The Raritan Central made a significant investment in its operations with the arrival this month of two rebuilt GP15N locomotives. The GP15Ns will replace some of the older locomotives in our fleet, and promise to significantly increase our operational efficiency and allow for even better service levels for our customers. Equipped with microprocessor controls that provide increased traction and horsepower utilization, the locomotives are perfect for the low-speed, quick throttle response needs of our switching operations. These features are essential for a railroad that prides itself on providing our customers with multiple switches per day at no additional cost. The two locomotives arrived fully painted from the rebuilder, and proudly display the Raritan Central name on their sides. Both are already hard at work serving customers in the world’s greatest marketplace!

Crews have been busy digging out and renovating track at the end of our Meadow Road Steel Reload in Edison, NJ. When complete, additional track will add to the rail car spots available and enable the facility to rapidly and efficiently handle the throughput of even more materials on a daily basis. It will also restore rail service to yet another warehouse/cross dock building in Edison. This continuous investment in our infrastructure is essential for meeting the needs our customers who rely on our transloads to be an important link in their supply chain.

The Raritan Central Railroad’s track department has been steadily restoring track within Heller Park, including the switch and siding to our new logistics customer at 41 Distribution Boulevard warehouse and cross dock. The first cars will have already been spotted at the doors by the time you read this. The track work is re-opening hundreds of thousand of square feet of space to our industry-leading rail services. Raritan Central’s ability to provide complete track repair and maintenance makes it easier for shippers who have leased buildings and are responsible for the upkeep of their sidings.

May will be a busy month on the Raritan Central as we restore rail service to hundreds of thousands of square feet of strategically located warehouse and cross dock space within the Heller Industrial Park in Edison, New Jersey. Crews have already made significant progress cutting brush and trees in preparation for the rehabilitation of track and sidings within the park. Check back for updates on this important project.

Raritan Central continues to invest in the rail infrastructure within the Raritan Central Business Park to improve service for our customers. In March, 2025, the stub end siding behind 84 Mayfield Ave. was extended to connect with a long-severed siding serving 115 Northfield Ave. The project allows the over 90,000 s/f warehouse and cross dock to once again be connected to the national rail system, giving the occupants the option of using cost-saving and environmentally friendly rail transportation for shipping and receiving products. Contact us directly to find out more about this opportunity.

The Raritan Central is pleased to offer rail-to-truck cross-dock and warehousing in the 384,784 SF former New York Times building situated at 3001 Woodbridge Ave., in Edison, New Jersey. This facility will soon be available for lease. Formerly used for paper-grade shipments, the facility sits on an 18.3 acre parcel and features an indoor rail dock for boxcars with six car spots, interior and exterior truck docks, easy access to I-95, and is only a short distance from New York City and the Port of New York and New Jersey. The Raritan Central will provide up to 6 day/week rail services with multiple switches/day and both CSX and NS connections. The cross dock will bring shipments closer to end-users in the Northeast marketplace with over 20 million consumers and countless businesses within a one-hour drive and much of the Northeast within a one-day truck trip. Visit our Property Listings page or contact us directly to find out more about this rare opportunity.

• Three million dollar track and road expansion and improvement project.
• Completed October 1, 2022
• Adds almost 40 additional bulk transloading and storage spots

On Monday, October 24, 2022, representatives of Federal Business Centers New Jersey and the Raritan Central Railroad gathered to cut the ribbon officially opening the new Sweetwater Lane transload tracks for use. A crew from the Raritan Central then backed the first loads onto the new tracks.

Plastic Express’ new 125,000 S/F packaging facility at 195 Raritan Center Parkway in Raritan Center opened for business on October 19, 2022. A old siding into the facility was completely rehabilitated for use and now features multiple car spots for transloading plastics right to waiting packaging lines. A ribbon cutting with was held on October 19, 2022, as a Raritan Central crew backed the first carloads into the new facility.

A three million dollar project to expand bulk products transloading capacity in Raritan Center was completed in October, 2022. The project involved widening and modernizing the roadway, installing a crossing, and adding two more tracks with 40 car spots. Railroad Construction of Patterson, NJ, was contracted to upgrade and expand the rail infrastructure. Sweetwater Lane now has active transloading tracks on both sides of the road, as well a parallel storage-in-transit tracks that double the transload’s capacity.

The Raritan Central is now delivering car loads to the expansive new AriZona Beverages bottling plant, warehouse, and distribution center in the Raritan Center Business Park. Completely new rail infrastructure was constructed within the plant to meet the needs of Arizona and better serve the two buildings making up the facility.