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"Pennsy Power Parade," Page 12, 1954
Title:  "Pennsy Power Parade," Page 12, 1954
Description:  Here is page three of a 15-page cover article by Walter A. Lucas entitled "Pennsy Power Parade." It was published originally in the December 1954 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 12. Photo Caption: "Long-gone now, No. 80, Class D-16-B, looked like this pulling a local into Newark in 1915." Photo Credit: Walter A. Lucas. Pennsylvania Railroad engine #80 is a D-16B (4-4-0) "American" built in Juniata during 1903 and retired in March of 1922 after just 19 years of revenue service.
Photo Date:  12/1/1954  Upload Date: 4/16/2017 1:34:13 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 80(4-4-0)
Views:  670   Comments: 0
PC 4913
Title:  PC 4913
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/11/1956  Upload Date: 4/6/2015 10:34:00 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4913(GG1)
Views:  590   Comments: 0
CNJ 557
Title:  CNJ 557
Description:  A CNJ passenger train at Newark, NJ, in September 1975. The Budd RDCs usually worked the Bayonne to Cranford shuttle and were rare visitors to Newark but here a three-car set works a mainline local (possibly the mid-day Phillipsburg turn).
Photo Date:  9/15/1975  Upload Date: 7/24/2013 4:56:46 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  CNJ 557(RDC1)
Views:  466   Comments: 1
CNJ 557
Title:  CNJ 557
Description:  A CNJ passenger train at Newark, NJ, in September 1975. The Budd RDCs usually worked the Bayonne to Cranford shuttle and were rare visitors to Newark but here a three-car set works a mainline local.
Photo Date:  9/16/1975  Upload Date: 1/11/2014 9:58:33 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Kepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  CNJ 557(RDC1)
Views:  395   Comments: 0
Penn Central 4935
Title:  Penn Central 4935
Description:  A classic GG1 in basic black heads a Northeast Corridor train into Newark in March 1976. This was likely a Clocker, the term used for the trains that ran between New York and Philadelphia because once they ran every hour on the hour. This is the locomotive that Amtrak would later repaint in the PRR livery.
Photo Date:  3/15/1976  Upload Date: 7/23/2013 4:26:26 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PC 4935(GG1)
Views:  401   Comments: 0
CNJ 3683
Title:  CNJ 3683
Description:  On the eve of Conrail, a CNJ mainline local pulls into Newark, NJ, in March 1976.
Photo Date:  3/15/1976  Upload Date: 7/24/2013 5:28:28 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CNJ 3683(GP40P)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
CNJ 3678
Title:  CNJ 3678
Description:  Awaiting its departure at Newark on the eve of Conrail, is this EMD GP40P in March 1976.
Photo Date:  3/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/8/2013 7:30:40 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  CNJ 3678(GP40P)
Views:  485   Comments: 0
Reading 9161
Title:  Reading 9161
Description:  The Wall Street and the Crusader were all that was left of competition with Amtrak in the Northeast Corridor. They operated Monday to Friday on commuter schedules between Reading Terminal and Newark. The Crusaders equipment ran through to and from Reading. I rode these trains every chance I could get. Here the Reading Wall Street is boarding at Newark in March 1976 for its sprint to Reading Terminal in Philadelphia.
Photo Date:  3/22/1976  Upload Date: 1/13/2014 4:00:22 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  RDG 9161(RDC1)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
Penn Central 576
Title:  Penn Central 576
Description:  A local arriving in Newark in April 1976.
Photo Date:  4/14/1976  Upload Date: 1/1/2014 5:43:02 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Bridge,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PC 576(Electric M.U.)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
Penn Central 4880
Title:  Penn Central 4880
Description:  A Penn Central GG1 still in the old PRR livery (so this engine is dark green not black) heads a North Jersey Coast train at Newark in April 1976.
Photo Date:  4/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 9:45:53 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PC 4880(GG1)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
Penn Central 4880
Title:  Penn Central 4880
Description:  A Penn Central GG1 still in the old PRR livery (so this engine is dark green not black) heads a North Jersey Coast train at Newark in April 1976.
