west shore rr history 15 june 1961

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W T

IS

THE HI

STORY

OF THE ~ ~ SHORE RAnROAD

and

WHA r I S ITS

IMP

ORTANCE TO BERGEN

COUNTY

?

6

I

rf v

L H

John H. hterbacb

Juno. 15 1961


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otherwise

mark

ed

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pho

togra

phS

were

taken y the author

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

H 8 t o ~ of the Shore Ra

i l

road Pag.

1

Mi

lepost-b,r-Vdl

epost Des

cripti

on

of the ine ~

Various * 78 of Restor i ng Passenger Service

'. . . . . . . . . .

. . . .

. I I

Importance to Bergen ou

nty

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .a 7

Foot :

Notes . .,. . .

!P 18

Bibliography

o

_ o

. .-

18

hoto Sect

on

. 8 19


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WH T IS

THI

HIS1'ORY

OF THE

WEST SHORE

RAILROAD,

and

iIIlT

IS 1m

IMPORTk iCl'

TO BBRGmf OOUNTI

?

I

RaUr diDg in Bergen County had

progr

essed

quite

awqs betore

the

small, deficit-ridden, single track

predecessor

t

the west Shore

laid i t s

ra i l s

be tween

Ridgetield

8Jld Tappe in

1873.

The t ac t

that the liDe was unable t o

ge

t i ts f re ight and passengers to Nev

York City

spelled the early

doom

ot this l ine .

The liDe changed

hands several times unt i l

a

group t ant i

Van-

derbi l t

railroaders,

lead by George Pullman, saw

grea

t poten a l in

i t . They would use i t . tracks as a base tor a

railroad eD

ding

f roa

~ lower reachelf ot the Hudson Val lq to BurMo, New

Yo

rk ,

tor

the

,

sole purpose ot bringing

tinanc1al

ruin

01l ec.modo

re

Van-

derbilt d his

powrfnl

New York

and

Hudson RiYer

Railroad

nov

that 1111e is

the

New York Central R a i l r o a d ~ Thua, the

New

Y

ork

,

WIst Shore and Buffalo was formed

o

' 'he"

4225 toot-long

Vaeha.en Turmel was

bored

tJIl i

Bergen

Hill

and

vas

completed by the end o t l881, by

the

end

ot

1183, t r

ains

were

runniDg over

t h .

miles ot double track

leading

to Buftalo . F

er

-

r ies

were

used

to

take

the

passengers

acron t he

HUde

on

R1

ver

t o

New York.

To drlve the West Shore to inBolveney,

the

eo-od

cre uaed one ot

hi

s

favorite

weapons,

the

prl'ti9 war.

l11e t ight wa

a

decided

a t

OD

ce.

The New

o ~ k and

HuSson

River could a t tord to

10" JIllch

JIO re

mone,

1 . such

a

cont l ie than the We

s t Shore

had

in

i t a

treaBUr1. COna ...

quently,

the

West

Shore

went

into

rae

a verahip

on A

uguat

9,

188

4,
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and va8 leased to the victorioue

road

tor 47 ') y

ear

e (vlth

option

for an

addi

t io

nal

500 yeat3') o Decaber ')

188').

Bergen County real e.tate was the cause tor the to ru t ion

t the

orig

inal road and would

COD

t ro l the

hia t

OZ'T of i t s auce8sors

to r

DlIIny 1 Ore years. Passenger bUshess increased to such an extent

duriDg the twent ies that

the

or igina l l ine

needed

to

be

expanded

o

He\\' York

Central

of f ic ia ls decided that the l ine would be f c k e d

from NoDth Bergen to the drawbridge south o t U t t le Fe:rry aDd th

en

again from

Lit t le lerry Station

to Congers ,

Ne

w York (

the shorta

ge

t

suitable

land

along th

e

banks

of

th

e

Hackensack River

t Lit t le

Ferry

alloved

only

H om

eno

ug

h

for

a

double

track _ i n l

ine)

.

