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. 100-133 built by St. Louis Car Co. 1968-1969 Rebuilt 1987–1989 into Comet IB coaches by Morrison-Knudsen
*"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.