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[thellie]

Before NJ Transit took over commuter rail operations in New Jersey the Pennsylvania Railroad ran commuter trains from New York to Bay Head NJ. The train ran from New York to South Amboy NJ with electric engine(GG-1) and then changed to steam and then in later years diesel engines. Did the same engine crew operate all the way or did they change crews at South Amboy.

[CSSHEGEWISCH]

I observed the outbound power change at South Amboy in 1982 and engine crews changed with the power.  An engine crew would bring down a pair of E8A's and they would be held in a pocket track to wait for the outbound train.  Two carmen were stationed at the station platform to uncouple the GG1, which would then pull forward to clear a manual crossover.  The switches would be thrown by the crossing watchman and the GG1 and its crew would back to the engine house.  The crossover switches would be re-aligned and the E's would back out of the pocket track onto the train, where the carmen would make the connections.  The conductor would signal for a brake test and the train would be ready to continue.  All of this occurred in about five minutes.

[ndbprr]

Different crews and it was diesel.  It was PRR when the switch was made from GG1 to K4 for the remainder.  Later it Was e7's, PA's and the Baldwin six axle passenger engines on the PRR.  NJT never made a switch to steam there.  Steam was gone by the time the service was dumped on them.

[ndbprr]

OOps sorry missed that you said that in you post.