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Work With Pride |
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One of NJ Transit's two AquaTrain sets is parked in Hoboken's Engine House this weekend to avoid freezing in the tank cars and the water lines that run between them. The AquaTrain is essentially a gigantic pressure washer mounted on a flat car that shoots highly pressurized water at the head of the rail to remove leaf oils in an effort to reduce wheel slip during the autumn months. |
| Photo Date: |
11/12/2017 Upload Date: 2/22/2018 3:13:40 PM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4205(GP40PH-2B) |
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| Title: |
Autumn Comes to the Rails |
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Autumn officially arrives on NJ Transit when the "AquaTrain" hits the rails. Think of it as a gigantic power washer that's sprays extremely high-pressure water at the head of the rails. This washes away the oily residues left behind by crushed leaves and blows those that haven't been crushed away to fight the delays and damages caused by wheelslip. This odd looking train can be found running almost 24 hours a day from the beginning of October to the middle of December on the Hoboken Division. It spends most of its time on the former Lackawanna electrified lines but does occasionally wander over to the Erie side. The Newark division has their own based out of Raritan that runs Monday-Friday and occasionally visits the North Jersey Coast Line on weekends. |
| Photo Date: |
10/19/2020 Upload Date: 12/19/2020 1:32:35 PM |
| Location: |
Wharton, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
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| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4102(GP40PH-2) |
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324 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AquaMan Visits the Rockaway River |
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Under gloomy skies the eastbound Aqua Train crosses over the Rockaway River along NJ Transit's Morristown Line. The fine mist in the air plus the crushed leaves are the perfect recipe for sliding wheels and this train is out to try to do something about it. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/2020 Upload Date: 12/19/2020 1:32:27 PM |
| Location: |
Wharton, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
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| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4102(GP40PH-2) |
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281 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Polishing the Rails |
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The Hoboken Division's "Aqua Train" shoves west by Milepost 38 at Dover, NJ as part of its nearly 24-hours schedule of cleaning leaves and leaf oils from the rails. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2020 Upload Date: 12/19/2020 1:33:19 PM |
| Location: |
Dover, NJ |
| Author: |
Michael Sullivan |
| Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJTR 4102(GP40PH-2) |
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346 Comments: 0 |
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