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NJTR PL42AC 4000 handles a morning rush hour Raritan Valley Line train on a frigid winter morning...as viewed across the frozen "lake" in Newark's Weequahic Park.
Conrail SEDA (Selkirk, NY to Doremus Ave - Newark, NJ) had a mix of intermodal and autoracks trailing on this gray winter day. The train is on the Greenville #1 Running Track while setting off autoracks in the Garden Yard. The third unit in the consist is Housatonic RR GP35 3602. The double tracked Greenville Runner was once the electrified Greenvillle Branch of the PRR which explains the catenary poles seen here.
Housatonic's fleet of five GP35s had been rebuilt by Conrail's Juniata Locomotive Shop before entering service. All units were delivered via the Lehigh and River Lines, but made a few round trips due to mechanical issues. North Jersey railfans most likely photographed the entire fleet before they turned a wheel in revenue service on the "Housy".
Conrail SEDA:
CR 6470 SD40-2
CR 1914 B23-7
HRRC 3602 GP35 (ex-PRR/PC/CR 2254)
January 1993
NS 33K paces car and truck traffic on US-22 through Weequahic Park in Newark, NJ.
NS 33K:
NS 4022 AC44C6M
It's a humid morning in the Brick City, as OI-16 goes about building their train in Oak Island Yard. In the distance, an assortment of local and road power relaxes at 91 Bay, while 212 sits on the P&H waiting on space into Croxton Yard. Further out is the skyline of downtown Newark, with both the Prudential Building and Center sitting prominently.
A Soo Line SD40/SD40-2 duo idle at the D&H intermodal terminal in Conrail's Oak Island Yard. During the mid-90s it was not uncommon to see Soo Line units mixed with CP and even D&H power on this train.
CP/D&H 266:
SOO 738 SD40
SOO 777 SD40-2
January, 1993
(SEE & HEAR)---GT, Grand Truck Western SD40 #5921 sits and waits for its next assignment, as a southbound Amtrak with E60 #969 leading passes Lane tower, Newark, New Jersey. April 12, 1977. Jack D Kuiphoff photo © video
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An eastbound Raritan Valley Line train passes Newark's Weequahic Park. The next stop for this train will be Newark Penn Station, before continuing to Penn Station New York.
NJT 5134 @ Weequahic Park, Newark, NJ
NJTR ALP-45DP 4530
An NJ Transit extra heads west during the morning rush hour. The early morning sun highlights the remaining fall color in Weequahic Park.
An NJ Transit Raritan Valley Line train is ready for departure on Track 5 of Newakr's Penn Station. GP40FH-2s and "Comarrow" coaches were commonly found on the RVL throughout the 90s.
45 years ago. Converted from a 35mm slide that I took as a passenger in my friend's car the morning after rioting had broken out the night before. It was a very tense situation. I had to hide the camera from the rioters' view.
The NJ Historical Society ran an exhibition about the Newark Riots and the video narration contains this photo and few others that I shot during that turbulent time in the city. Visit the NJ Historical webpage to get more information.
Visit my Flickr set called, BACK IN THE DAY for more riot photos.
NJT 5416 has been short of a working cab car for over a week as of this date of this photo. NJT GP40-2 4300 has been pinch hitting on the east end of the consist during this time. To make things even more interesting, the west end of the consist includes a double-header: PL42AC 4029 and ALP-45DP 4515. NS 21M is heading west on track 2.
Ironbound section of Newark. Known for Portuguese restaurants and bars (and not necessarily in that order).
The only two remaining F40PH-2CATs on NJ Transit's active locomotive roster had the privilege to be in charge of stone extra from Dover yard on the Montclair-Boonton Line. Both units have been demoted to non-revenue service and are mostly used for utility work only. The two cowls lead a train of 10 empty stone cars through the Newark Broad Street Station on its return trip to the MMC.
NJT X4119 @ Newark Broad Street Station, Newark, NJ
NJTR F40PH-2CAT 4119
NJTR F40PH-2CAT 4120
In the old Ironbound district of my hometown Newark NJ, twelve miles from Manhattan. (Above, Oliver Street, where we lived.)
Amtrak 915 brings an unusually long Metroliner consist east in Newark Penn Station. Bringing up the markers is the "Corridor Clipper" geometry car.
AMTK 915 AEM-7
July 1992
An SD38/MT6 slug set rests at the east end of Oak Island Yard. These slug sets were the usual power at Oak Island hump during the last decade of Conrail's existence.
CR 6937 SD38
CR 1107 MT-6
March 18, 1995
NJT ALP-45DP 4528 shoves a Raritan Valley Line consist east during the morning rush as heavy, wet snow falls.
