"The Last Run of the GG-1," a special train operated by NJT in October of 1983; tickets were $1. The Gs look a bit odd under the modern cat poles. For one last time, we rode behind a G... (more)

Pilings of the Original Matawan Creek Trestle - A 1965 built locomotive shoves across the 1953 completed embankment and past the pilings of the original 1870s NY&LB trestle. The original ... (more)

Matawan Creek

Million Dollar Fill - A seagull flies above a dual mode locomotive as it pushes across the 1,000 ft. long Matawan Creek Embankment. Completed in 1953 the project took three years to compl... (more)

Matawan Station - A commuter train shoves past the original Matawan station. Built in the 1870s by the NY&LB, the station is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The... (more)

The 8:13 am out of Aberdeen-Matawan bellows smoke as it picks up speed on the push east toward Hoboken.

The rail train struggles upgrade as it nears East Matawan interlocking with a rare (on this line) ex CNJ GP40PH-2 #4105 leading and the only two active F40s 4120 and 4124.

A morning train crosses Main St. in Matawan, NJ.

A direct train from Bay Head to Hoboken pushes across Matawan Creek. The old pilings of the former NY&LB Matawan Creek trestle reside in the foreground.

A weekend commuter train moves past the original Matawan train station built by the NY&LB Railroad in the 1870's. The NY&LB had the option of routing the line through either Matawan or Keyport. ... (more)

A passenger train coasts across the Matawan Creek embankment as it prepares for the next stop at Aberdeen-Matawan Station. Recent storms have washed earth away from this concrete culvert. The wo... (more)

An ALP-46 Bombardier shoves out of Aberdeen-Matawan station and across the Matawan Creek Embankment which turns 60 years old this year. Earth has been eroding from underneath the graffitied culve... (more)

SA31 heads for the CR Southern Secondary which branches off in Red Bank. SA31 is traveling south across the Matawan Creek embankment and interlocking which were completed in 1953. This portion o... (more)

There is only one scheduled opportunity each weekday to catch two diesel-powered trains on the North Jersey Coast Line in Matawan. Here, NJT 4025 (ID: 2303) leads a westbound for Bay Head, while ... (more)

In the foreground are the pilings of the double-track Matawan Creek Trestle of the NY&LB, which burned down in 1946. Remarkably, a temporary single-track trestle was erected in just 10 days and w... (more)