Trenton/ West Trenton area

This page will focus on the Mercer County, N.J. area.  Including portions of the former Reading mainline from eastern Bucks County in Pennsylvania north into Somerset County, NJ.

The former Reading Railroad mainline from Manville to West Trenton is now CSX property.

csx216bellemead03.jpg (94548 bytes)    CSX 216 eastbound passing the old Reading station at Belle Mead, NJ

csx785BelleMead5-9-10.jpg (181302 bytes)  785 passes in the early morning hours of May 9, 2010.  Who owns the station ??

csx425BelleMead9-11-11.jpg (192531 bytes)  425 eastbound at Belle Mead on the morning of 9-11-11, passing the station and under the new Rt. 206 overpass.

csx641Skillman12-17-05.jpg (122981 bytes)  An eastbound doing 50 mph through the Skillman, NJ area.  12-17-2005.

csx7577Skillman10-12-08.jpg (181323 bytes)  CSX 7577 on eastbound 318 on the curve just west of Skillman.  October 12, 2008.

csx5357Skillman9-11-11.jpg (160668 bytes)  5357 also eastbound on the same curve, 9-11-11.

csx8814HopewellNJ4-11-10.jpg (194901 bytes)  A Conrail blue SD40 leads a very short trash train by the old Reading station in Hopewell, NJ.  April 11, 2010.

csx750westtrenton03.jpg (93970 bytes)    CSX train at West Trenton, NJ also on the old Reading.  2003  csx8733wtrenton2-04.jpg (53631 bytes) Feb 2004 w/ a BNSF unit

csx9002wtrenton5-04.jpg (80235 bytes)  9002 eastbound at West Trenton, May 2004  csx6395wtrenton5-04c770.jpg (94768 bytes) GP40 6395 on local C770 at West Trenton, May 2004

septa60wtrenton5-04.jpg (80432 bytes)  The SEPTA wire train at West Trenton in May 2004.  SEPTA calls this unit a RL-1

csx8743wtrentonB.jpg (93803 bytes)  A CSX SD60W rolls west through West Trenton, Sept 2004

septa288_wtrenton120804.jpg (92532 bytes)  septa410_wtrenton120804.jpg (89202 bytes)  Septa mid-day locals at West Trenton.  December 8, 2004.

septa9001WTrenton11-9-05.jpg (100519 bytes)  9001 leads two other original Reading cars into West Trenton.  November 2005. septa289WTrenton11-9-05.jpg (117808 bytes)  Another local.

septaMUTrent10-12-08.jpg (163658 bytes)  Septa368Trent10-12-08.jpg (179024 bytes)  septa368WTrenton10-12-08.jpg (148733 bytes)  A beautiful fall day at West Trenton.  October 12, 2008.

septa144westtrenton7-09.jpg (185951 bytes)  septa143westtrenton7-09.jpg (169423 bytes)  July 10, 2009.

csx5294WTrenton11-9-05.jpg (117292 bytes)  CSX 5294 eastbound at West Trenton.  November 2005.

csx608westtrenton.jpg (125089 bytes)  CSX 608 heads an eastbound. August 2006.

csx_UP6200WestTrenton11-25-.jpg (147690 bytes) csx_UP6200WTrenton11-25-06b.jpg (155716 bytes)  A Union Pacific unit leads this colorful consist east on 11-25-2006.

csx5104WTrenton10-18-09.jpg (161293 bytes)  csx5104WTrentonb10-18-09.jpg (134334 bytes)  septa417wTrenton101-28-09.jpg (181325 bytes)  septaWestTrenton10-18-09.jpg (165173 bytes)  West Trenton action on October 18, 2009.

csx8814WestTrenton4-11-10.jpg (153816 bytes)  csx8814WestTrenton4-11-10b.jpg (176211 bytes)  West Trenton, April 11, 2010. csx4776WestTrenton4-11-10a.jpg (194935 bytes)  csx4776WestTrenton4-11-10b.jpg (217969 bytes)  Its trash day.

csx329WTrent9-11-11.jpg (185474 bytes)  septa268WTrent9-11-11.jpg (193757 bytes)  septa268WTrent9-11-11b.jpg (152582 bytes)  West Trenton on Sunday, September 11, 2011

septa252WTrent10-6-11.jpg (184941 bytes)  csx8022WTrent10-6-11.jpg (152720 bytes)  csx5286WTrent10-6-11.jpg (168255 bytes)  csx5286WTrent10-6-11b.jpg (143238 bytes)  Septa, a CSX work train and an eastbound freight on 10-6-2011.

csx4796WTrent11-2-11.jpg (150848 bytes)  4796 east 11-2-11   csx7830WTrent11-11-11.jpg (198085 bytes)  7830 east 11-11-11  csx5010WTrent11-11-11.jpg (202038 bytes)  csx5010WTrent11-11-11b.jpg (147845 bytes)  5010 east 11-11-11

septa218WTrent11-11-11.jpg (179998 bytes)    septa218WTrent11-11-11b.jpg (201346 bytes)    septa9010WTrent11-11-11.jpg (181324 bytes)  septa9010WTrent11-11-11b.jpg (196958 bytes)  A four car set of original Pennsy and Reading cars on 11-11-2011.

septa367WTrent11-11-11.jpg (155180 bytes)  septa444WTrent11-11-11.jpg (150135 bytes)  septa444WTrent11-11-11b.jpg (148356 bytes)  septa444WTrent11-11-11c.jpg (203648 bytes)  Another trainset also on 11-11-2011.  Being unemployed at the time, I had some time to kill.

csx604WTrent11-16-11.jpg (194054 bytes)  Eastbound 604 on a gloomy, rainy November 16, 2011.

septa288woodbourne120804.jpg (70560 bytes)  csx7714woodbourne120804.jpg (85390 bytes)  In the last light of the day, a westbound Septa local and an eastbound CSX at Woodbourne, PA. 12-8-2004

septa397woodborne10-18-09.jpg (238924 bytes)  septa368woodborne10-18-09.jpg (205583 bytes)  Sunday Septa locals at Woodbourne, PA.  October 18, 2009.

septa440Woodbourne9-11-11.jpg (159590 bytes)  septa440Woodbourne9-11-11b.jpg (195952 bytes)  csx817Woodbourne9-11-11.jpg (179548 bytes)  csx817Woodbourne9-11-11b.jpg (194217 bytes)  Some activity at Woodbourne on 9-11-11.

septa-TrentonBr9-6-10.jpg (161927 bytes)  amt901TrentonBr9-6-10.jpg (168767 bytes)  I've passed this bridge a thousand times, but I finally spent some time on Labor Day, 2010 to capture some images.
For those not knowing, this is the former Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Delaware River, now Amtraks'.  The photos are from a very accessible
area off Rt. 29 in Trenton.  September 6, 2010.  Virtually every train this day was right on time.

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