Miscellaneous Freight Railroad Images in New York City
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TERMINAL RAILROADS
OF THE BROOKLYN, QUEENS, STATEN
ISLAND, BRONX &
MANHATTAN:
MISCELLANEOUS
FREIGHT RAILROAD
IMAGES
IN NEW YORK
CITY
(historical & present day)
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(photo album only)
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updated:
SATURDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2010 -
19:10 |
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| NYC Pier 36 West & Charlton
Streets |
13 February 2010 |
Historical
Era |
| NYNH & H Hell Gate yard images
added |
03 February 2010 |
Historical
Era |
| location notations added to select NYC Manhattan
photos |
23 January 2010 |
Historical
Era |
This page, for the most part, is an album of images pertaining
to freight operations in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Bronx, and Manhattan.
Where possible, I have tried to provide locomotive data.
The first section, is a compilation of historical images I have
encountered while researching the topics and locations on my website.
The second section are images that I took of modern era operations
that now occupy the sites of the former railroads and operations that I research.
Historical Era
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New York Central Railroad
- Street Operations
(pre-Highline)
Manhattan, NY |
New York Central Lines - Hudson Street & Vestry Street - ca. 1900
(looking northeast at 188, 190, 192 Hudson Street.
train is heading (pushing) towards New York Central & Hudson River
Freight Depot one block right (south).
Vestry Street streetcar left edge of photo)
NYPL Digital Archives
New York Central Railroad
#6
builder:
c/n:
built:
wheel arrangement:
cylinders:
driver diameter:
retired: |
Schenectady
2954
1/1890
0-4-0 Dummy
15" x 22"
46"
1913 |
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New York Central Lines - West Street between King &
Charlton Streets - March 6, 1929
Looking north-northeast.
NYPL Digital Archives
13 February 2010 |
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New York Central West 30th Street Yard - Eleventh Avenue
& West 30th Street - ca. 1906
Looking northeast.
NYPL Digital Archives
New York Central Railroad
#1906
builder:
c/n:
built:
wheel arrangement:
cylinders:
driver diameter:
weight: |
0-6-0 Dummy
18" x 24"
55"
63 Ton |
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New York Central Railroad - Eleventh Avenue* &
West 26th Street - ca. 1911
Man on horse is a NYCRR Watchman / RR Policeman a/k/a "West Side Cowboy"
escorting the locomotive as required by NY City law.
Bain News Service
George Grantham Bain collection
Shorpy photo archives
New York Central Railroad
#11
builder:
c/n:
built:
wheel arrangement:
cylinders:
driver diameter:
renumbered:
retired: |
Schenectady
2480
2/1888
0-4-0 Dummy
15" x 22"
46"
#4
1909 |
* According to Tim Zukas, this is Tenth Avenue, not
Eleventh Avenue. Why the discrepancy in negative marking? |
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New York Central Railroad - Meat Packing District - Eleventh* Avenue &
West 12th Street - ca. 1911
Man on horse is a NYCRR Watchman / RR Policeman a/k/a "West Side Cowboy"
escorting the locomotive as required by NY City law.
Bain News Service
George Grantham Bain collection
Shorpy photo archives
New York Central Railroad
#11
builder:
c/n:
built:
wheel arrangement:
cylinders:
driver diameter:
renumbered:
retired: |
Schenectady
2480
2/1888
0-4-0 Dummy
15" x 22"
46"
#4
1909 |
* According to Tim Zukas, this is Tenth Avenue, not
Eleventh Avenue. Why the discrepancy in negative marking? |
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New York Central Railroad - Eleventh Avenue* & ? Street - ca. 1911
Man on horse is a NYCRR Watchman / RR Policeman a/k/a "West Side Cowboy"
escorting the locomotive as required by NY City law.\
Bain News Service
George Grantham Bain collection
Shorpy photo archives
New York Central Railroad
#11
builder:
c/n:
built:
wheel arrangement:
cylinders:
driver diameter:
renumbered:
retired: |
Schenectady
2480
2/1888
0-4-0 Dummy
15" x 22"
46"
#4
1909 |
* According to Tim Zukas, this is Tenth Avenue, not
Eleventh Avenue. Why the discrepancy in negative marking? |
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New York Central Railroad West
35th Street Yard - Twelfth Avenue & West 35th Street
- March 17, 1929
(looking north)
P. L. Sperr photo
NYPL Digital Archives |
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New York Central Railroad West 35th Street Yard - Eleventh Avenue & West
34th Street - May 12, 1930
P. L. Sperr photo
NYPL Digital Archives |
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New York Central West 30th Street Yard - Eleventh Avenue & West 31th
Street - June 2, 1931
(looking northeast)
P. L. Sperr photo
NYPL Digital Archives
New York Central Railroad #1536
c/n:
built:
# units built:
renumbered:
body:
