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By:Chris S
Dates:8/4/2009 - 12/4/2009
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NS 7695
Title:  NS 7695
Description:  Former CP and SP units add variety to an NS ethanol train, sitting in chilly NJ after the first major snowfall of the season
Photo Date:  12/28/2010  Upload Date: 12/28/2010 4:47:37 PM
Location:  Carteret, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 7695(ES40DC) STLH 5651(SD40-2) CITX 2796(SD40M-2)
Views:  700   Comments: 3
STLH 5651
Title:  STLH 5651
Description:  StL&H 5651 is second unit today on NS 68Q, a somewhat rare visitor to central New Jersey
Photo Date:  12/28/2010  Upload Date: 12/28/2010 4:55:06 PM
Location:  Carteret, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  STLH 5651(SD40-2)
Views:  346   Comments: 4
CITX 2796
Title:  CITX 2796
Description:  A classic EMD carbody getting harder & harder to find; built as Southern Pacific SD45 9079 in 1969, CITX 2796 is third unit on a NS ethanol train, awaiting a new crew
Photo Date:  12/28/2010  Upload Date: 12/28/2010 4:59:13 PM
Location:  Carteret, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CITX 2796(SD40M-2)
Views:  584   Comments: 4
DME 6094
Title:  DME 6094
Description:  Seen as third unit in NS train 68Q, DME 6094 enters her 44th year of service, originally built as an SD40 for Canadien Pacific in 1967
Photo Date:  1/10/2011  Upload Date: 1/10/2011 9:30:22 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 6094(SD40-3)
Views:  478   Comments: 3
NS 2596
Title:  NS 2596
Description:  The engineer of local crew PR-19 shoves hard, crossing the diamond at CP-PD on the way south (away from the camera) to the refinery, just a mile away
Photo Date:  1/10/2011  Upload Date: 1/10/2011 9:36:56 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2596(SD70M) NS 8822(C40-9) DME 6094(SD40-3) NREX 6309(SD40-2)
Views:  710   Comments: 3
UP 4447
Title:  UP 4447
Description:  Two variations of the EMD SD70 lead an empty train of ethanol cars, destined for points west as soon as a fresh Norfolk Southern road crew can be summoned
Photo Date:  2/12/2011  Upload Date: 2/13/2011 11:50:05 AM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4447(SD70M) UP 8612(SD70ACe)
Views:  390   Comments: 4
NS 1702
Title:  NS 1702
Description:  Southbound Conrail Shared Assets symbol OI-16 slows as the crew approaches CP-PD and Port Reading Yard for the daily delivery from Oak Island Yard
Photo Date:  2/12/2011  Upload Date: 2/13/2011 11:58:55 AM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 1702(SD45-2) NS 3376(SD40-2)
Views:  309   Comments: 1
NS 1702
Title:  NS 1702
Description:  Through rain, sleet, snow, and the gloom of winter.....the dedicated Conrail Shared Assets crews keep the freight moving through another tough season in the northeast
Photo Date:  2/12/2011  Upload Date: 2/13/2011 12:06:23 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 1702(SD45-2) NS 3376(SD40-2)
Views:  322   Comments: 4
ICE 6407
Title:  ICE 6407
Description:  In a scene more resembling Iowa than New Jersey, power from two NS ethanol trains spend a cold winter day on the east coast
Photo Date:  2/12/2011  Upload Date: 2/12/2011 7:35:59 PM
Location:  Sewaren, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ICE 6407(SD40-2) UP 4447(SD70M)
Views:  556   Comments: 2
UP 4447
Title:  UP 4447
Description:  On a partly gloomy winter day, UP units, with local crew JR-2 onboard, power a train of ethanol empties northward on the Chemical Coast Secondary
Photo Date:  2/12/2011  Upload Date: 2/12/2011 7:40:08 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4447(SD70M) UP 8612(SD70ACe)
Views:  565   Comments: 2
ICE 6407
Title:  ICE 6407
Description:  A closer look at IC&E 6407, the "City of Clinton", originally built for the Missouri Pacific RR in 1980
Photo Date:  2/12/2011  Upload Date: 2/13/2011 11:25:24 AM
Location:  Sewaren, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ICE 6407(SD40-2)
Views:  173   Comments: 1
ICE 6407
Title:  ICE 6407
Description:  Interesting power from yesterdays NS train 66Q; hard to find a solid lashup of SD40-2s these days!
