I lived in Belmar and Newark many years ago. I moved to Florida in 2015, but I just got promoted at work and they're shipping me back to NYC! I've been watching walking and train videos in anticipation of coming back home!

Thank you for this. I have lived in  Monmouth County for most of my life and have ridden this route hundreds of times but still learned something new. I remember picking my father up at Red Bank in the late 60’s before the platform was raised and still lined with cobblestones and waiting to see if the engine would be a Pennsylvania or Jersey Central. He would joke that the cars were so old that they still had the bullet holes from when Jesse James robbed the trains. I also remember in the summer time in the early 70’s, being able to open the windows in the now - or then - Penn Central cars. I know this is all just nostalgia but a good
memory nonetheless.

Those tracks you saw south of Middletown below you were the tracks used by Earle Naval weapons station.  They move equipment between their base in Colts Neck to their port in Port Monmouth.   Also, that turnout you saw south of Matawan was also an old line that ran to Atlantic Highlands, but it was ended as part of the Aldene plan.  Thanks again for coming down the show was great!

My parents built small retirement home in Point Pleasant Borough in 1970 about a mile from the Bay Head station. I lived with them their for the first year and commuted on that line for a year and a half. I took a a Pennsy train to Newark in the morning, riding in an old New Haven Lounge car. stopped at South Amboy every morning to,switch to a GG1. Going home I took a CNJ Train with old commuter coaches. Thanks for the memories!

North Jersey Coast, my favorite NJ Transit Rail line. Lovely views.

,,,,at the end of a fine trip,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,all is beyond joy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,the beauty of the coast line.....................thanks again.................

WoW. I was born in South Amboy the summer of 76. Grew up watching the locomotive changes. My grandfather operated the manual gates before retirement

Two interesting projects that - I feel - are largely glossed over by the community is the Perth Amboy station upgrades and the new Raritan River Bridge. The construction at Perth Amboy is to create level platforms for wheelchair accessibility. Meanwhile, if you looked out the westward windows on the Raritan River Bridge, a new bridge is being constructed to replace the old and damaged one still in operation. Span and supports for the bridge are already installed, especially at the time of this video. It'll be a lift bridge once it's completed.

Watching on 2025. The loop is still there!! Thanks for the commentary, made the trip that much more enjoyable!!

Beautiful ride and lots of great info. Been decades since we took Grandma to Asbury Park.  But, wow, so many flat wheels!!!  Wow.

You should certainly check out the Lehigh Line again.

I enjoy watching you channel and I enjoy you telling New information I didn't know thanks.

The line you saw from the bridge at 1:14:09 is Naval Weapons Station Earl railroad to the terminal close to Keensburg.

Before 1946, the Seaside Park trestle fire,PRR called it their back door. You could go all the way to Camden.

Also thanks for putting the names of the creeks.  You taught me a lot.

Occupying your time productively like I do sir it makes the day goes by!

Thanks for the video. I grew up near South Amboy where the GG1 trains would transfer from Diesel engines to electric engines for the trip north to NY Penn Station. I also took many trips from South Amboy to Penn Station to see Ranger hockey games at Madison Square Garden in the 1970’s & 1980’s. I appreciate all of the train videos you take in the NY area,

Thank you for sharing the images. 👍

As a child years ago I used to ride the PRR from Newark to Sea Girt to visit my grandparents. Before I was old enough to ride the train unaccompanied I was still allowed to walk unescorted to the train station to watch PRR & CNJ trains.  I even recall the K-4s in their final days.

Took this line the other day. man are those trains slow. Took an hour to get to Middletown via Newark. I'm surprised how clean the windows are. 21:37 i absolutely LOVE that sound.