Unt

o

rtuna

te17.

when the

p re

ss ion

hi t

1la October 1929,

the

JlXpans

ion

'

had only been

completed

as t a r as Dumont, ,t he - location of an intermediate passenger

..rd. Besides prevent ing the

extension

of the four track

_

1nl e

turth

er

no

r th

,

th

e "pression a l s o killed

the ral l roaJs hopes to

r

elect r i

f)ing

the l ine and extending i t through a t

UDDel

under the

r iv

er so that t rains could eome directly into New

k

The red ink which the West Shore uNCi on 1t . ledger. dur1Dg t

he

earl.)' Thirties vas e l

iminated JII8lly

t iaes over

by

the l arge profit s

caused

by heavy t ratf1c

during ibrld

war I I . The

n

atura l

re

ces

sion

af'te

r the

war ts end

plus

the ending of . . . . ra tioDinc l eU

way to

the

f

i r s

t

t many passenge

r

serviwe curtailment s

that would fo llow i n

the

years to O I l e

In adelit ion

to

JaO

re cuts

in

pass

enger s erv1 e, the arr i

val

f

'ot

th

e

Fit t es If,r

ought a new sound to the Vest S

hore

ar a . The

t iar,

hUff-and;.;putt and bla

ck

_ ok of t he K.:.l1j1Jac incs , the J-3 Ruds D.

u d

t he

L-l

Mob8.Jlks (al l steams

engi

nes)

ga

ve

way to the :roar

and

bl

ack

BJIOke or 1600 hor.,epowr Al... diesel-

elec

t r ic

road

lv i tchera .

On ,tbe west

Shore,

by

19

)

3,

the

diese l

was a r

a l

i tl

and

t he s te


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The s

pr

ing t

1954

brought Robert Ro

Young

and

h i

asso

ciate.

,

a l l tresh

t r

ca .

t iJailla-ctal

wrecking job on the ahuepeake and Ohio

Railroad, to the co. trol

of

the New York

Central

.

B

Deceaber

t tba

t

year} their wrath vas fel t on the West Shore. I t was announced at that

t ime that the toad

would

seek to abandon

al l

pas.enger service.

The . t t - tola story t the

five

'

year

. of

~ t r

re . i . taaa. to

the

.1 l roads

plaeed not

be

repeated

here

.

On

March l l , 1959,

tb

Nev York

Cen

t ral

got

~ s i o n to a on i ta supposedlT

det iei te

r idden JIud8 River ter'V

servio

e. I t a

aa .n

ter dea1red to get a

cro

ss

the

Ri.er

CD

the morDiag

on

th

e

thirtee

nth

,

h.

had

the

cho

ice

of

svimming

through the i 01 ' -, . va

te

r to Hev York er taldDg

a

bus

t rc:lli

the top t the

Pall ades to

the Port Authority Terminal .

Train

service

frOJll

West Haverstraw, ~ r t , to Wee.b8fen . the

ef

eleven

t rains

in

each direot ion -eacb

r

COJ\8i tt1llg t.wo ai r

condit

i oned coaches, pul led by one of the afore mentiond Alec r . -d

svitv

hers

g

co

n

tinued

on

unt

i l

the

ni

ght

t

December

11

of

the

same

year. A

baBdolUlent

CRDletwe dqs

a t t

er

it vas sanctioned

by th

Inter

su t e

ec -e rce Commision and

f ive

years after the ~ t e r s began

their t ight.

The mt r u va sted 11t t l e t ime in

tald ng

advantage t i

ts

victory.

Two

t the tour

tra

cks s

outh

, of )mORt had b.en r

aoved in 19,8

at ter

the Duaont I cal

.. wre

a

baDdoned

o

B y the

e t Nov_ber

1960, the

w

l ine vas single track north t . ebafen the Nev York Central consider s

the

f i

ve Idles o d

ouble t . ack

between Bog

ota

and ))mo t

as

a

66,ear

passing s idingJ the other pass

ing

sidings,

al l

in

New Y

ork

State are

at Vest

Nyack,

West HaVll1 straw, Nevburth,. Alsen, and Coxaaeld..).