Photo Date:  2/12/2011  Upload Date: 2/12/2011 7:30:36 PM
Location:  Sewaren, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ICE 6407(SD40-2) CITX 3157(SD40-2) CITX 3082(SD40-2)
Views:  641   Comments: 3
NS 1702
Title:  NS 1702
Description:  Conrail symbol OI-16 is seen southbound on the CSAO Chemical Coast Secondary, approaching DCS BARB, on her way to Browns Yard in Sayreville, NJ
Photo Date:  2/12/2011  Upload Date: 2/13/2011 11:38:01 AM
Location:  Sewaren, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 1702(SD45-2) NS 3376(SD40-2)
Views:  321   Comments: 3
NS 1702
Title:  NS 1702
Description:  For a moment, I am transported back in time; ICE 6407 is sitting with 2 other SD40-2s, as another SD40-2 and a former SD45-2 (on CSAO symbol OI-16) heads south past them; all-EMD, all-Spartan cab, alright!
Photo Date:  2/12/2011  Upload Date: 2/12/2011 11:13:40 PM
Location:  Sewaren, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 1702(SD45-2) NS 3376(SD40-2) ICE 6407(SD40-2)
Views:  572   Comments: 1
BNSF 9442
Title:  BNSF 9442
Description:  The sun was in the wrong spot, but an ex-BN SD70MAC in the old 'executive' scheme is rarely seen in these parts, so off I went
Photo Date:  2/18/2011  Upload Date: 2/20/2011 11:02:09 AM
Location:  Sewaren, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9442(SD70MAC) BNSF 7495(ES44DC)
Views:  619   Comments: 4
CN 2461
Title:  CN 2461
Description:  Finally! After watching this train roll through Bethelehem, Pa, early this morning and missing a shot at it, I finally caught up to this rare visitor, some 5 miles east of first sighting. CN 2461 is ex-CR/LMS Leasing 734 (blt 11/94), still in her original+ albeit very faded, paint after all these years
Photo Date:  2/26/2011  Upload Date: 2/26/2011 9:34:22 PM
Location:  Sewaren, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IC 2461(C40-8W)
Views:  389   Comments: 4
NS 1702
Title:  NS 1702
Description:  Conrail Shared Assets train OI-16 heads south on the Chemical Coast Secondary after working Port Reading Yard. A special visitor today, with 'still-Blue' NS 3059 assisting
Photo Date:  3/18/2011  Upload Date: 3/18/2011 7:42:57 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 1702(SD45-2) NS 3059(GP40-2)
Views:  791   Comments: 4
NS 3059
Title:  NS 3059
Description:  With a face only a mother (and a Conrail fan) could love, bruised & battered ex-Conrail 3384, blt 5/79, sounded very healthy rolling by, as she helped pull CSAO OI-16 southward towards Browns Yard
Photo Date:  3/18/2011  Upload Date: 3/18/2011 7:46:45 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3059(GP40-2)
Views:  729   Comments: 2
NS 1702
Title:  NS 1702
Description:  Backing into Port Reading Yard for a set-out, CSAO train OI-16 ties up the diamond at CP-PD, where the Port Reading Secondary crosses the Chemical Coast Secondary
Photo Date:  3/18/2011  Upload Date: 3/18/2011 7:51:37 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 1702(SD45-2) NS 3059(GP40-2)
Views:  316   Comments: 5
CSX 537
Title:  CSX 537
Description:  The crew of Norfolk Southern train 67Q (ethanol empties) spins the power on the wye at Port Reading Yard
Photo Date:  3/18/2011  Upload Date: 3/18/2011 7:33:53 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 537(AC44CW)
Views:  183   Comments: 2
CN 2613
Title:  CN 2613
Description:  A northern visitor is in the lashup for todays NS train 67Q
Photo Date:  3/18/2011  Upload Date: 3/18/2011 7:36:24 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 2613(C44-9W) NS 9433(C40-9W)
