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,

If the engineers do walk off the job, the agency plans to increase bus service, saying it would add “very limited” capacity to existing New York commuter bus routes in close proximity to rail stations and will contract with private carriers to operate bus service from key regional park-and-ride locations during weekday peak periods.

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,