The

s

ec

t ion o ~ the liDe was scheduled to

be

s ingl e

tracked

th is past

spring. This va. not dOlle because the necessary

signaling

equipaent

wa.


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being ca

r r

ied n

t r

ain

that

derai led is

the Hi

ghland paS8ing 8iding

l s t winter and was

destroyed

1 the

aooident


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II

Sh oe in the thi rd seotiOll of this repo

r t

, ftl ious . .

f

r

storiag passeDger

service

w1ll be di8cuaSed, a la lowledge

e t

SOlIe

of

the p

r in

ci

ple

tea

t

ures

of

the

liDe

Wlll.

l

be

hel

ptul.

1D

interpretiDg

the

given d ~ Por

tha

t reason, the r e l loving -.uepelFt-b1-lI1lepost"

description t that pa

r t ot

the l ine

80Uth

of Tappml

v.Ul

be given.

No p. 4-Nat io

nal

Junotion-Here

in

the indu

s tr ia l waterfront

seotiOll

t

Je

r sey City .

the

West

Shorets

southel'DllDst po1nto .In 1apor tant

in

terchange wi

th

the P

ennql

WDia IaU ro

ad i s

l o

cated a t th is

point..

M.

P.

3-

obok

__

The

We

s t

Sho

re

passer;

under

the

t

hroa

t

of

t

he yard

le

ading to

the, &-1es-Lae.kawanna Passe

nger station

. A sharp17 curYed

in t

er

change t ra

ck

leads up a s

teep

pade t r om

the

l.iJle

into

the J81"d.

abo

ve

.

M. P., 2-i\IUlo\ll

Avenue,

Sobota-Atter pas siDg under 8

high

viaduct,

the

track

t urns

towar

d the Hudson, going

by

t

he

ltl.llow Avenue Inter

locking

Tower . Between here and JGP. 1, there s an interchange v ~

the 8' bo

ken

c t u r e '8 Railroad.

M. P.

l-

Weeha

Wken-

Tbe

shadow

t th

e

Lincoln

Tuanel bighVl.y.'

r a p dark__

a

8lIIlll

t reight

;yard

locat ed

under

the

Z tolIP.

M 1n

Teradnal-il!ehakeD-

The l

imt

breadeDS

in t

o a l

arge 7Ud

here.

The- tormo pIleseDger station ill OIl

the

r i

g

t

as

1J'U leave the

l

ine

ooming b oa National. J

unc tion.

Further to t he r ight

18 the freight

houae' in

which

the division

otticetll are

located.

North

of

her

.., .tore

ching tor about

two

miles

a l

ong the r iver i s the Ves t Shore

's

01. . . .

s i fica

t ion

yard . r th

bound

tra1Ju; paR'

large TU

interlo king

tower betore theY'

go into th

tunel

UDd

er the

Palisadee

l-North Bergen- ed1ately .

f ter

leaving the tuaDel, the l ine

wi

de

n.

into another )'8l"d . tIrlile th i

.

once

the uj.


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c lassi f i cation yard for t he whol..

division,

much of it has been aban

doned

, De

luding th

e

rou

ndhouse,

which wa

s rece

nt ly re

nted to a

ch

em

ical coa

f& Dt.

facU l

t

ies t r

han

dlin

g

double-d.eck automobi

le

oa

r s

and Flexiw n ears are s t i

ll

in use here .

M.

P.

2-No

r th

Bergen--Main s

ect i

on

of

freigh

t

yard

M.

P.

J-Nor

th Bergen-

Th

e f

re

ig

ht ;yard

narrows dom

to

a

yard which

parallels the u.1n track

and

the ho1d1ng t ra ck

which

a t en

ds

from

the no

r t

h end

of

the t u na l to t he n,..nm'r1dge a t

Lit t l e

FerT'1.

Th

e

Northern Branch of th

e

Erie-Lackawanna goes und

er t

he

vast Shore

t racts a t

th i

s locat ione

M.