motor:
weight:
retired:
scrapped:
notes: |
ALCo c/n 68369 - GE c/n 11121
8/1930
35 (#1526 - #1560)
#536
T3-2
1 - 300 hp
126 tons
7/1953
10/1955
"Tri Power" |
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New York Central West 30th Street Yard - Eleventh Avenue & West 30th
Street - February 7, 1932
(looking northwest)
P. L. Sperr photo
NYPL Digital Archives |
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New York Central Railroad West 35th Street Yard
- Twelfth Avenue & West 35th Street - May 30, 1934
(looking east)
P. L. Sperr photo
NYPL Digital Archives |
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New York Central - Eleventh Avenue & West 49th Street -1936
unknown photographer
A. LaBianca collection
via S. Berliner
New York Central Railroad
#1542
c/n:
built:
# units built:
renumbered:
body:
motor:
weight:
retired:
rebuilt:
retired:
notes: |
ALCo c/n 68735 - GE c/n 11127
11/1930
35 (#1526 - #1560)
#542
T3-2
1 - 300 hp
129 tons (possibly an error - all others in this series weighed 126 tons)
11/1949
11/1950 to slug #473
5/1962
"Tri Power" |
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New York Central Railroad West 39th Street Yard - Twelfth Avenue &
West 39th Street - March 4, 1937
(looking east)
P. L. Sperr photo
(this location by the way, is still a railroad yard, albeit the Long
Island Rail Road Penn Station storage yard)
NYPL Digital Archives |
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New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad Hell Gate Yard Float Bridges
Bronx, NY |
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad "Hell Gate" Yard - April
21, 1931
(looking north)
P. L. Sperr photo
NYPL Digital
Archives
added 03 February 2010 |
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad "Hell Gate"
Yard - unknown date
(looking north)
unknown photographer
added 03 February 2010 |
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Modern Era
Please note:
The photographs in the following section were taken by myself (the author)
and not for reproduction or use without my express consent.
Please contact me at bedt14@aol.com for
consent. |
New York Container
Terminal
Howland Hook, Staten Island, NY
.
Please note:
General photography / videography is prohibited at the New York Container
Terminal facility.
I submitted a written request and was granted permission
by officials of Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and New York
Container Terminal
to photograph the locomotive operations. If you do not have permission, you
will be stopped and detained - security is tight!
Special thanks are due to:
Frank Rose
Gary L. Smith
Arie Van Tol |
Supervisor of Rail Operations, NYCT,
Maintenance Unit Supervisor, NY Marine Terminals, PANYNJ
Manager of Marine Terminals, PANYNJ |
You may view the New York Container Terminal website here:
New York Container
Terminal
February 26, 2009 - New York Container Terminal, Howland Hook, Staten Island,
NY
Morristown & Erie Railroad (leased power) #20 - SW1500
NYCT locomotive #2109 (GP38-2) was temporarily out of service with a cracked
gear pan.
NYCT leased this locomotive from Morristown & Erie while NYCT #2109 was
awaiting receipt of the new gear pan. |
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February 26, 2009 - New York Container Terminal, Howland Hook, Staten Island,
NY
Morristown & Erie Railroad (leased power) #20 - SW1500
just east of Western Avenue crossing
Arlington Yard in background |
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February 26, 2009 - New York Container Terminal, Howland Hook, Staten Island,
NY
Morristown & Erie Railroad (leased power) #20 - SW1500
Western Avenue crossing |
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February 26, 2009 - New York Container Terminal, Howland Hook, Staten Island,
NY
Morristown & Erie Railroad (leased power) #20 - SW1500
Western Avenue crossing
(taken from Arlington Yard) |
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Returning to the New York Container Terminal in May
2009 for my exploration of the Procter & Gamble property,
I caught #2109 back in service: |
May 1, 2009 - New York Container Terminal, Howland Hook, Staten Island, NY
New York Container Terminal #2109 - GP38-2
Western Avenue crossing |
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May 1, 2009 - New York Container Terminal, Howland Hook, Staten Island, NY
New York Container Terminal #2109 - GP38-2
Western Avenue crossing |
CSX / NYCT Arlington
Yard
Staten Island, NY
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February 26, 2009 - CSX municipal waste container train PN-08 pulling into
the AK Bridge approach from the Travis Branch Loop (west).
CSX #5277 and #5327 (ES44DC) |
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February 26, 2009 - After clearing the turnout from the Travis Branch into
the AK Bridge Approach (left track),
the train pulls clear of the crossover in the Arlington Yard throat tracks.
