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| Title: |
Lite Es |
| Description: |
A pair of E8s moves to the pocket track to wait for a train from New York. NJT 4326 shows the second variation of the "disco" scheme to grace the E's, platinum must with stripes. It's a lot less garish than the white that they first tried. |
| Photo Date: |
7/26/1983 Upload Date: 11/20/2013 12:24:10 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4326(E8A) NJT 4305(E8A) |
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580 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Cab car leading |
| Description: |
On some trains, the cab car would lead west, though most had the locomotive on the west end. A cab car leads this Raritan train |
| Photo Date: |
7/26/1983 Upload Date: 11/23/2013 1:27:08 AM |
| Location: |
Bound Brook, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
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306 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Peek a boo |
| Description: |
E 8 4305 has tied onto its train and is peeking past the former Raritan River RR office building. It will shortly be on its way to Bay Head |
| Photo Date: |
7/26/1983 Upload Date: 11/20/2013 12:27:12 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4305(E8A) |
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257 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Power change |
| Description: |
After the GG 1s were retired in 1983, NJ Transit acquired some second hand Amtrak E 60s to cover their North Jersey Coast trains on the NY&LB as far as South Amboy. Here we see the swap complete, and the E 60 headed to the yard. Somehow, its just not the same!! |
| Photo Date: |
9/12/1983 Upload Date: 11/6/2011 2:04:23 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4305(E8A) NJT 960(E60) |
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905 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
M&E 14 |
| Description: |
The Hoboken Festival drew a variety of equipment ro the ex DLW station in Hoboken, mostly from NJ Transit, but also from connecting lines. Morristown & Erie usually pitched in with a couple of Alcos. This year did not disappoint, as the sent an S 4 and a C430. Heres S 4 14. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1983 Upload Date: 11/25/2013 10:00:53 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
ME 14(S4) |
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265 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
M&E 16 |
| Description: |
M&E sent C430 #16 as well, heres a nose view. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1983 Upload Date: 11/25/2013 10:02:39 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
ME 16(C430) |
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466 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
M&E 16 long end first |
| Description: |
A rear view of M&E 16 at Hoboken |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1983 Upload Date: 11/25/2013 10:04:00 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
ME 16(C430) |
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542 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Disco E 60 |
| Description: |
I dont recall that any of the other E 60s got repainted in this scheme. This one was at Hoboken for the festival, and may have been painted primarily for the purpose of showing it off there. The E60s never had the success of the GG 1s, and were soon replaced by a variety of European design electrics in the late 80s and 90s. This unit had to be towed in, as it was powered by alternating current and could not run on the DLW 3000 volt DC network. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1983 Upload Date: 11/25/2013 10:14:07 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 958(E60) |
| Views: |
592 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
West bound on the CNJ |
| Description: |
A Raritan train seen from the cab car of an eastbound train on the ex CNJ from Phillipsburg, just off the Aldene connection. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1983 Upload Date: 11/28/2013 1:27:12 AM |
| Location: |
Roselle Park, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4107(GP40P) |
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264 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Laying over |
| Description: |
An F40 waits out the afternoon at Meadows Maintenance Complex in Harrison. |
| Photo Date: |
4/23/1984 Upload Date: 6/24/2014 1:22:46 AM |
| Location: |
Harrison, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4123(F40PH-2CAT) |
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242 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New era |
| Description: |
Contrast this photo to the shot my dad took from roughly the same angle in 1964. Here we have an NJ Transit E60 ready to head into Penn Station with a Bay Head train, and an Amtrak SW 1. Not quite the same as GG 1s and a horde of P 70s. |
| Photo Date: |
4/23/1984 Upload Date: 6/24/2014 1:16:54 AM |
| Location: |
Sunnyside Yard, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 960(E60) |
| Views: |
414 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Short ride |
| Description: |
The link for CNJ trains to get to home rails from the PRR at Newark was a short stretch of the ex LV. There was one stop there, at Roselle Park. Here, NJT 4119 makes its stop and will soon be on the CNJ at Aldene. |
| Photo Date: |
5/22/1984 Upload Date: 6/26/2014 2:52:20 PM |
| Location: |
Roselle Park Station, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4119(F40PH-2) |
| Views: |
265 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arrows to New York |
| Description: |
