The New York Central & Hudson River eventually acquired control of the NYWS&B in 1885, renaming it as the West Shore Railroad. The Central continued allowing the O&W access to Weehawken, in which it paid a fixed sum per mile. The so-called "Middletown Branch" of the former NYWS&B was...
The railroad also offers the option of bulk transfer facilities. It is now larger, hauls more tonnage, and is more profitable than it ever was at any point in its more than 130 year history. The NYS&W's current roster is an eclectic assortment of locomotives ranging from GEs and EMDs...
In that case, it may have ended in 1919, when General Electric staged a tug-of-war between a Milwaukee Road EP-2 “bipolar” electric locomotive and not one but two New York Central steam locomotives. As Scientific American reported, it took only a few minutes before the two steamers wer...
There were 1500 cars in lot 858-B #42000-43499 when new, but since this was the railroad’s only large class of 40’ers with 8′ doors, they equipped 915 with interior load restraint systems and assigned most to specific shippers. All but one of these special assignments was in the app...
As a photographer working from the ground (as opposed from the locomotive cab), finding situations that illustrate some of the less common aspects in the rule book can take lots patience. Looking railroad timetable east at Rock Glen, New York. Exposed on Fujichrome with a Canon EOS 3 with ...
As Bob Hayden goes on state in his book, "Diesel Locomotive Cyclopedia: Volume 2," New Haven's 11,000-volt, AC system between New York-New Haven also needed considerable work, money the railroad simply did not have during the 1950s. ...
The challenge was not undertaken until the New York and New Haven Railroad (NY&NH) was chartered in 1844; by 1849, the line had opened between the two named endpoints, with access over the New York and Harlem Railroad into eastern Manhattan. In 1848, the NY&NH leased the New Haven and...