Photo Date:  4/15/1976  Upload Date: 7/23/2013 4:33:14 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  PC 4880(GG1)
Views:  353   Comments: 2
Amtrak 952
Title:  Amtrak 952
Description:  A GE E60CP heads a New York-bound northeast corridor train in Newark in May 1976. This was photographed from the Conrail Wall Street.
Photo Date:  5/15/1976  Upload Date: 7/23/2013 9:59:45 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 952(E60)
Views:  401   Comments: 0
CNJ 1525 and 1529
Title:  CNJ 1525 and 1529
Description:  Two EMD GP7s head a North Jersey Coast Line train at Newark in June 1976.
Photo Date:  6/15/1976  Upload Date: 7/24/2013 5:20:26 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CNJ 1525(GP7) CNJ 1529(GP7)
Views:  496   Comments: 2
Penn Central 4879
Title:  Penn Central 4879
Description:  A clean GG1 on a North Jersey Coast train in July 1976 at Newark.
Photo Date:  7/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/27/2013 8:44:08 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PC 4879(GG1)
Views:  331   Comments: 0
CNJ 1525
Title:  CNJ 1525
Description:  An EMD GP7 waits with a commuter train at Newark in August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/16/1976  Upload Date: 8/4/2013 12:46:10 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  CNJ 1525(GP7)
Views:  784   Comments: 0
Penn Central 4878
Title:  Penn Central 4878
Description:  A PC GG1 on a clocker to Philadelphia at Newark in September 1976.
Photo Date:  9/15/1976  Upload Date: 7/23/2013 4:58:04 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PC 4878(GG1)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
Penn Central 4878
Title:  Penn Central 4878
Description:  A PC GG1 on a clocker to Philadelphia at Newark in September 1976.
Photo Date:  9/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/26/2013 9:20:42 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PC 4878(GG1)
Views:  246   Comments: 0
CNJ 3674
Title:  CNJ 3674
Description:  An EMD GP40P on a commuter train at Newark in October 1976.
Photo Date:  10/15/1976  Upload Date: 8/8/2013 7:08:32 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  CNJ 3674(GP40P)
Views:  459   Comments: 0
Amtrak 902
Title:  Amtrak 902
Description:  A basic black GG1 on a northeast corridor train at Newark in October 1976.
Photo Date:  10/21/1976  Upload Date: 9/11/2013 8:35:23 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 902(GG1)
Views:  491   Comments: 0
Amtrak 967
Title:  Amtrak 967
Description:  A Northeast Corridor train consisting of Amfleet equipment arriving Newark in October 1976.
Photo Date:  10/21/1976  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 7:00:42 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 967(E60)
Views:  435   Comments: 0
Amtrak 118
Title:  Amtrak 118
Description:  An ALCO RS3 on a wire traim at Newark in February 1977.
Photo Date:  2/15/1977  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 5:47:18 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  AMTK 118(RS3)
Views:  555   Comments: 0
Amtrak 917
Title:  Amtrak 917
Description:  A GG1 heads a northeast corridor train at Newark, NJ, in February 1977.
Photo Date:  2/21/1977  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 4:41:15 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 917(GG1)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
Amtrak 953
Title:  Amtrak 953
Description:  A GE E60CP at the head of a westbound corridor train at Newark, NJ, in March 1977.
Photo Date:  3/15/1977  Upload Date: 7/22/2013 10:58:06 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 953(E60)
Views:  336   Comments: 0
Amtrak 953
Title:  Amtrak 953
Description:  A GE E60CP at the head of a westbound corridor train at Newark, NJ, in March 1977.
Photo Date:  3/15/1977  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 12:04:09 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 953(E60)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
Amtrak 884
Title:  Amtrak 884
Description:  A Budd Metroliner in full Amtrak livery at Newak, NJ, in March 1977.
Photo Date:  3/15/1977  Upload Date: 9/13/2013 5:02:48 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 884(Electric M.U.)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
Amtrak 884
Title:  Amtrak 884
Description:  A Budd Metroliner in full Amtrak livery departs Newak, NJ, in March 1977.
Photo Date:  3/16/1977  Upload Date: 1/1/2014 7:56:37 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  124   Comments: 0
Amtrak 905
Title:  Amtrak 905
Description:  A GG1 on a Florida train at Newark in May 1977.
