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An Early Morning for the waiting rooms of Orange and Brick Church plus out to Convent Station on the Morristown Line and some more on the Gladstone Branch

The benefit of ending daylight savings time this weekend means I wake up much earlier than normal. I’m awake at 7:00 on the new time, a day without anything real on my agenda. I decide its finally time to get more of the Morristown Line and it’s waiting rooms that close ridiculously early, nearly all […]

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A Quick Trip to Secaucus via Anderson St to see the ALP-45DPs into Penn Station on their first weekend of regularly scheduled operations

After learning that yesterday was the first day of regularly scheduled operations with the dual-mode ALP-45DPs into Penn Station because of catenary work on the Morristown Line this weekend I just had to go on a little trip to Secaucus Junction to get pictures of them there. Living at the GW Bridge to easiest way […]

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Single-Tracking PATH in Newark to ride the NJT Gladstone Branch powered ALP-45DPs including first day of regularly scheduled dual-mode Midtown Direct trains because of weekend track work

I normally don’t bother doing weekend trips, service is less frequent and waiting rooms are closed. The one exception is when weekend service differs from weekday service. I had never ridden anywhere on the Gladstone Branch before, had a friend who could only do the weekend trip and with the current post-Sandy timetables on the […]

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A rain shortened trip only as far as Short Hills to photograph the Duel-Mode ALP-45DPs on diesel from Hoboken to Newark and electricity beyond on the Morristown Line and Gladstone Branches

This morning I have an early morning appointment that was done before 9am. Although rain is in the forecast I decide I might as well try my next transit adventure. The goal is getting some of the rare diesel trains running on the Gladstone Branch that normally uses Arrow IIIs but are running diesels (except […]