P.

~ R i d g e f i e l d T h e

tracks

go

under

the

Ed

gewater

Braa

ot

t he

New

York, Susquehanna , and stern

.

An add

i t ional h

olding

siding

branches from the in holding

s i

ding.

M P. Lit t le Ferry-Publi c Service

El

ec t ric and Gas m

pauy

I s eN J .

Bergen

Gem-eting

stat ion

towers

over

the

Overpeck Creek

area.. lbe

plant

has

i t s own

yard

and

.w itch

engine to handle

the

JBIlD7 hopper

cars,

loaded

with

coal.,

tha

t the

Mev

York Central d

e l i

vers to the

plant each da,..

A

shClll t ~ t u c e sout h

of

the drwbridge ,. ' fer the

viousl,. mentioned creek, the holding s i

dins

end; and

the

lipal.s

north of

h

are

auto_t ic

ins tead o t being contr

o

l led

f'r

oa TU To

ve r

as the,. Jr. between

here

and ~ e h a W k e n .

M. P.

6-

Li

t tle Ferr,y-Cft the other

sid

e

o t th

e

dnrvbr

i 4ge there are

the Lit t le F

err.y

In terloCking TOWBr and the Lit t l e Ferr.y Stat io

' 'he d9uble track _i

nl

ine

of

the

S1ae

quehanna also shares

th

e narrow

s t r

ip

t land a lon

g the

Hackensack

Rivero

Nort

h

of th

e

8 t a t i o ~

the l ine

curve. 0

r to

the westernmost sid

e

of the or

i ginal t

our tra

Ck

road

M P. 7-Ridg6ie1d Park.;.The

l ine

i s en f i l l

here and i s

t th i r ty


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teet

higher

than the ne i ghboring SaequehaDna

e

M. p. s..Bctgota -

Abou

t two-tent h .

o t

lI6le

south

t

the

Bogota Station

th

ere is s

pr

iAg

sw1tch(

the weightior the a wheels t hrows

the

swit ch in a predetermined direction it it not set

1n

that direction

alread7) whi ch sende northbouDd'

traina

to the r i

ght

band

traelt

ot the

nov double track a1nl in

e.

Signals 81 and

8" plus

a dwr t Signal

go

vern

t rain

JIOv_eat.

a t this po1nt .

Me p. 9-Teaneck-The l ine goes int o a deep

out a t

Teaneck. The

station

i s a t s treet level while

the

vusele

sa pla ttoras

ar

e "wa at

traCk

Ievelo

M

P. lO-Ve

s t

i ewood-The

station here

ia i l .

pirk-Uke setting.

the other side t a

high

wa7 bridge which i a short cU.at.aDce Borth

t

the stat ion,

there ia a co

a l

e Po

11

....Bergenfield-After r oUQtUng a slight


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n

there-'

18

a

saall

t

ru

ck

tara on

the other Id.de, there

1s

a

gro

Ye t

pine

t r

e which shield

the Oradell

Reservoi

r

M. P

16 Harrington

Part The 11De crosses th

e Oradell Reservoir betore

passing.

C9alJ'Ud,

and .a suPPl7

ad pi l

ny wb10h

re

on a

81d1Dg

south

of' the

station.

The stat

ion

, ino1den

y,

1 one

o ~

the tev

on

the

l1n

tht i s in good repair

s

ince

.

i t 18 n.v uaed

exclu

1 ely b)r the BaniDg-

to

Park Pollceo

M.

Po 17Veat r w ~

gall

s t l fabricating pll. l l t pro ri.deti the

ce

nter

of'

ra ilroad interest a t

this tOWD

o- Atter

lea

ving the s ta t io

,

the track l'UD th rougb a. hea.

vi ly

wooded gl.

en.

o Po- IS-Ne"

J

er

s8Jl-Nev York

Sta

te

l.ine-Wbile there i oDl.y one

t

rack

here

the

roadbed how

soar.

t two addit ioul tracks

o

One

of t h

ese

was' the t01'll8r northbound aa iBl1

ne

aDd th

e othe

r V s

.,

the lI1ddl.e leading

into Tappan Yard.

