Nostalgia & History > New Jersey Transit in the early 80's - Part 1

For about a year in the early 80's, I participated in a slide trade with Carl Perelman from New Jersey. I sent him extra roster shots I took of SP, Santa Fe, UP, Amtrak, (as well as a few Western Pacific) locomotives from here in California. In exchange I received slides from nearly every major railroad in the northeast as well as many shortlines, industrials, and commuter lines.

Carl is now the news editor for Railpace magazine, and I hope he doesn't mind me posting a few of the photos here. Here is the first part of a sampling of New Jersey Transit power from around '83-'84.

1) F7a 423 at Elizabethport, NJ

2) E8A 4326 at Peekskill, NY (presumably under lease to Metro-North?). Note the New Haven lettered car behind the unit.

3) E8A 4285 at South Amboy, NJ in a very handsome scheme, reminiscent of the striping pattern used on ACL/RF&P/FEC E-units.

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NJT F7A #423 is almost certainly ex-C&NW #423. Thanks for posting. Gerry

4) E8a 4333 still in Southern paint, at Elizabethport, NJ. Did this unit ever get repainted before retirement, or only used for parts?

5) E8a 4326 with a mate at South Amboy, NJ. How long did the covered wagons (both E's and F's) last on the NJT?

6) F40PH-2 4124 at Elizabethport, NJ.

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7) GP40P's 4112 & 4104 (ex-CNJ) at South Amboy, NJ.

8) E60CH 958 at S. Amboy

9) RDC-1 557 (ex-CNJ) at Elizabethport, NJ.

I'll post the second half of the group before too long.

Rich

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As a daily commuter on NJT, thanks for sharing some times from days past. The shot of the handsome E8a has a certain CNJ feel to it as well

Thanks for posting those wonderful shots. Brings back great memories. The E's were gone, I think by 85 and the F's lasted longer until 87 or 88. I remember seeing F unit led consists going through Little Falls, NJ on a daily basis back in the late 80's. The F unit would usually pull about 3 or 4 cars. And they sounded GREAT!

James

I remember seeing the Crescent E's pulling trains on the Long Branch in the late 70s or early 80's.

Gonut

NJ. Dot. E at cliffwood Beach.

What was left of South Amboy a number of years ago.

South Amboy up, and running.

Ed K. cp Laurel Run

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