Jersey Central TrainMaster 2412 raises the dust in South Amboy with that railroad's RACE TRACK SPECIAL for Monmouth Park. This is one of my few diesel pictures that really shows action. It looks as though the classification lights are even illuminated for an extra.
Thanks largely to mergers and bankruptcies, New Jersey's commuter railroads underwent profound changes between the end of steam and the takeover by NJ Transit in 1983.