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Title: |
A Busy Hoboken Morning |
Description: |
It's a "business-as-usual" Friday on a cold December morning in Hoboken. NJ Transit's "Railmen for Children" Santa train hangs out of the house on 8 Depot with the new CNJ tribute on the lead paired up with another ex-CNJ sister. The train will soon leave Hoboken with a train load of students from school across North Jersey adding another sucesful trip to the employee-run charity's books. |
Photo Date: |
12/6/2019 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:17:02 AM |
Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NJTR 4109(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4506(ALP45-DP) |
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358 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Central Railroad of the Lackawanna |
Description: |
The sun rises on a cold December morning on the Hudson River waterfront as the annual NJ Transit "Railmen for Children" holiday charity train holds the depot on Track 8 waiting to head west for a round trip to Port Morris. Leading the train is a pair of ex-CNJ GP40Ps with the 4109 recently being painted as a tribute to the Central Railroad of New Jersey. |
Photo Date: |
12/6/2019 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:17:41 AM |
Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
NJTR 4109(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4111(GP40PH-2) |
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339 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
GP40Ps on the Waterfront |
Description: |
The Central Railroad of New Jersey had already closed their Jersey City waterfront terminal by the time their iconic GP40Ps arrived in October of 1968. For almost 15 years these engines would exclusively run trains over the former CNJ lines that terminated at Newark Penn Station and Hudson Yard. However, by 1983 things started to change as Conrail officially handed over commuter rail operations to New Jersey Transit. Before long the 13 ex-CNJ GP40Ps would finally taste the salty air of New York Harbor albeit from Lackawanna rails and in NJDOT or NJ Transit colors. As time went by their presence on the Hoboken Division would become more and common as they were modified from steam generators to HEP motors. Upon returning from their early-'90s Altoona rebuilds these locomotives would almost exclusively call the DL&W and Erie rails of the Hoboken Division home with the occasional visit to CNJ rails. It wouldn't be until late 2019 that one of the 13 would wear "CNJ" paint inspired by their as-delivered appearance this close to New York City. |
Photo Date: |
12/6/2019 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:18:15 AM |
Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
NJTR 4109(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) |
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361 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Heritage and the Holidays |
Description: |
In the early hours of a cold December morning at Hoboken Terminal the sound of two ex-CNJ GP40s rumble just outside the historic depot sheds. In just a few hours the train will head west with a trainload of children from schools all across New Jersey for the annual employee-sponsored "Railmen for Children" Santa train. |
Photo Date: |
12/6/2019 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:18:26 AM |
Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
Categories: |
Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NJTR 4109(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) |
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296 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Railmen for Children at Denville |
Description: |
The Railman for Children train storms west through Denville Station with two ex-CNJ GP40Ps on the former Lackawanna Boonton Line. |
Photo Date: |
12/6/2019 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:18:55 AM |
Location: |
Denville, NJ |
Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NJTR 4109(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) |
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345 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Real Locomotives |
Description: |
A pair of 51-year old ex-CNJ GP40Ps are ready to lead NJ Transit's "Railmen for Children" west on the Boonton Line for a trip to Port Morris Yard and back. The lead engine is one of NJ Transit's three newest heritage locomotives paying tribute to the Central Railroad of New Jersey. There's something about the look of a 2nd generation standard cab EMD that just say "Locomotive" to me. I grew up when NJ Transit was in the process of ordering a ton of GP40 rebuilds and almost all the Conrail trains that ran through my hometown of Rutherford were all EMD GP and SD power until the C40-8Ws started to show up. Personally I like the modern appearance of a lot of the newer power that on the rails today but no matter how technology advances as time goes by whenever someone says the world "locomotive" the image that pops up in my head is a GP40. |
Photo Date: |
12/6/2019 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:18:59 AM |
Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NJTR 4109(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4506(ALP45-DP) |
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380 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
West Dewey in Wharton |
Description: |
A pair of ex-CNJ GP40P shove the "Railmen for Children" return trip to Hoboken east along West Dewey Avenue in Wharton. |
Photo Date: |
12/6/2019 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:19:41 AM |
Location: |
Wharton, NJ |
Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
Categories: |
Roster,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NJTR 4109(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) |
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304 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NJTR 4206 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
12/14/2019 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:17:50 AM |
Location: |
Boonton, NJ |
Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NJTR 4206(GP40PH-2B) NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) |
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269 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Dagobah |
Description: |
Shortly after departure of the third Tri-States Santa Train of the day the train passes over the Pompton River through what could pass for the swamp planet of Dagobah. |
Photo Date: |
12/14/2019 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:17:53 AM |
Location: |
Lincoln Park, NJ |
Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NJTR 4206(GP40PH-2B) NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) |
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240 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The Holiday Hustle |
Description: |
A pair of GP40s roar through the infamous "Spaghetti Bowl" interchange of I-80, US-46 and NJ-23 after unloading from the third round trip of Tri-States Santa Trains for the day. |
Photo Date: |
12/14/2019 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:19:15 AM |
Location: |
Wayne, NJ |
Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NJTR 4206(GP40PH-2B) NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) |
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222 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The Roaring Rockaway River |
Description: |
The cold waters of the Rockaway River roar as the Tri-States Santa Train picks up speed after doing a slow roll-by of the United Railroad Historical Society's property just west of this bridge. |
Photo Date: |
12/14/2019 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:19:18 AM |
Location: |
Boonton, NJ |
Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NJTR 4206(GP40PH-2B) NJTR 4100(GP40PH-2) |
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239 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Musconetcong Gloom |
Description: |
NJ Transit's "CNJ" tribute engine leads train #871 along the Musconetcong River into Hackettstown just as the sun adds some light to a gloomy day. |
Photo Date: |
12/27/2019 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:18:36 AM |
Location: |
Allamuchy, NJ |
Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NJTR 4109(GP40PH-2) |
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222 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
A Hazy Night on the Long Slip |
Description: |
The south side of Hoboken Terminal is all quiet with only the hum of an dual mode and the occasional passing train disturbing the peace. |
Photo Date: |
12/28/2019 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:17:09 AM |
Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
Categories: |
Night,Yard,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
NJTR 4512(ALP45-DP) |
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154 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Passaic River Gloom |
Description: |
The last day of 2019 is off to a cloudy start as a pair of ex-CNJ GP40Ps shove Train #1206 east over the Passaic River at Lyndhurst Drawbridge. |
Photo Date: |
12/31/2019 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:18:46 AM |
Location: |
Lyndhurst, NJ |
Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NJTR 4101(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4109(GP40PH-2) |
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310 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Two Ladies of Liberty |
Description: |
On a misty New Years Eve morning a pair of ex-CNJ geeps are about to leave off 10 Depot for a deadhead run to Waldwick, NJ. |
Photo Date: |
12/31/2019 Upload Date: 12/20/2020 11:19:30 AM |
Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
Categories: |
Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NJTR 4101(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4109(GP40PH-2) |
Views: |
430 Comments: 0 |
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