be reached through his new employer, had been with NJ Transit since 1999.

Connecticut's transportation commissioner, Jim Redeker, had spent 30 years at NJ Transit and had come to Connecticut for the job Andreski was later recruited to do.

Five senior employees, including the railroad's compliance officer for train crews, went to Florida to work for BrightLine, a privately operated passenger service that is expected to eventually link Miami with Orlando. The Miami-to-West Palm Beach segment is set to open soon.

BrightLine's chief mechanical officer, Tom Rutkowski, had been with NJ Transit for 11 years and was "a rising star" there, according to his biography on the Florida railroad's website.

Rutkowski, who could not be reached through his new employer, was NJ Transit's general superintendent of equipment, managing locomotives, cars and employeesat the railroad's Meadowlands Maintenance Complex.

A BrightLine recruiter visited him on the floor of the shop in Kearny, according to the company's website. Soon after, Rutkowski had a new job and moved his family from New Jersey to Florida.