I have created a basic map of the Central New Jersey area for the following
pages that were once all crowded and unorganized on this page. Simply
click on the name of the location you wish to view on the map.CONTEMPORARY MATERIAL
Most of my site has been of images from the 1970's and 1980's. This page will consist of current material from 1998 to the present. Owing to family obligations, I don't do the traveling I used to do when I was single. Sound familiar to anyone?
One of the best places for freight activity in New Jersey is the former Lehigh Valley mainline, particularly east of Manville. It is at Manville that the former Reading (now CSX ) from Philadelphia and the former Lehigh Valley from Allentown ( now NS ) join. Trains head east to Oak Island yard or to various trailer and container off load facilities in North Jersey. NJ Transit Raritan Line trains off the old CNJ main use the Lehigh Line from Aldene to Hunter tower in Newark.
I have created a basic map of the Central New Jersey area for the following
pages that were once all crowded and unorganized on this page. Simply
click on the name of the location you wish to view on the map.
For images from Newark, NJ to the Manville, NJ area, Click Here.....
For images from the former Reading mainline through West Trenton, NJ, Click Here....
For images of the Allentown, PA area, Click Here....
For images from the Lehighton and Jim Thorpe areas, Click Here....
Port Jervis is not ready yet.....
Other things........
CSAO train SA-35 at Farmingdale, NJ
GP40 4405 with 12 cars at Larabees crossing, Howell, NJ, October 18, 2006
A trip out to Long Island, NY on 2-28-06 netted these views of the now gone
position light signals at the Patchougue, NY station. This town is on the
Montauk branch and is at the end of service for several locals. That leaning
tower wasn't long for this world. It is now gone. The new color light signals were installed
in spring of 2006.
An 'Elvis' with new Bi-Levels pulls into New Brunswick
station.
Link to a 2008 short trip from New York to Burlington, Vt. Click Here
A summer 2007 vacation trip to Florida included a ride on the Auto-Train. This trip was much better than the 2005 ride. CSX has improved the track, especially on the former R,F&P. We were a mere 15 minutes late into Sanford owing mostly to meeting fewer trains enroute. Again, the crew and meals were really good.
During my visit to Florida I ventured around a little. Here are a few images:
SD40 8004 is rather rusty, but has A/C ! Mulberry, FL 7-21-07
A unit molten sulfur train at Winston Jct. near
Lakeland. A Union Pacific GE leading three leased units, including.....
a former Wisconsin Central in full WC colors!! 
Former SP SD45 3131 also in the consist.
Just west of downtown Lakeland stands this now abandoned station. Looks to
have been built in the 1960's.
Amtrak has a new station on the other side of town. When was this depot
shut down?
A pair of GE's leaving Uceta yard in Tampa in a typical
Florida thunderstorm. 7-21-07.
Tampa Union Station 
Interesting history 
Beautiful interior !
1176 at Baldwin, FL, 7-23-07 
5475 also at Baldwin.
7753 and that CEFX 3131 leased unit heading north thru Callahan, FL. This
the bottom of the well known Florida Funnel.
Trains to Jacksonville and "A" lines through Orlando head off to the
left. Trains to Baldwin Yard, Tampa and the "S" lines bear
right. For those not familiar with the letters, "A" is the old
Atlantic Coast Line and "S" is for the former Seaboard.
7753 again at Folkston, Georgia. 
557 running solo at Folkston. 7-23-07
Images from an earlier June 2005 visit to Florida and north Georgia.
The above four images are from Folkston, Georgia, June 2005. Amtrak at Plant City, FL