Hackettstown bound train 877 races west through Wharton behind a Metro North GP40FH-2. The train is passing the site of the former Thatcher Glass factory. The photographer is standing on the former D&R Railroad overpass, now a public trail.
Two rapid transit lines, PATCO and PATH, take commuters to Philadelphia and New York, respectively. Metro North locomotives and rolling stock often show up on NJ Transit northern lines and SEPTA terminates routes in Trenton and West Trenton.