M. P.

19

- Ta

ppu

Golden rod covers evryting

here

except t he M i l l track

IU1d .

the

partial17

wrecked na t

ioJl"


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In

Since the

probl

em of restoring passenger

servic

e to

the Vest

Sh

ore 1.. complex, -121 solutioDs to it have been

proposed

. Saae

of th

U

,

as tl\e

plan te use

the

Hudson HiTer Diy

Boats as

te r r ie.

bave been

l oag proved unworkable.

Bo

wewer,

th

e

major

probl

t

how

to

get

the

passenger quickly and sate

ly

to MulhattaD Is land,

pretera

bl.7 soae

where

in

the mid-tom

area

,

1s

s

U l l

to be solvad.

One of the mos t frequently pro

posed pla

ns

is

to terminate

the

t ra ins

a t the El 1. . .Lackawarma Stat ion in Hoboken. There an two

ways the

Vest

Shore

t ra1a

s could get

there-

. 1) \t en the t

rain

s

reach Weehawken

they

would be

rou

ted on the OeJlt ra l s brttIf,ch that

l o Hobeken and Jer

seT

City . North t the

poia

t where the Erie

Lackawanna Yards croes

th i

s breach

,

the

t rain. waul.

be sv.ltohed to

e sharpl

curved interchange

that would lead

th

a

iDto

the

Eri

..tacta.

wanna

StatiOll

o

There are

tvo

dr8vbacks to this plan: t he high cos t

which

the

Central

would have

to

pe.7 for

118e

t

the

t llrll1aal.

and

the

nature of the

terminal

i t se l

f

0

I t

ls

a stub

end a1 fair

(ae

aning tha

t

a

train

that

enters stat

ion

must back out t o clear a

pl

a t form

track) ,

and maD7 of the Erie t rains back _down this 1Dterchang. on to the

2

New York

Central t racks in order to clear thB station.

(2) Instead r going a l l

the

way to Hoboken on i t s 0_

tracks,

so.e

would have

the

t rains s

witch

to the EL-ie lJ

Northe

rn

B ru

ch a t

North Bergen (arter the Northern Branch

goes

underthe lest

Shore

lt

makes a

eurft

and paral lels the

Vest Sh

ore

OD

the S level . In t act

there are ev

en

crossovers betwen the two roads vbi ch are used dai ly

to intetchange

h e i g

ht cars . ) The t ra ins w

oul.d

th

en

proceed over t he

Northern Branch t o Bergen Junct1OD

o

Here the t r

ains

would bave to

c liab

the

t i .rty feet

to the Erie-Lackawanna

aain

l ine

t


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a

tille-

co_SUIIing

switchback

as the N

orthe

rn Branch t rains do a t

optesent.

Th

e

train

s would th

en

proaeed t hrough t anel s to

the

over

crowed s ta t i

All

add1t ional tault to both th .s . plans n that

the West Shore

WO

d be duplicat

ing

the

ser

nce provided

b.r

the Northern

Bl-anch

and the r U ~ subsid iary,

the

Hew York

and

New Jersey Railroad which par

alle

l the ~ s t S ore

n

h r n Be

rgen

County. Consequent ly , Vest

9JCr

e ssengers would not be able _to

get to

m14-

;Jown New York

beca

u

se

the Er1e-Lack

aW8Dlla

Fer r ie . go down

town to

Barcl

ay

Street .

Barly in 1960

the

le,'-- Jersey Public

Uti

l i t ies

ec.misllion

'der

ed

the New

York

Central

to

run

.

I

passenger

trains

to

the l i t t l e

uaed

Erie Stat ion n

Jersey

City

ay which

point

the ~ t r

could

board

the

Hudson Tubes.

Howev

er

J the Cent

ra l

1IImedi ately vent to court

and

got

a stay

ot

the or

der.

