A 37-year-old NJ Transit executive has been charged after authorities say he stole $700,000 worth of phones from the agency and then sold them for profit.

NJ Transit and an engineers’ union appear to be steaming ahead to the first major rail strike in decades starting early Friday, even as both sides convene in Washington, D.C., where they pledged to continue negotiations.

Gov. Phil Murphy discusses looming NJ Transit strike, Newark airport delays, Medicaid cuts, and budget concerns amid federal uncertainty.

Representatives for NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers are scheduled to meet Monday in Washington, D.C., called there by federal arbitrators to hash out their differences as New Jersey sits on the brink of its first major rail strike in four decades.

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.

The above video originally aired on May 13. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (PIX11) — Ahead of Shakira’s sold-out concert at MetLife Stadium on Thursday and Friday and Beyonce’s shortly after, NJ Transit has nixed rail service to the venue in anticipation of a looming locomotive worker strike.