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I had to go down to New Jersey again for work this week – but this time it was only for a few days.\u00a0 Still, like usual, the camera bag came along for the ride.\u00a0 Here’s some of what I shot on Monday evening.<\/p>\nI had to go down to New Jersey again for work this week – but this time it was only for a few days.\u00a0 Still, like usual, the camera bag came along for the ride.\u00a0 Here’s some of what I shot on Monday evening.<\/p>\n
After finishing up for the day at the office, and checking into my hotel, I made my way down to the Bound Brook NJ Transit station to see what I could see on a hazy late afternoon.<\/p>\n
Not long after I got there, an eastbound pulled into the station, and it was powered by a GE P40DC.\u00a0 I got a shot of that run as they departed the station.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9982]\n
Not a bad start – but were there any freights around?\u00a0 Looking at the signals at the Bound Brook interlocking, everything was red.\u00a0 So there was probably no westbounds due – too bad, because depsite the hazy conditions, the light for westbound was pretty sweet.<\/p>\n
After waiting around for a while, I heard a chirp on the scanner – hmmm, a marker is nearby.\u00a0 Not long after that I noticed headlights thr0ugh the heavy haze to the west.\u00a0 Looks like there was an eastbound bearing down on me.<\/p>\n
A few moments later, CSX train Q702 – a unit trash train – came into view at the far end of CP-BOUND BROOK.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9981]\n
Then as they broke out of the haze, I got a series of shots as they approached the station.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9980] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9979] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9978]\n
As the wonderfly fragrant train rolled past, a westbound NJT train approached the station.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9977] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9976] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9975]\n
And as he pulled into the station, I was able to get a shot of Q706’s entire train<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9974]\n
OK, not too bad.\u00a0 Now to wait around again.<\/p>\n
A little time had passed, and another westbound NJT commuter run pulled into the station.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9973]\n
But still no more freights.\u00a0 Hmmm, wonder why.<\/p>\n
A few minutes later gave me my answer – a pair of Conrail track cars came rolling down track 1 through Bound Brook.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9972] [cpg_imagefixthumb:9971]\n
At that point, with all the signals at Bound Brook still showing red, I decided to head back to the hotel and relax a bit.<\/p>\n
But I wasn’t done shooting yet.<\/p>\n
After it got dark, I decided to take a quick ride up to Morristown and see what was outside the Morristown & Erie Railroad shops.\u00a0 Not too much – pretty much a few cars and a pair of Alcos – one still in CP colors.\u00a0 So I snapped a shot of them and called it a night.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:9970]\n
Thanks for looking!
\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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