Views:  187   Comments: 2
NS 9433
Title:  NS 9433
Description:  With a fresh crew aboard, the power for todays NS train 67Q (ethanol empties) backs away from the camera to its train, and will depart westward within 30 minutes of this image
Photo Date:  3/18/2011  Upload Date: 3/18/2011 7:38:32 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9433(C40-9W) CN 2613(C44-9W) CSX 7625(C40-8) CSX 537(AC44CW)
Views:  420   Comments: 4
CITX 2785
Title:  CITX 2785
Description:  Built as Southern Pacific 9128 in December o 1969 (!), CITX 2785 will be part of an empty ethanol train later this afternoon
Photo Date:  3/22/2011  Upload Date: 3/24/2011 9:36:10 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CITX 2785(SD40M-2)
Views:  381   Comments: 3
NS 9133
Title:  NS 9133
Description:  A bright spot to an otherwise gloomy day, as an ex-Southern Pacific unit pays a visit to the east coast on todays NS train 68Q
Photo Date:  4/5/2011  Upload Date: 4/5/2011 4:24:50 PM
Location:  Sewaren, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9133(C40-9W) UP 6332(AC44CW)
Views:  538   Comments: 4
UP 6332
Title:  UP 6332
Description:  Far from home, a patched former Espee unit makes her way to New Jersey on NS unit ethanol train 68Q
Photo Date:  4/5/2011  Upload Date: 4/5/2011 4:29:10 PM
Location:  Sewaren, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6332(AC44CW)
Views:  470   Comments: 1
NS 9577
Title:  NS 9577
Description:  Up close & personal with NS train 66Q, as she rounds the east leg of the wye and transitions from the CSAO Port Reading Secondary to the Chemfcal Coast Secondary
Photo Date:  4/14/2011  Upload Date: 4/21/2011 8:46:55 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9577(C40-9W) NS 8810(C40-9)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
NS 9577
Title:  NS 9577
Description:  Sporting repainted or rebuilt trucks, NS 9577 leads NS 66Q onto the Chemical Coast Secondary
Photo Date:  4/14/2011  Upload Date: 4/21/2011 8:49:13 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9577(C40-9W) NS 8810(C40-9)
Views:  181   Comments: 1
NS 5292
Title:  NS 5292
Description:  Two former Conrail units on CSAO Port Reading Yard local PR-8, as they shove north (away from the camera) towards the Linden Industrial Track
Photo Date:  4/14/2011  Upload Date: 4/21/2011 8:52:26 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5292(GP38-2) NS 3022(GP40-2)
Views:  369   Comments: 3
NS 6597
Title:  NS 6597
Description:  NS 6597 waits patiently to bacr against its train, as the conductor throws the switch at the 'Hess' crossovers on the CSAO Chemical Coast Secondary
Photo Date:  4/21/2011  Upload Date: 4/21/2011 8:03:08 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6597(SD60)
Views:  206   Comments: 3
NS 6597
Title:  NS 6597
Description:  With the loaded train arriving with the power 'elephant style', NS symbol 69Q (ethanol empties) needed to spin one unit on the wye at Port Rfading Yard, and NS 6597 will do the honors leading the train out of town
Photo Date:  4/21/2011  Upload Date: 4/21/2011 8:06:41 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6597(SD60)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
NS 6597
Title:  NS 6597
Description:  With the conductor waiting for the completed brake test before throwing the last switch, NS train 69Q prepares to depart
Photo Date:  4/21/2011  Upload Date: 4/21/2011 8:10:51 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6597(SD60) BNSF 5291(C44-9W) NS 9354(C40-9W)
Views:  343   Comments: 3