Photo Date:  5/18/1977  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 6:35:56 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 905(GG1)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
"Broadway Limited in 76th Year," Page B1, 1977
Title:  "Broadway Limited in 76th Year," Page B1, 1977
Description:  Here is frame one of a three-frame story by George Vecsey entitled "Elegant, Unhurried, Broadway Limited Enters Its 76th Year." It was published originally in the 17 June 1977 issue of the "New York Times," page B1. Photo by Edward Hausner. Photo Caption: "A forty-year-old engine pulling the Broadway Limited into the signal center at station in Newark on 75th anniversary run." Shown here is Amtrak engine #4935, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric locomotive built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in Juniata during March of 1943, rated at 4,620 horsepower, and presently on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.
Photo Date:  6/17/1977  Upload Date: 3/18/2017 12:50:03 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 4935(GG1)
Views:  489   Comments: 0
Wrong side
Title:  Wrong side
Description:  An eastbound Amtrak train is on the westbound side of the station, probably due to a problem on the normal eastbound track, or due to maintenance.
Photo Date:  6/9/1978  Upload Date: 12/9/2016 4:48:12 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 966(E60)
Views:  417   Comments: 1
Amtrak 960
Title:  Amtrak 960
Description:  A GE E60CP heads a southbound corridor train at Newark, NJ, in June 1978.
Photo Date:  6/15/1978  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 4:55:15 PM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 960(E60)
Views:  332   Comments: 0
Amtrak 960
Title:  Amtrak 960
Description:  A GE E60CP heads a southbound corridor train at Newark, NJ, in June 1978.
Photo Date:  6/15/1978  Upload Date: 7/23/2013 12:36:41 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 960(E60)
Views:  371   Comments: 0
GP40P #4100 shoving w/b train
Title:  GP40P #4100 shoving w/b train
Description:  CR Operated, NJDOT Financed
Photo Date:  8/22/1978  Upload Date: 8/19/2021 8:26:06 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Gerard Putz
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NJDOT 4100(GP40P)
Views:  238   Comments: 0
NJDOT GP40P #4112 leading w/b train
Title:  NJDOT GP40P #4112 leading w/b train
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/22/1978  Upload Date: 8/19/2021 8:29:56 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Gerard Putz
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NJDOT 4112(GP40P)
Views:  195   Comments: 0
A w/b "Jersey Builder"
Title:  A w/b "Jersey Builder"
Description:  4 ex-BN, exx-GN coaches on w/b train, CR Operated, NJDOT Financed
Photo Date:  8/22/1978  Upload Date: 8/19/2021 8:37:09 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Gerard Putz
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  119   Comments: 0
w/b train led by GG1 #4882
Title:  w/b train led by GG1 #4882
Description:  CR Operated, NJDOT Financed
Photo Date:  8/22/1978  Upload Date: 8/19/2021 9:28:09 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Gerard Putz
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NJDOT 4882(GG1)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
w/b train led by GP40P #4110
Title:  w/b train led by GP40P #4110
Description:  CR Operated, NJDOT Financed
Photo Date:  8/22/1978  Upload Date: 8/19/2021 9:30:03 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Gerard Putz
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NJDOT 4110(GP40P)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
w/b SEPTA Wall Street of 3 ex-RDG RDC-1s
Title:  w/b SEPTA Wall Street of 3 ex-RDG RDC-1s
Description:  This was my ride home. Did NJDOT partailly finance this train?
Photo Date:  8/22/1978  Upload Date: 8/19/2021 9:32:11 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Gerard Putz
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  153   Comments: 0
Anticipation
Title:  Anticipation
Description:  The crowd looks down the tracks as the Amtrak connection to a Raritan train comes into view at the far end of the station. There were a handful of trains every day that had an Amtrak connection to New York, and honored first CR, then NJT tickets for the one stop.
Photo Date:  7/20/1979  Upload Date: 12/8/2016 4:15:30 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 4926(GG1)
Views:  432   Comments: 0
Trenton bound
Title:  Trenton bound
Description:  An MU train headed to Trenton makes its station stop at Newark
Photo Date:  4/15/1981  Upload Date: 1/30/2013 12:44:50 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NUT 13.)(Arrovï‡ø MU)
Views:  429   Comments: 1
Arrows to Trenton
Title:  Arrows to Trenton
Description:  A Trenton train makes its stop at Newark with a set of Arrows, ubiquitous on ex PRR lines.