A t inal ruling cue on the _ t ter

OIl

.Nne

7, 1961

0

The 181ir.'8ersey Supreae Court ru led

tha

t the

CoIImis

sion could

Bot make

the ra i lroa

d start running t rains

again.

Therefore , a

deser

ip

t ioD

t

the Commission ts plan will not be giv.n.

Some former Vest Shore c


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1

Probably the lOst

re

a l i st i c md aost workabl e p

lan

would be

to

t erminat&

the

west Shore

t r

ains a t the

New

Jersey end

of the

Lincoln

Tunn

e l After

detrai

ning

, t he co.muters would

board either

the

r i ~ -

ty-sev

enth

, P

aur

tY-

8econ

d,

or

lbirty-

fourth

street

boael

of

the

Sur

ra

ce

Tranpor

t

Lines

of

New

York City.

Atter

aerg1Dg f rom

the tunnel,

the buses would rwrume the

i r

nora l routes.

The co

spl icat iolUl to

ch

a pl an are IJUpri s1Dgly

teve

and so they

will

be presented

a t this timeo For the sake of crea t ing

al l

pos81ble

problells that

could

arise,

a pel8im1etic

at t i tude wil l

be

take. in this

report

, and

it

wil

l

be

assumed

tha

t

the

Democratio

candida

te

tor

Governor t New J ereey, l1

ehard J

Hugh

8 , vll.1

v i the elections :t.

Nev

Jersey in Nev_ber. BYen if work 0 the propel&l s tar ts

aov,

it would be Deca,ber

before Q,

yth1Dg out t the plRDDing atrage

could

be done. With

a

DeaocratioWactory in N _ b e r New

I rk

. GoV8D or

Rocker l l e r would be .ore r el

uctan

t than ever to carry through on

a

plan

to pq the ew York stat e c

o.e

taXes paid by ny

rei

dent. working

i n Nev York back

to the

New Jersey

governaent

f or the purpose t pr oviding subsi

di

es t r ca.muter l ineso

Theretore, s in I

ev

Jersey wO\1ld

y the NevY

ork Cent

ra l

100, 000 a year to l UIl a ley_ palsen

ger

: t ra ins a daY

h i

eaCh

di rec

t ion

in Nev

Jersey, the Hew

York

Central

would Dot run

p8.sHI1ger t rains

into

New Yor k than was absolutely l1eoessU7o ' 'appall,

Nev York

wuld

be

logical place

for the

northern

terminus

t such

service ainee th

ere

vas .. yarel t hltre origiDally.

I f ' wen the New York Cent

f t l could

be

persuaded to operate

train.

again, it c

ould use

i

ts

aelt- prepelled Budd Rail me.e CarD (RDC'S

tor ahort)

vhich are air-conditionedo Shea about twenty or such

ears would be

ne

aesa&r7 (the

Central

already

ha

s this number) tor

the

runs,

en

ough

t

t

he

yard

at

Ta

ppe

would

bllve

be

put

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to be able to keep t he care t the

_1nl1ne

from the time the

ar r ived a t the yard at night

to

t

he

t ime they leave in the morniDgo

This job 1s as eas l ly

said

as done.

The

tac t

that the ' lest Shore i8 no. single t ra

clc

aleo

pres

en

ts

some mi

nor

p

ro

blema.

Since

tbt

sect

ion

of

double

t

ra

ck

betwee

n

,t -

mont

and

Bogota

only has

one blook s

igna l for each tra , the track

s

would have t o

be di

vided into thei r origi

nal

blocks, and cons i dering

that the l n a l a1pel : sts

ar

e s t i l l

standing,

onl1

a t ew relays

a signal l ights would

be needed for

co

mp

l e t

io

n

of

that

task

. In

or

der to allow express

t ra ins

not making any s tops below Haworth t o

use

the

seco

nd t

rack

to

pass

locals

eou

th

t

Dumo

nt and

to

do

th

e

reverse in the evening, reverse s ignal

ing

would have to be provided

on

both these tracks. Spring

swit

ches a t t

he

ends of

the

dounble

t r

ack

would have to be made au:bomatic and WOUld

be

controlled

f r

the

f ower

in

lleehawken,

and

the

hold1nl

.JSidhg

betwen

Lit t l e Ferry

and

or t h Bergen

would have to

be used

as a se

co lII.1n1ine

track

"

