Model Train Journal

Happy Friday!
How are done w/ April already? Had another busy week so didn't get much done. I did manage to work on the 'Elizabeth ' area on the layout. Adding some ground cover. I have to add some weeds, a couple of lamp poles & some trackside debris this weekend.















Some shots of the old CNJ mainline in Elizabeth
















Red Bank Station at night. Red Bank, NJ is a stop on the NJT North Jersey Coastline - the ex NY & LB


Lucia watching trains in South Amboy





NS 62V crosses the Delaware River & into NJ at Phillipsburg, on ex CNJ trackage w/ NS SD70ACe 1114 leading




Amtrak's Acela does track speed through Elizabeth, NJ as it heads towards Washington DC




ex CNJ Raritan Station built in the 1890s. Now in use for NJT on the Raritan Line


Just after sunrise, NJT ALP45DP 4501 leads a High Bridge bound train across Middle Brook in Bound Brook, NJ on the ex CNJ Raritan Line


NS SD60E 6969 (ex NS SD60 6681) leads 24Z through Piscataway, NJ on the Lehigh Line




Lorenzo & I chased SA31 down the old Blue Comet route from Red Bank to Farmingdale. Friendly Crew


NJT ALP46A 4661 leads a NY bound express over the Raritan Bay on the NJCL in Perth Amboy, NJ

Nice shots. I actually crossed over the Lehigh line today on I-287 and later saw a bunch of ConnDot commuter EMU equipent on the New Haven line. No camera, though

Great shots!

But you shouldn't let your little girl hitchhike at the train station.

George

Great Lakes Central GP35 393 pulls out of the yard in Owosso, MI. GLC 397 is one of the former Ann Arbor GP35s still used by GLC.

Great photos Christopher. I find the NJT ALP45DP 4501 particularly interesting.
I haven't paid any attention to NJT's German-built engines before.
Surprised to see the pantograph on 4501. Apparently, it can run with onboard diesel or overhead power.
Reminds me of Lionel's Diesel Hudson.

Apparently, it runs on steam or diesel.

Backdrop looks really sharp Christopher, especially this corner bit:



Is that commercially available product, or are you repurposing some of your photography?

Picked up a few bits at York this past Friday. Recovered this Flyer 401 from a guy's under-table junk bin:



Tender's a bit rough, but serviceable.

Healey

My daughter Carrie sitting on a 1928 Harley jdh. This is from an amca antique motorcycle show in Oley Pa.

The backdrop is commercially available. I got it off the bay. They really do add a lot to the scene. Gives it that needed depth.

The ALP45DP is one of THE ugliest engines I have seen. It is a dual mode, so it aloows them to run it right into Penn Station w/o an engine change.

George - the NJT fares are so high, hitchhiking may be the only way to go

christopher2035 wrote:The backdrop is commercially available. I got it off the bay. They really do add a lot to the scene. Gives it that needed depth.

The ALP45DP is one of THE ugliest engines I have seen. It is a dual mode, so it aloows them to run it right into Penn Station w/o an engine change.

George - the NJT fares are so high, hitchhiking may be the only way to go

So are tolls on all of nj's bridges.

robert. wrote:

christopher2035 wrote:The backdrop is commercially available. I got it off the bay. They really do add a lot to the scene. Gives it that needed depth.

The ALP45DP is one of THE ugliest engines I have seen. It is a dual mode, so it aloows them to run it right into Penn Station w/o an engine change.

George - the NJT fares are so high, hitchhiking may be the only way to go

So are tolls on all of nj's bridges.

Well, you could try swimming,

robert. wrote:

christopher2035 wrote:The backdrop is commercially available. I got it off the bay. They really do add a lot to the scene. Gives it that needed depth.

The ALP45DP is one of THE ugliest engines I have seen. It is a dual mode, so it aloows them to run it right into Penn Station w/o an engine change.

George - the NJT fares are so high, hitchhiking may be the only way to go

So are tolls on all of nj's bridges.

true - the turnpike & GSP as well!

Not as bad as Chicago. The Tri_State_Tollway is about the most egregious toll road I've ever driven across. The tool booths are about twice as close together as the Garden State and the toll rate was 3x as high. It's pretty hard to get a speeding ticket. You almost get back to interstate speeds when you hit another toll booth.