Photo Date:  4/15/1981  Upload Date: 1/30/2013 12:46:41 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NJT 1368(Arrow III MU)
Views:  312   Comments: 1
Builder in Jersey
Title:  Builder in Jersey
Description:  New Jersey acquired a number of ex BN cars in the mid 70s, many of them still in their BN and GN colors. They ran as a set for years on the Bay Head trains, giving it the name "Bay Head Empire Builder." Heres one of them on one of the Aldene Plan Bay Head trains at Newark
Photo Date:  4/15/1981  Upload Date: 1/30/2013 12:50:49 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  292   Comments: 1
Arrows in the station
Title:  Arrows in the station
Description:  A set of Arrows stops at Newark. This was a shorter train, as it stopped entirely within the train shed. The train at left is a Raritan train that will shortly leave for the ex CNJ, with one of their cab cars home built from a 1925 period coach leading.
Photo Date:  4/15/1981  Upload Date: 1/30/2013 12:53:16 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NJT 1305(Arrow III MU)
Views:  460   Comments: 1
Headed for DC
Title:  Headed for DC
Description:  An Amtrak train behind an E60 makes its station stop at Newark.
Photo Date:  4/20/1981  Upload Date: 1/26/2013 2:46:42 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 961(E60)
Views:  523   Comments: 0
Ex CNJ Bay Head train
Title:  Ex CNJ Bay Head train
Description:  The CNJ trains to the shore were moved to Penn Station in 1967, allowing the CNJ to close its Jersey City station, and ease connections to New York. Those trains continued to use CNJ power and coaches, and originated from Newark Penn Station. Heres one with ex CNJ 4105 taking on passengers.
Photo Date:  4/20/1981  Upload Date: 1/30/2013 1:01:02 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NJT 4105(GP40P)
Views:  537   Comments: 1
Crusader
Title:  Crusader
Description:  Ex Reading RDCs held down the two remaining trains covering the service that was once hourly from the CNJ Jersey City terminal to Philadelphia. Now down to two trains each way daily-the Wall Street and the Crusader-they now ran in and out of Penn Station as part of the Aldene plan. This one is on the Crusader, about to launch its trip down the ex LV, CNJ and Reading. These runs would be discontinued shortly after this date, replaced by a train that NJ Transit ran as far as West Trenton.
Photo Date:  4/20/1981  Upload Date: 1/30/2013 1:06:21 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 9167(RDC1)
Views:  684   Comments: 1
MUs at Penn Station
Title:  MUs at Penn Station
Description:  Newark Penn Station was a cavernous affair, and handled not only NJ Transit and Amtrak trains, but also PATH trains from Manhattan, as that operation was once the Pennsy run Hudson and Manhattan system. Here a Trenton bound train pauses on its way west.
Photo Date:  4/27/1981  Upload Date: 1/13/2013 3:58:49 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NJT 1368(Arrow III MU)
Views:  314   Comments: 1
Headed for DC
Title:  Headed for DC
Description:  A corridor train makes its stop at Newark, and will soon be speeding toward Washington.
Photo Date:  7/20/1981  Upload Date: 6/26/2014 2:43:08 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 910(AEM7)
Views:  575   Comments: 0
Crew on
Title:  Crew on
Description:  A crew member climbs up onto the engine as it waits at Newark. Note the "traditional" garb of the engineer.
Photo Date:  7/20/1981  Upload Date: 6/26/2014 2:46:06 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 951(E60)
Views:  631   Comments: 0
Peeking out
Title:  Peeking out
Description:  The power of a Clocker pokes out of the Newark train shed as it takes on passengers while the engineer watches.
Photo Date:  7/20/1981  Upload Date: 6/26/2014 2:48:23 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 974(E60)
Views:  549   Comments: 0
NJT 5907
Title:  NJT 5907
Description:  NJT GP7 5907 leads a two car "Wallsader" out of Penn Station Newark on 11NOV1981. Just got my first 35mm...
Photo Date:  11/11/1981  Upload Date: 3/25/2017 8:28:09 AM
Location:  Newark Penn Station, NJ
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  NJT 5907(GP7)
Views:  371   Comments: 0


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