The electrification was extended to Matawan in 1984, and MU trains were extended there from South Amboy. Thus we have the previously unusual sight of a train of Arrows rolling in from beyond what had been the end of wire. |
| Photo Date: |
11/6/1984 Upload Date: 8/2/2014 1:44:07 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 1250(Arrow II MU) |
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465 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arrows to Matawan |
| Description: |
A westbound train from Penn Station leaves South Amboy en route to the new end of wire in Matawan |
| Photo Date: |
11/6/1984 Upload Date: 8/2/2014 1:46:57 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 1475(Arrow III MU) |
| Views: |
144 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arrows east |
| Description: |
A Jersey Arrow train rolls into South Amboy |
| Photo Date: |
11/6/1984 Upload Date: 8/2/2014 1:48:54 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 1500(Arrow III MU) |
| Views: |
186 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Newark train |
| Description: |
A CNJ side train that originated from Newark passes the ready tracks at South Amboy behind a pair of ex CNJ GP40Ps. From the equipment, this is the former "Bay Head Empire Builder," named for the cars which came from BN, and ran til the early 80's still in BN and GN colors. |
| Photo Date: |
11/6/1984 Upload Date: 8/2/2014 1:51:08 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4103(GP40P) NJT 4102(GP40P) |
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498 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Old and new |
| Description: |
A pair of ex CNJ GP40Ps passes a then new F40 waiting for a train from New York as it makes its way to Bay Head. |
| Photo Date: |
11/6/1984 Upload Date: 8/2/2014 1:52:51 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4105(GP40P) NJT 4109(GP40P) NJT 4128(F40PH-2) |
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508 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New power |
| Description: |
An F40 backs onto a train from New York to take it the rest of the way to Bay Head. |
| Photo Date: |
11/6/1984 Upload Date: 8/2/2014 1:53:53 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4115(F40PH-2CAT) |
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265 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coming in for a change |
| Description: |
One of the New York bound trains comes in to South Amboy, where it will cut off and get an E60 for the rest of the trip to Penn Station. |
| Photo Date: |
11/6/1984 Upload Date: 8/2/2014 1:55:30 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4116(F40PH-2) |
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208 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
This was once Es |
| Description: |
A train from New York passes an F40 on the ready track at South Amboy. Two years prior, this would have been E 8s |
| Photo Date: |
11/6/1984 Upload Date: 8/2/2014 1:57:18 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4127(F40PH-2) NJT 4128(F40PH-2) |
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342 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting |
| Description: |
Where E units(and K 4s) once killed time waiting for GG 1 hauled trains from New York, F40s now rest. |
| Photo Date: |
11/6/1984 Upload Date: 8/2/2014 2:04:25 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4128(F40PH-2) NJT 4127(F40PH-2) |
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251 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Side by side |
| Description: |
The new order-an F40 passes and ex Amtrak E60 west of the South Amboy station |
| Photo Date: |
11/6/1984 Upload Date: 8/2/2014 2:02:12 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4128(F40PH-2) NJT 960(E60) |
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575 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Cab car |
| Description: |
The equipment upgrades also brought the Comet cab cars to the NY&LB., such as this one here trailing on the way to Bay Head. |
| Photo Date: |
11/6/1984 Upload Date: 8/2/2014 2:17:09 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
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345 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Uncoupled |
| Description: |
The motor off a New York train has uncouplled and is now pulling forward so diesels can take over. Somehow its not the same without GG 1s and Es. |
| Photo Date: |
11/6/1984 Upload Date: 8/1/2014 4:21:36 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 958(E60) |
| Views: |
457 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Light to the house |
| Description: |
NJT 958 rolls back through the station to the engine house at South Amboy. |
| Photo Date: |
11/6/1984 Upload Date: 8/1/2014 4:24:06 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 958(E60) |
| Views: |
673 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arriving from NY |
| Description: |
NJT leads a New York train into the station at South Amboy to do the time honored engine change. |
| Photo Date: |
11/6/1984 Upload Date: 8/1/2014 4:29:50 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 958(E60) |
| Views: |
487 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Reversing |
| Description: |
NJT 963 has pulled down to allow the diesels to couple to the train, and will shortly be rolling back to the engine terminal |
| Photo Date: |
11/6/1984 Upload Date: 8/1/2014 4:33:20 AM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 963(E60) |
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284 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Double headed |
| Description: |
A pair of NJ Transit units have this Hampton train in tow, led by a unit that should be familiar with the route, an original CNJ GP40P. |
