Retired New Jersey Transit rail fleet

This page will cover retired NJ Transit and NJDOT rail equipment.

Locomotives

Diesel

• E8A no. various built by EMD acquired from Penn Central. Retired 1987
• F7A no. various built by EMD 1940s ex-Chicago & North Western returned to C&NW
• F40PH no. various built by EMD 1970s leased from Railworld ex-Amtrak Returned to Railworld
• GP7 no. various built by EMD for the Central Railroad of New Jersey Unit 5902 was the only one to receive full NJ Transit paint, all others remained in NJDOT colors
• GP9 no. various built by EMD for the Pennsylvania Railroad
• RDC-1 no. various built by Budd Company for the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, and New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
• SW9 no. various built by EMD for the Erie Railroad
• U34CH no. 4151-4182 built by General Electric for the Erie Lackawanna Railroad in 1970-73
• U34CH no. 4183 rebuilt by GE from Chicago & North Western U30C 934 in 1978. Was owned by Metro-North

Electric

• GE E44 no. various built by GE for the Pennsylvania Railroad and acquired from Conrail. Sold to Amtrak.
• GE E60CP no. various built by GE in 1975 for Amtrak Some received NJ Transit paint others remained in Amtrak paint.
• GG1 no. 4872-4884 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Pennsylvania Railroad and acquired from Conrail

Electric MU Equipment

• Arrow I no. 1200-1233 ex 100-133 built by St. Louis Car Co. 1968-1969 Rebuilt 1987–1989 into Comet IB coaches by Morrison-Knudsen Originally 500-534 then 100-106 and 108-133 ex 500...533 and 507 ex 534 Car 107 destroyed by fire
• Arrow II no. 1234-1303 built by Budd 1975 Some were briefly operated on what would become the MARC Penn Line by Conrail All were retired by 1997
• Erie Lackawanna MU Cars no. various built by Pullman Replaced by Arrow II & Arrow III cars in 1984
• MP54 no. various built by Pullman Replaced by Arrow I & Arrow II cars during the 1970s-early 1980s

Rolling Stock (non-Comet)

• "Bay Head/Raritan Valley Rocket" no. various acquired Late 1960s from the Rock Island by the CRRNJ
• "CNJ Heavyweights" no. various built 1920s for the CRRNJ's Blue Comet.
• "E-L Capitan" no. 3070-3094 acquired 1970s from the Santa Fe for the Erie Lackawanna.
• "Jersey Builder Cars" no. various acquired 1970s from the Burlington Northern Some of these cars remain in the hands of the URHS.
• "P70" no. various built 1920s for the PRR.
• "Raritan Eagle" no. various acquired from Missouri Pacific.
• "Stillwell" no. various built 1930s for the Erie.

Comet Cars

Comet I

• 1600-1606, 1608-1609 low-door trailers with restrooms built as bar cars.
• 1700-1760 low-door trailers
• 5102, 5112, 5122, 5125, 5127 retired due to various wreck damages.

Comet IA

• 5994-5999 (trailers)
• 5198-5199 (cabs)
• built 1978 by Budd from spare Arrow III shells Owned by Metro-North (scrapped)

Comet IB

• 5155-5169 (cab cars)
• 5220-5234 (trailers)
• Built as EMUs originally in 1968-9, rebuilt into push-pull cars 1987-1989.
• All retired from service by July 2008. Cars sold off or leased to other operators.

Comet II/IIB (unrebuilt)

These cars currently run as 5300-5459.

• 5610-5706 (1982 trailers)
• 5752-5758, 5760-5771(1987-1989 trailers)
• 5759 (Club car for Jersey Shore Commuter Club built 1988)
• 5135-5154 (cabs, built 1982) (5146 wrecked 1996)
• All built by Bombardier, rebuilt 1999-2003

Comet IIA/IIB/IIS

• 5173-5178 (cabs)
• 5984-5993, 6000(5980)-6003(5983), 6173,6176,6178,6180,6182,6184 (coaches)
• Owned by Metro-North.
• Cabs 5173–5174 and all 6100 series coaches were transferred from Croton equipment pool to Hoboken equipment pool.
• Coaches 6000–6003 renumbered to 5980–5983 to make way for Comet V cars.

Comet III

• 5009-5010 (cabs)
• Originally MN 5179-80, sold to NJ Transit in 1998.
• Sold back to Metro-North in 2008, now retired.