NS 6597
Title:  NS 6597
Description:  With the Form D just completed, NS 69Q gets underway on the Chemical Coast at CP-lD, soon to enter the Port Reading Secondary for points west
Photo Date:  4/21/2011  Upload Date: 4/21/2011 8:15:42 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6597(SD60) BNSF 5291(C44-9W) NS 9354(C40-9W)
Views:  551   Comments: 2
NS 3429
Title:  NS 3429
Description:  Conrail Shared Assets Operations local YPOI-16 heads south through Sewaren, passing the approach signal for DCS BARB
Photo Date:  4/30/2011  Upload Date: 5/1/2011 5:19:28 PM
Location:  Sewaren, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3429(SD40-2) NS 1701(SD45-2)
Views:  292   Comments: 6
NS 3429
Title:  NS 3429
Description:  Built by EMD for KCS in October of 1966 (!), former Conrail 6966 is still working hard in her 45th year of service, heading CSAO train OI-16 southbound on the Chemical Coast Secondary
Photo Date:  4/30/2011  Upload Date: 5/1/2011 5:23:37 PM
Location:  Sewaren, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3429(SD40-2) NS 1701(SD45-2)
Views:  962   Comments: 12
CSX 5331
Title:  CSX 5331
Description:  Backing away from the camera, local Conrail Shared Assets crew PR-19 is about to spot an ethanol train at the refinery
Photo Date:  5/12/2011  Upload Date: 5/12/2011 10:01:05 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 5331(ES40DC) CSX 8510(SD50-2)
Views:  488   Comments: 4
CSX 5331
Title:  CSX 5331
Description:  A GE/EMD tandem shove a loaded ethanol train southward (away from the camera) on a beautiful spring day on the CSAO Chemical Coast Secondary
Photo Date:  5/12/2011  Upload Date: 5/12/2011 10:04:33 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 5331(ES40DC) CSX 8510(SD50-2)
Views:  487   Comments: 2
CSX 9025
Title:  CSX 9025
Description:  Ethanol empties seen northbound on the Chemical Coast Secondary at CP-PD as CSAO local crew symbol PR-8
Photo Date:  5/25/2011  Upload Date: 5/25/2011 10:51:33 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 9025(C40-9W) CSX 8779(SD60M)
Views:  193   Comments: 3
CSX 9025
Title:  CSX 9025
Description:  CSAO crew PR-8 in charge of ethanol empties northbound on the 'Coast, with CP-PD 7 cars back
Photo Date:  5/25/2011  Upload Date: 5/25/2011 10:55:13 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 9025(C40-9W) CSX 8779(SD60M)
Views:  207   Comments: 5
NS 9907
Title:  NS 9907
Description:  From the 'something you don't see everyday in Jersey' file...NS loaded ethanol train 68Q with ex-Southern Railway GP38-2 5027 (blt 3/72)(!) assisting 2 much newer C40's, just a mile north of destination. It is quite unusual to see a four-axle unit on an ethanol train here, and an ex-SOU high-hood unit to boot made for a very nice surprise on a beautiful spring morning
Photo Date:  5/25/2011  Upload Date: 5/25/2011 7:38:36 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9907(C40-9W) NS 9489(C40-9W) NS 5027(GP38-2)
Views:  586   Comments: 4
NS 3395
Title:  NS 3395
Description:  Ex-CR 6467 (blt 10/78) still looks good in her CRQ livery, working Conrail Shared Assets Operations Port Reading Yard
Photo Date:  6/6/2011  Upload Date: 6/6/2011 9:07:07 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3395(SD40-2)
Views:  355   Comments: 4
NS 3395
Title:  NS 3395
Description:  Conrail Shared Assets yard job PR-6 works Port Reading Yard with a beautiful Blue Dash2 (ex-CR 6467, blt 10/78)
Photo Date:  6/6/2011  Upload Date: 6/6/2011 9:11:17 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3395(SD40-2)
