Talk:Weehawken Terminal

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The New York Central bought the New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway on November 24, 1885 and reorganized their new acquisition as the West Shore Railroad on December 5, immediately leasing it for 475 years from January 1, 1886. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.210.7.209 (talk) 02:47, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The West Shore Railroad was chartered December 5, 1885, as successor to the New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railway, and was leased for 475 years to the New York Central. On that same date, the Middletown Branch was transferred to the Ontario & Western and that road given trackage rights Cornwall to Weehawken

Trackage of West Shore Railroad was Weehawken, New Jersey to Buffalo, New York, 425 miles; and branches - Rockland Lake to Congers, 1.15 miles; Athens Dock to Coxsavkie, N.Y. 6.16 miles; Coeymans Jct. to Kenwood Jct., N.Y. 11.04 miles; Fullers to Athens Jct., 5.07 miles; Syracuse to Earlville, N.Y., 45.49 miles; Buffalo to Buffalo Creek, N.Y., 1.29 miles - total lines 495.20 miles. The Syracuse, Ontario & New York Railway, Syracuse to Earlville, was absorbed by consolidation on July 2, 1891.

The New Jersey Junction Railroad was organized in 1886 to provide connections and facilities for interchange of traffic between several railway systems terminating at Jersey City, Hoboken and Weehawken. It was leased in 1886 to the New York Central^[1]

References

^ www.kinglyheirs.com/NewYorkStateRailroads/WestShore1.html

Stations

The West Shore started at Weehawken directly opposite New York City. It was the nearest available point where there was water access and land for rail yards. It required a long tunnel under nearby Bergen Hill. The line ran parallel to the river for several miles. It touched the river again at Haverstraw and followed it closely to a point opposite Poughkeepsie, where it turned slightly inland.

Defective file

The image File:New York City Railroads ca 1900.png isn't showing up for some strange reason. All we've got is a red X on the upper-left hand corner. ----DanTD (talk) 17:06, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Historic footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZraaMXh3WS8

[1] www.kinglyheirs.com/NewYorkStateRailroads/WestShore1.html

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