(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) |
| Views: |
615 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Last run |
| Description: |
A trip was run over the CNJ just prior to a section of it being pulled up near Phillipsburg to accomodate construction of I 78. The Phillipsburg station area had some issues with clear areas at the station site, so the trip was run to Easton PA, where riders were able to get off for a photo stop. We see the lead unit head on at Easton. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/1985 Upload Date: 10/7/2014 2:21:53 AM |
| Location: |
Easton, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4248(E8A) NJT 4267(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) |
| Views: |
620 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Good looking train |
| Description: |
The train was posed on the ex LV bridge for photos. The handrails on the ex CNJ bridge are just barely visible to the left of the lead unit, seen through the trees. The LV bridge was ultimately determined to be deficient, while the CNJ bridge was in much better shape, and it was decided that the Lehigh Line would be swung over to the CNJ alignment and over that bridge, and the right of way realigned on the Jersey side. This is the route NS uses today. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/1985 Upload Date: 10/11/2014 3:33:22 AM |
| Location: |
Easton, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4248(E8A) NJT 4267(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) |
| Views: |
817 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
LV station |
| Description: |
Almost. The station here was demolished not long after the end of passenger service in 1961, but the platforms remained. The site was used by Tri State to drop riders for the photo op when they backed the train out onto the brodge, just around the curve out of sight. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/1985 Upload Date: 10/11/2014 3:35:43 AM |
| Location: |
Easton, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4248(E8A) NJT 4267(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) |
| Views: |
571 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Runby |
| Description: |
The train stopped for a runby on the old CNJ main, I believe this was near Hampton |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/1985 Upload Date: 10/11/2014 3:37:42 AM |
| Location: |
Hampton, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4248(E8A) NJT 4267(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) |
| Views: |
698 Comments: 1 |
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