A former Family LInes GP16 is dead-in-tow on Conrail SECS as the train crosses Newark Bay and enters Oak Island Yard. I suspect this unit was destined for scrapping at Naporano in Newark.
CSXT 1796 GP16 (ex-SCL 4750)
January 1993
NJ Transit Train No. 5444 heading to Hudson Yard as it goes side by side with PATH Train.
NJ Transit Raritan Valley Train No. 5441 with CNJ No. 4109 being operated by Frank Strunk on his last day. After 53 years Mr. Strunk's will be going into retirement. Last CNJ engineer on the roster.
Enjoy your retirement!
July 20, 2021
Newark Penn Station
Amtrak 10002 the "Corridor Clipper" geometry car rides along on the rear of an eastbound Metroliner that has stopped at Newark's Penn Station.
July 1992
Ann Street School, K-thru-8, (my alma mater) in the Ironbound section of Newark NJ, twelve miles from New York City.
In 1986, the Newark City Subway PCCs still had trolley poles. Car 19 is still in Transport of New Jersey livery. It's now Muni 1078, representing San Diego. October 30, 1986. © 2015 Peter Ehrlich
The Acme (former Pathmark) of Ferry Street in Newark, NJ is having a going-out-of-business sale. The closing was announced by the UFCW local 1262 a few weeks back. Unfortunately, the closing is not surprising. In a gentrifying neighborhood full of immigrants from Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Ecuador and lots of other places--Pathmark, with its deep expertise in ethnic merchandising--was a perfect fit; by contrast, Acme makes little effort to carry the products that the people of the neighborhood want to buy. It’s like the company has one model for supermarkets, and they plop them down no matter what neighborhood they operate in.
The sad part is that Pathmark was so successful and high-volume in this neighborhood that, in 1995, they replaced an older store next door with this 65,000 sq. ft. super center. Once A&P took over, prices went up, but at least the store still carried the wide selection of fresh and dry goods that the neighborhood wanted. Acme cut tons of these products and greatly reduced the selection. They replaced the once vibrant international flavor of Pathmark with a WASPy supermarket that your grandmother might have shopped at.
I am sure this is only the first of many former A&P/Pathmark stores that will close under Acme's leadership. The stores are mostly devoid of customers. The owners of New Albertson’s never had a long-term strategy to be in the grocery business. This is a company run by Wall-Street money men who buy up companies, leech money out of them to make themselves rich, saddle the companies with debt, and then try to sell them quickly. And believe me, they are saddling New Albertsons with billions of dollars of debt, financing all these acquisitions and store renovations. Unfortunately for them, there has been low interest in an Albertsons IPO the two times they have tried to offer the company up for sale, and now that same-store sales are tanking, it seems even more unlikely. To top it off, the company still hasn’t had a single profitable quarter since it was formed and is losing tens of millions every quarter.
Employees are being offered opportunities to relocate to other stores, but the ones I spoke to said many of the stores are too far away, and after being put through the wringer over the years, I think they are ready to move on. No one has yet signed on to takeover the supermarket, but the buzz was that ShopRite was interested in the store. The Kearny ShopRite operates 3 miles away.
From the desk of the Explorer of the Seas as we departed for New England / Canada and a cruise down the St. Lawrence River.
A walk across the deck to the other side provided a view of the New York City skyline and the Statue of Liberty. What a beautiful port from which to embark on an adventure that was memorable.
The Raritan Valley Line hosts yet another odd equipment extra. The eastbound consist is led by a Comet V cab car and includes 4009 (PL42AC), 4509 (ALP-45DP), a multilevel coach and two more ALP-45DPs, 4510 & 4515. The train is headed back to the MMC in this view.
Broad Movable Bridge, AKA “The Newark Drawbridge”, carries trains of NJ Transit's M&E and Montclair-Boonton Lines over the Passaic River between Newark and Harrison, NJ. It is known as the Newark Drawbridge, however the bridge is labeled "Broad Moveable Bridge" in the NJT Special Instructions System Timetable. The bridge was built by the Lackawanna Railroad back in 1903.
NJT 6648 @ Newark Drawbridge, Newark, NJ
NJTR ALP-45DP 4508
Just a nice (filtered....haha) picture of my sister and I at Branch Brook Park, in Newark, NJ. The park is famous for it's cherry blossoms, which were at peak. Leave it to us to go all the way to Newark at peak blossom to take a selfie with nary a cherry blossom in sight. My sister took the selfie, so the copyright is hers. I have her permission to share it.
Branch Brook Park, Newark, NJ.
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