NJ Transit locomotive engineers could soon walk off the job, bringing to a halt a rail service used by 350,000 commuters in the event of a work stoppage. As of Thursday morning, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen union and NJ Transit representatives were still meeting in negotiations hoping to reach an agreement prior to a potential strike.

As late as Wednesday night, the two sides were expressing some optimism for a settlement. Since then, radio silence.

NJ Transit’s bus routes, the agency’s predominate lines in the region, would not be impacted. But rail lines would.

With a possible NJ Transit strike looming later this week​, engineers protested in front of the agency's headquarters on Wednesday in Newark.

As NJ Transit enters the final hours of negotiations with the workers’ union, the transit agency is warning commuters to prepare for service to end on Friday at midnight. NJ Transit added a notice to its website warning travelers to get to their destinations by 11:59 p.

New Jersey Transit urged riders to reach their destinations before the end of the day Thursday or risk being stranded as last-minute talks continued in a bid to avert a rail strike by train engineers that would affect some 350,

Beyonce fans might be better off riding a horse to next week’s “Cowboy Carter” concerts at MetLife Stadium if a strike shuts down NJ Transit rail service. NJ Transit’s train engineers could walk off the job as soon as Friday after Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers members voted to reject a tentative agreement between the leaders of the agency and the union.