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Conrail ME-2 returns to Metuchen Yard from COUNTY interlocking after waiting for many Amtrak and NJ Transit trains to pass. The majority of the 14-car train consists of empty covered hoppers from the busy salt distributor on the Delco Lead. The head car is perhaps the only exception, most likely an empty plastic pellet car off the National Can Lead. Lately the ME-2 crew prefers operating with a unit on each end of the consist vs. running with a caboose on the hind end for shove moves. Perhaps in warmer weather the caboose will make a return appearance.
NS 5630 GP38-2 (ex-PC/CR GP38 7702)
CSXT 2798 GP38-2 (ex-CR 8238)
This will probably be the last winter season for the dwindling fleet of AEM-7s on Amtrak's roster. So it was very nice to see 919 leading Northeast Regional train 195 through the heart of a major winter storm. In this view 195 was running only a few minutes late, but the train would eventually arrive in Washington, DC about an hour and a half late. This is not bad considering the blizzard conditions that were encountered during most of the trip.
Amtrak's Pennsylvanian on this day included four private cars on the head end. The head three cars were wrapped for a pre-Thanksgiving promotion by King's Hawaiian, a well-known baker of bread and dinner rolls. On-board guests were treated to a Thanksgiving meal that included King's Hawaiian baked goods as the cars traveled in segments between Philadelphia and Boston. 42 made a three-way meet at Edison, NJ with a stopped NJ Transit local and a westbound Acela. The train was running over 20 minutes late, passing Edison well after sunset.
For the record, the PVs were:
PAPX 800224: "Blue Ridge Club" - built by P-S in 1950 for C&O
PAXX 800644: built by Budd in 1951 as PRR parlor/diner "Henry Hudson"
PPCX 800045 "Caritas" - built by P-S in 1948 as Frisco 14-4 sleeper "Pierre La Clede"
"PRR" 7503 "Francis L. Suter": built by Pullman in 1948 as a PRR business car
Amtrak 42 Pennsylvanian:
AMTK 665 ACS-64
Amtrak KN702 brings an assortment of ballast cars from Durant Yard in Newark to Adams. In the distance, an NJT eastbound heads for Penn Station.
AMTK KN702:
AMTK 525 GP38H-3
AMTK 578 GP15D
One week after catching a three-way meet at this location between Conrail ME-2 and two Amtrak regional trains, another similar meet occurs. This time the participants include eastbound NJ Transit train 3866 from Trenton to New York on track 1, westbound Amtrak Acela 2167 on track 2 and an eastbound NJ Transit deadhead move on track 3. The deadheading Arrow IIIs made a quick turn at County interlocking after terminating at Jersey Ave with train 3723 a short while earlier.
The southbound Silver Star hits a small patch of sunlight on the approach to Edison station with the "David L. Gunn" unit (AMTK 600) leading.
An impressive 12-car train of Arrow IIIs appears through the icy mist, slowing for Edison station. This Jersey Avenue-bound train met an eastbound just east of the station.
NJTR 1437 Arrow III EMU
One of NJ Transit's Veteran's units casts a reflection while slowing for the station stop at Edison.
NJTR 4641 ALP-46A
Amtrak 19, the Crescent, heads for a somewhat warmer climate. The train is passing through a frigid Edison, NJ shortly after originating in an equally frigid New York City.
AMTK 623 ACS-64
Well, sort of. Here is another interesting NJ Transit equipment extra. This one is headed to Morrisville, PA with a consist of three ALP-46s leading 10 MLVs and one more ALP-46 on the rear for good measure. Only the two lead units have their pans raised, making this more of an official "double header" consist. The eastbound Amtrak train is a late-running 88 from Norfolk, VA.
NJTR 4630 ALP-46A
NJTR 4612 ALP_46
NJTR 4651 ALP-46A
NJTR 4646 ALP-46A (rear unit)
A westbound local to Trenton makes its way through Edison on a beautiful early September evening. The three colors of NJ Transit and the early colors of Autumn allow for this very colorful scene. NJT 4629 is the first of NJ Transit's ALP-46A electric locomotives.
NJT 7859 @ Edison, NJ
NJTR ALP-46A 4629
Amtrak 657 leads train 140 through Edison during one of the heavier moments of snowfall on this snowy January day.
A southbound morning ACES train to Atlantic City passes through Edison with NJT ALP-44 4409 shoving.