| Photo Date: |
3/4/1987 Upload Date: 4/19/2015 4:01:27 AM |
| Location: |
Bound Brook, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4111(GP40P) NJT 4119(F40PH-2) |
| Views: |
423 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pushing to Newark |
| Description: |
An eastbound Raritan train gets a push from the now standard F 40 as it heads toward Newark Penn Station and a New York connection. |
| Photo Date: |
3/4/1987 Upload Date: 4/19/2015 4:10:33 AM |
| Location: |
Bound Brook, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4121(F40PH-2) |
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213 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL cab car |
| Description: |
The EL Comet cars would become the standard for NJ Transit. As newer orders came on line, the cars began to roam systemwide, so it was not a total surprise to find one of the cab cars leading on the ex CNJ. They were a vast improvement over the 1920s era cars and long distance hand me downs that dominated the line in the 70s and early 80s. |
| Photo Date: |
3/4/1987 Upload Date: 4/19/2015 4:16:15 AM |
| Location: |
Bound Brook, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4121(F40PH-2) NJT 4121(F40PH-2) |
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600 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CNJ scene |
| Description: |
NJT 4115 leads 5 cars west to Raritan on the ex CNJ at Bound Brook. The station can be seen at the right of the photo. The connection where Reading and B&O trains for Philly left CNJ trackage rights into Jersey City is about a mile to the west, and is at this time removed, as that service ended several years prior to this photo. There were once four tracks here on the CNJ. |
| Photo Date: |
7/18/1987 Upload Date: 11/26/2012 12:40:51 AM |
| Location: |
Bound Brook, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4115(F40PH-2CAT) |
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294 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ready for the evening |
| Description: |
An ex Amtrak E 60 is ready to go into Penn Station for a trip to South Amboy later this afternoon. The E 60s were to take over the role of the GG 1s, but never seemed to quite live up to their predecessors repuation. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1988 Upload Date: 7/3/2015 4:38:45 AM |
| Location: |
Sunnyside Yard, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 960(E60) |
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348 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Patched |
| Description: |
Like many NJ Transit units of that era, this E 60 wears the colors of a previous owner, only with a patch paint job showing its true owner. This one will make a trip out to South Amboy later today, just as its predecessors did for decades. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1988 Upload Date: 7/3/2015 4:41:06 AM |
| Location: |
Sunnyside Yard, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 961(E60) |
| Views: |
353 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pushing to Newark |
| Description: |
The ex CNJ Raritan Line is now all push pull with F40s and Comets, a far dry from less than ten years ago, when it was still possible to see ex CNJ GP40Ps and GP7Ps with 1920s era coaches plying the line, which then went to Phillipsburg on the Delaware River. The new equipment is more comfortable and reliable, but I miss the aroma of brake shoe smoke coming in the open windows. Heres a rebuilt GP 40 type pushing a set of Comets toward Newark Penn Station for a connection to New York. |
| Photo Date: |
8/18/1991 Upload Date: 2/27/2015 3:08:57 PM |
| Location: |
Fanwood, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4140(GP40FH-2) |
| Views: |
289 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ALP on the river |
| Description: |
An ALP 44 rolls into South Amboy across the Raritan River. Ten years earlier, this train would have had a GG 1 for power |
| Photo Date: |
8/18/1991 Upload Date: 2/26/2015 4:04:09 PM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4414(ALP-44) |
| Views: |
216 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pushing across |
| Description: |
The trains on the North Jersey Coast didnt seem to follow a pattern in the post GG 1 age. Unlike that era, where the power was almost always on the outbound end going away from New York, now the trains seemed to work either way. Here we have the cab car leading south as the train rolls over the river bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
8/18/1991 Upload Date: 2/26/2015 4:07:28 PM |
| Location: |
South Amboy, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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291 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
On the CNJ |
| Description: |
This eastbound was pushing on the ex CNJ at Westfield, which still has its beautiful stone station. There were once three tracks here. The reduction in the scope of facilities on what used to be busy freight mains is stunning to anyone who remembers the glory days. |
| Photo Date: |
9/7/2003 Upload Date: 6/9/2016 4:14:29 AM |
| Location: |
Westfield, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4212(GP40PH-2B) |
| Views: |
283 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Not dressed up, but ready to go |
| Description: |
A group of NJ Transit diesels awaits shipment and paint at the former Erie shops, now Alstom, in Hornell. |
| Photo Date: |
2/27/2005 Upload Date: 11/19/2012 1:10:20 AM |
| Location: |
Hornell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4022(PL42-AC) NJT 4019(PL42-AC) NJT 4025(PL42-AC) |
| Views: |
802 Comments: 0 |
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