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NJTR 4112 |
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8/24/2007 Upload Date: 5/16/2008 3:54:26 PM |
| Location: |
Mount Tabor, NJ |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4112(GP40PH-2) |
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330 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ex-CNJ Geep |
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Ex- CNJ GP40P 3678. |
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9/3/2007 Upload Date: 5/16/2008 3:59:24 PM |
| Location: |
Port Jervis, NY |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4112(GP40PH-2) |
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388 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJTR 4112 |
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4/8/2009 Upload Date: 4/17/2009 8:20:00 PM |
| Location: |
Millburn, NJ |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4112(GP40PH-2) |
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290 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJTR 4112 |
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Former CNJ unit on Montclair Boonton train to Dover. |
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4/6/2012 Upload Date: 4/27/2012 12:01:20 PM |
| Location: |
Denville, NJ |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
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| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4112(GP40PH-2) |
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360 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Morning Color at WC |
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An eastbound train to Hoboken is lead by WC Tower with one of a handful of ex-CNJ GP40Ps that have made a temporary return to passenger service. |
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10/27/2017 Upload Date: 2/22/2018 3:13:21 PM |
| Location: |
Waldwick, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
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Scenic,Passenger,Action |
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NJTR 4112(GP40PH-2) MNCW 4903(GP40FH-2) |
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526 Comments: 1 |
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Passenger and Industrial |
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An eastbound Bergen County Line local to Hoboken arrives at Wesmont Station rounding the curve at Curtis Wright. The train is lead by one of 13 ex-CNJ GP40Ps (one of six sets like this on the Hoboken Division). The train passes through the industrial landscape of Wallington and Wood-Ridge. This area was at one point one of North Jersey's industrial strongholds with the massive Curtis Wright complex being one of the major manufacturing sites for the war effort during the second World War. Today much of these industrial properties have either been converted to warehouses or have been cleared to make way for retail and townhouses. The Farmland Dairy facility to the left of the scene was one of the more recent facilities to close its doors in December of 2013 resulting in the loss of over 300 North Jersey jobs. What the future holds in store for the vast property is uncertain but it wouldn't come as a surprise to learn of expanded retail and residential construction. |
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11/27/2017 Upload Date: 2/22/2018 2:46:16 PM |
| Location: |
Wood-Ridge, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
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NJTR 4112(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4021(PL42-AC) |
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534 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Two Car Wonder |
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One of two 2-car trainsets running out of Port Jervis, NY on this day roll by BJ Tower. |
| Photo Date: |
1/3/2018 Upload Date: 2/9/2018 5:42:48 PM |
| Location: |
Rutherford, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4112(GP40PH-2) MNCW 4903(GP40FH-2) |
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477 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NJT 4112 |
| Description: |
Roster shot of NJT 4112 acting as a heavy cab. |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/2018 Upload Date: 9/22/2018 12:27:11 AM |
| Location: |
Short Hills, NJ |
| Author: |
Steven Talarsky |
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| Locomotives: |
NJT 4112(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4112(GP40PH-2) |
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146 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJT 4112 |
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Cab shot of NJT 4112 as it acted as a cabcar. |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/2018 Upload Date: 9/22/2018 12:27:41 AM |
| Location: |
Short Hills, NJ |
| Author: |
Steven Talarsky |
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NJT 4112(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4112(GP40PH-2) |
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132 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJT 4112 |
| Description: |
Back end shot of NJT 4112 as it acted as a cabcar. |
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5/11/2018 Upload Date: 9/22/2018 12:29:50 AM |
| Location: |
Short Hills, NJ |
| Author: |
Steven Talarsky |
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| Locomotives: |
NJT 4112(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4112(GP40PH-2) |
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153 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJT 4112 |
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Going away shot of NJT 4112 as it's notched up to help shove the train. |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/2018 Upload Date: 9/22/2018 12:30:26 AM |
| Location: |
Short Hills, NJ |
| Author: |
Steven Talarsky |
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| Locomotives: |
NJT 4112(GP40PH-2) NJTR 4112(GP40PH-2) |
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160 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Montclair Connection |
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An eastbound train rounds the tight curves of a small section of track built between 1999 and 2002 known as the Montclair Connection. This short section of track was first proposed long ago by the then-competing Erie and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroads as a way for the Erie to detour trains from their New York & Greenwood Lake division over the DL&W's Montclair Branch as a result of regular flooding issues the Erie used to face in the meadows between Kearny and Jersey City. As time went on and the Erie and DL&W began to consolidate their operations the possibility of the project being executed was revisited a few times. In the early '60s shortly after the merger of the Erie and DL&W the project was considered once again as a way to consolidate the NY&GL and the Montclair Branch as one route a result of a larger series of re-route projects the new Erie Lackawanna was considering all across North Jersey. The project was shelved though when the affects of the Interstate 80 and Passaic Reroute projects resulted in heavy freight traffic being diverted from the DL&Ws original Boonton Line between Secaucus and Paterson to the Erie's original New York & Greenwood Lake from Jersey City to Wayne. These projects also resulted in the NY&GL being renamed to the Boonton Line. For another 25 years or so the project sat dormant until it was once again revisited by NJ Transit in the 1980s. Around this same time NJ Transit was in the process of closing the original DL&W Montclair Terminal and replaced the historic 6-track terminal with a less-than-stellar single track station near Bay Street. What was significant about this short new alignment was instead of following the historic route towards the old terminal it instead curved away towards the Boonton Line as a way to setup for the possibility of executing the Montclair Connection project proposed so many years before. The late '90s saw negotiations start between NJ Transit and the town of Montclair over land acquisition between Glen Ridge Avenue and Pine Street. The project would require Grant Street and Sherman Avenue to be severed in order to dig out a small cut and a handful of local businesses and homes to be acquired through eminent domain. Demolition and construction began in 1999 with the project wrapping up in September 2002. Monday, September 30 saw the first revenue trains to pass through the new 1,000ft electrified connection. With the electrification being extended from Bay Street Station to Montclair State University the new "Montclair Line" was now part of the NJ Transit's MidTown Direct service bringing direct access to Penn Station New York to another section of the railroad. As a result of this connection the former alignment of the Boonton Line between Pine Street in Montclair to West End interlocking in Jersey City was abandoned by NJ Transit. Rights were not maintained to operate over the line with Norfolk Southern (previously Conrail) who owned this section of the Boonton Line. Two drawbridges in Kearny over the Passaic and Hackensack rivers were in desperate need of heavy repair or replacement and NJ Transit claimed that the ridership levels did not justify any continued operations. The track became known officially as the Orange Running Track was was served by local NS freight trains until about early 2008. |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/2018 Upload Date: 5/11/2018 8:16:42 PM |
| Location: |
Montclair, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4112(GP40PH-2) MNCW 4907(F40PH-3C) |
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558 Comments: 0 |
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