The Atlantic City Express Service was a short-lived experiment that ultimately failed. These four car trains operated Friday-Sunday between Feb 2009 and Sept 2011. Power was typically a P40DC and ALP-44 combination, as the train operated in both electrified and non-electrified territory. The coaches have since been reconfigured as standard NJT equipment.
Westbound NextGen Acela 2142 glides past a stopped eastbound NJ Transit Northeast Corridor local at Edison. Orange safety cones have appeared like weeds on the platforms here and they are bolted in place. It's a challenge to either not get them in a shot or to at least minimize their presence, as I tried to do here. I believe these high-level platforms were constructed in the early 90s and they have not aged well.
Amtrak 621 leads train 19, the New Orleans-bound Crescent, through Edison, NJ during the first snow storm of the season. Workers try in vain to keep the station platforms clear, but the heavy, wet snow seems to be sticking to every surface.
Amtrak 162 is running over four hours late due to blizzard conditions. Nearly 2 feet of snow fell, making operations on the NEC difficult. NJ Transit had cancelled service, but at least some Amtrak trains were running...which is more than can be said about airlines!
Amtrak ACS-64 600, recently named for former Amtrak president David L. Gunn, shoves Keystone Service train 664 through Edison, NJ.
A Northeast Regional train led by HHP-8 660 overtakes a set of NJ Transit Arrow IIIs which are slowing for the station stop at Edison. While Amtrak's HHP-8s only lasted in service for around ten years, the Arrow IIIs amazingly soldier on in 2019 after 42 years of service.
AMTK 660 HHP-8
March 2013
A southbound morning ACES train to Atlantic City passes through Edison behind NJT P40DC 4800.
The Atlantic City Express Service was a short-lived experiment that ultimately failed. These four car trains operated Friday-Sunday between Feb 2009 and Sept 2011. Power was typically a P40DC and ALP-44 combination, as the train operated in both electrified and non-electrified territory. The coaches have since been reconfigured as standard NJT equipment.
A 12-car Silver Meteor is nearing the end of its journey in New York on a chilly Christmas morning. The train is running nearly an hour early at this point. Included in the consist is Viewliner Diner 68001 and rebuilt Viewliner I sleeper "New River".
Two Raritan Central SW1500s exchange loaded and empty centerbeam cars at The Home Depot distribution center's lead on a crisp winter morning.
NJ Transit GP40-2 No. 4300 runs long-hood forward through Edison, NJ as it leads a westbound MMC equipment move to Morrisville, PA.
One of NJ Transit’s thirty five Bombardier ALP-45DP “Dual-Mode” locomotives shoving an eastbound train to New York departs Edison on the Northeast Corridor.
NJT 3866 @ Edison Station, Edison, NJ
NJTR ALP-45DP 4514
Amtrak's northbound Silver Meteor has four Viewliner sleeping cars in the consist on this Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
A pair of CSX GP38-2s escaped from their usual local assignments and found themselves on this Q418-07 (Camden, NJ to Selkirk, NY). The pair is seen blasting through CP Potter on Conrail's Lehigh Line with a heavy train in tow. The sound of two non-turbocharged EMD 645s in run 8 could be heard well in advance of the train's arrival.
CSXT 2647 GP38-2 (ex-LN 4141)
CSXT 2814 GP38-2 (ex-CR 8280)
Conrail ME-84 heads west for County interlocking after working the National Can lead about a mile east of this location. The short consist is bracketed by a pair of former Conrail GP38-2s with NS 5313 leading and 5311 trailing. ME-2 is the normal symbol of this job, and I'm not sure why this symbol was used on this day.
Amtrak "Holiday Extra" 1057 heads for Washington, DC from New York Penn station with a borrowed set of NJ Transit Arrow IIIs. Amtrak has a long-standing tradition of borrowing equipment from regional commuter agencies to cover extra service on the Northeast Corridor during the busy post-Thanksgiving holiday travel period. The Arrow IIIs are now at or near 40-years old and replacement equipment is planned.
An NJ Transit extra to Morrisville, PA from the MMC heads west through the haze at Edison on the Northeast Corridor. 4218 was providing the power for this mix of single and multi-level equipment, with an ALP-45DP and ALP-46A dead in tow on the hind end. One of each of the three main types of active Comet single level cars is represented here. NJT doesn't mix single and multi-level equipment in revenue service due to compatibility issues, so these extras show how it might have been had those issues not occurred.
NJTR 4218 GP40PH-2B (ex-PC/CR 3199 GP40)