NJ Transit and an engineers’ union appear to be heading toward a major rail strike that would start Friday — the first one in decades. Currently, both sides are in Washington, D.C. participating in mediation,

Some 350,000 New Jersey commuters could soon find themselves scrambling for other ways to get to work if contract disagreements between New Jersey Transit and its engineers’ union aren't resolved, according to transit officials.

Commuters in New Jersey are facing a triple threat this week: a looming NJ Transit strike, severe delays at Newark Airport, and road closures due to sinkholes on I-80. FOX 5’s Arthur Chi’en reports live from Secaucus Junction as riders brace for a potential walkout by locomotive engineers as early as Friday.