Views:  167   Comments: 4
NS 5269
Title:  NS 5269
Description:  Conrail Shared Assets local PR-6 returns to Pt. Reading Yard with 2 ex-Conrail units, after working the Linden Industrial Track
Photo Date:  6/14/2011  Upload Date: 6/14/2011 4:27:06 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5269(GP38-2) CSX 4405(GP40-2)
Views:  361   Comments: 3
BNSF 5525
Title:  BNSF 5525
Description:  With the guidance of its conductor, Conrail PR-6 shoves across the diamond at CP-PD, into Pt. Reading Yard. Crew PR-44 waits patiently for the signal (and the Form D) to go north
Photo Date:  6/14/2011  Upload Date: 6/14/2011 4:30:08 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5525(C44-9W)
Views:  307   Comments: 5
BNSF 5525
Title:  BNSF 5525
Description:  A matched pair of GE's, with Conrail crew PR-44 onboard, bring ethanol empties northward on the Chemical Coast Secondary on a cloudy, chilly morning in central Jersey
Photo Date:  6/14/2011  Upload Date: 6/14/2011 3:52:37 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5525(C44-9W) BNSF 5402(C44-9W)
Views:  586   Comments: 3
CN 2561
Title:  CN 2561
Description:  Two northern visitors, with Shared Assets crew PR-19 onboard, shove ethanol loads southward (away from the camera), just a mile away from final destination in Sewaren, NJ
Photo Date:  6/14/2011  Upload Date: 6/14/2011 3:56:31 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 2561(C44-9W) CN 5707(SD75I)
Views:  359   Comments: 4
BNSF 7264
Title:  BNSF 7264
Description:  On one of those oppressive "85 degrees, 85% humidity" north Jersey mornings, two big GE's handle a unit ethanol train, shoving away from the camera for unloading under the expert guidance of Conrail Shared Assets crew PR-19
Photo Date:  7/6/2011  Upload Date: 7/6/2011 7:30:56 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7264(ES44DC) BNSF 5326(C44-9W)
Views:  839   Comments: 5
BNSF 7264
Title:  BNSF 7264
Description:  Shoving away from the camera, Conrail symbol PR-19 pounds the diamond at CP-PD, where the Chemical Coast Secondary crosses the Port Reading Secondary, just outside of CSAO Port Reading Yard
Photo Date:  7/6/2011  Upload Date: 7/6/2011 7:40:28 PM
Location:  Port Reading, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7264(ES44DC) BNSF 5326(C44-9W)
Views:  661   Comments: 2
NS 6547
Title:  NS 6547
Description:  Working for Helm Leasing for the last 5 or 6 years, and very recently acquired by NS, #6547 (ex-CNW 8049 (blt 9/86), nee-UP 5966, nee-HLCX 5966) is seen spotting ethanol loads at the refinery in NJ
Photo Date:  7/21/2011  Upload Date: 7/21/2011 8:19:10 PM
Location:  Sewaren, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6547(SD60)
Views:  877   Comments: 5
NS 2633
Title:  NS 2633
Description:  It still amazes me after all these years how those seemingly!spindly rails, spiked into wood, support all that weight of todays locos & rolling stock; fairly amazing, I must say
Photo Date:  7/21/2011  Upload Date: 7/21/2011 8:28:27 PM
Location:  Sewaren, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2633(SD70M)
Views:  182   Comments: 3
DME 6365
Title:  DME 6365
Description:  Built for the Milwaukee Road in May of '74, DME 6365 'City of Wosley' sits at the refinery after spotting todays ethanol train
Photo Date:  7/27/2011  Upload Date: 7/27/2011 8:25:44 PM
Location:  Sewaren, NJ
Author:  Chris S
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 6365(SD40-2)
Views:  337   Comments: 3


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