The train then reverses direction and backs the municipal waste containers
down (east) into Arlington Yard.
That's James the of the CSX train crew hitching a ride into the yard. |
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February 26, 2009 - The CSX locomotives on the Arlington Yard throat
track crossover backing (east) into the yard. |
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February 26, 2009 - Trackman of the New York Container Terminal throwing
the turnout,
after the CSX crew dropped of the municipal waste cars, and pulled back forward
(west).
Now it will back down (east) on the intermodal container stack train to couple
up. |
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While the CSX crew is moving forward to pick up the container stack train
already assembled in Arlington Yard,
the NYCT crew is already bringing up more containers from the NYCT into the
Arlington Yard. |
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NYCT locomotive (leased M&E #20) moving back down the incline to the
NYCT facility. |
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February 26, 2009 - CSX crew backing down (east) on the intermodal container
stack train. |
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February 26, 2009 - CSX locomotives coupled up to intermodal container
stack train and preparing to pull train forward (west)
clear of turnout, and back down on municipal waste containers with the intermodal
container stacks.
Once the intermodal container cars are coupled up to the municipal waster
container cars, the CSX crew
will wait for the AK (Arthur Kill) Bridge to drop, and will then proceed
west to Cranston Junction, NJ.
The CSX crew on this trick was particularly friendly and informative! Thats
JJ in the cab (engineer) and
James (conductor / brakeman) on the ground. |
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CSX - PANYNJ Arthur Kill Vertical
Lift Bridge
Elizabeth, NJ / Staten Island, NY
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One of, if not my favorite railway bridge, is the Arthur Kill
Vertical Lift Bridge " AK Bridge" connecting Cranston Junction, in Elizabeth,
New Jersey; with Arlington Yard and the North Branch, Staten Island,
NY.
This bridge is the longest vertical lift bridge in the world,
and was built by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
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The Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Railroad Bridge was constructed in 1958 through
1959, and officially opened August 25, 1959 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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This vertical lift bridge replaced an older swing span that was damaged in
a ship collision.
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This single track bridge connects Cranston Junction in Elizabeth, New Jersey
and Arlington Yard in Staten Island, New York
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This bridge is the largest vertical lift bridge in the world.
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The two towers are 215 feet in height.
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The movable span is 558 feet in length.
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In the raised position the span is 135 feet above Mean High Water
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In the lowered position the span is 31 feet above Mean High Water.
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In 1991, it was taken out of service when the last freight train to use the
North Branch (former Staten Island Rapid Transit) crossed it.
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In 1994, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) purchased
the bridge and the North Shore branch of rail service from CSX.
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In 2004, NYCEDC and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ)
announced plans to rehabilitate the bridge and reactivate freight rail service
on Staten Island. Repairs to the bridge included repainting the steel and
rehabilitating the lift mechanism.
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The bridge has been painted in "royal blue" in homage to the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad. The rehabilitation project was completed in June 2006.
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On October 4, 2006, a "train" crossed the bridge for the first time in 16
years. It consisted of just a single locomotive which took on switching duties
at the New York Container Terminal.
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The bridge now sees regular service for both arriving and departing container
stack trains for the New York Container Terminal, and trains of municipal
waste departing Arlington Yard.
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The bridge is kept in the up position to minimize marine navigation obstacle.
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It is lowered on a predetermined schedule, and after the US Coast Guard has
announced its scheduled lowering several times during the day of lowering
(2 hour warning, 1 hour warning, 30 minute warning, 15 minute and 5 minute
warnings are issued)
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It is usually lowered twice a day: one in the morning for inbound traffic,
one in afternoon for outbound traffic.
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It used to appear that the bridge was lowered twice a week (Tuesdays and
Thursdays), but increased rail traffic seems to warrant almost daily operation.
May 1, 2009 |
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May 1, 2009 - CSX # 5393 (ES44DC) & #504 (CW44AH)
(according to Gary Smith of the NYCT, that bridge approach grade is approximately
2½ %!) |
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May 1, 2009 |
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May 1, 2009 |
New York New Jersey
Rail
Brooklyn, NY & Greenville, NJ
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This active railroad has been moved to its own page. Please click
here:
New York
New Jersey Rail
Port Jersey
Jersey City, NJ
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The Port Jersey Railroad is a small shortline, but don't let
that fool you. They move a substantial about of freight in Jersey City from
various modes of shipping.
As of December 2010, New York New Jersey Rail purchased the
Port Jersey Railroad. Information is now placed withing the Port Jersey RR
chapter of New York New Jersey Rail.
New York
New Jersey Rail
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