The clock is ticking ahead of a potential NJ Transit rail strike. The trains could stop running at 12:01 a.m. Friday if locomotive engineers don't get the salary increase they want.New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says all options are on the table if engineers walk off the job,

A strike of train engineers could happen May 16. And NJ Transit's 172,000 weekday rail riders need to consider alternatives.

Some 350,000 commuters could soon be scrambling for other ways to reach their destinations if New Jersey Transit engineers walk off the job early Friday. NJ Transit — the nation’s third largest transit system — operates buses and rail in the state,