The rre

ig

h yard at the

en

t rance to the L1n

co

la tunne l would have

to be modi f i

and p l d t

orms would have to be

bu

U t . Provisions would

have

to

be made a t h a w k e n for se

rv i

cing the care

b. tv

en

runSo

Bus

r

out

e

1167 oper

ated

by

Public S

ervice Coordina

ted Transpo

r t

,

was one of the iJlmedia te cause f or the ending of p8.senger service

in 1959;

since

that time

,

almost a l l of th

e ruses

. seignad

to

th i

s

ro

ut(

a n of- the new

ai r -

conditioned t7P8. Tne bus

fare

trOll Harring

ton

Park R.R. St . t

ion

to the Bort Authorit y ad ld ing

i s

.t'U"ty cents,

and

the

running t ime is sixty-six

minutes

Since the bue

fare

froa '

the

Lincoln Tunnel

into

New York wuld

e

about 20 cents, in

order

to

be compe t i

t i

the raU. f"are from Harrington Park oould be no more

than fouty-cents (to

t a l u ix t

y


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eigh

t

mn

utea . Al

lo

wiDg t i1.'teen for g

o g

througb the tmme1 and

getting to Blghth 4veuue

and

Fourty-8ecoDd Street the t l

time

tor

t he

t r ip woul d be f ourty three minutes , beatibg the bu t o the same

dest

in

a

t i

on

by twenty-

t

hr.e

minute

s yet charging oaly

ten

cents

mor..

t he t r ip .

Also

when

n New York the rider

could s

tay

on

t ie

bus

until

h reach Mi

hi s dest

ina

tio

n.


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I V

The main reason

tor the

presentation t

id

e s..

tor

restoration

of c u t er service

is

becau

se

Bergen County

is

alov11

strangling

i tsel t

to

death by

i ts

highway network. t three thousand of the

tour thousand ~ t Shor ~ t e r 8 who road the trains before abandon

ment

t the ferr ies n

1959

war

e

put

back

n the

r a

i l s i t

auld

t r

ee from

th

e

road. sixty

f ifty-pass

8Dger roses or

five

hu clred

six

- passenger automo

bU.s. t

seems like a small BUll

,

but i t would

do

a great

de l to

ease

the

highway c

ongeetion n this area

.

The

need

is there the

business 1s there,

i t

is nov

up

to

the S

te

government to

realiz

e that the we t Shore

pR

senger service is essential

n pa

r t tor

-i ts

own sur

n val

.


18/22

FO O

THO

T&S

10

John T. OUnIlinghu, ,Railroading n New Jersey

(Newr

k 1951), p.

61

The

Erie

has t.,ackage

rights

over

the

New

York

Ce

ntra

l

moa

cks

from here

to

their passenger y rd 1n ~ r s e y City. Also, New York

Central o icials that they could not run passenger tra i ns

up this t r ack because of the shar p curve. However , this operat ion

disproves that

theory.

BIBLlOORAPHY

Cu

nn

in

gham,

John To

Railroading in New

Jers ,.. Newar a As

soc

iated

Rai lroads

of

New Jersey, 1951.

po

61

Phyf e, Helen Mc


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PHOTO

SE TION

Three

ligh

t d

warf s

gn

at

Dumo

nt . It prevents

Spring wit

ch

and block

8

at

Dum

on t .

gnal

s

train

from le

a

vi

ng double

t ack

wh

en opposing train

is

approaching

on

si

ngle

track.

.

.

Haworth Sta.t on before t he an iva].

t

mt

be

r t

R

Young' s

ru

le .


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- -

- - - -

- -

-

- -

-

-

Look i ng south of bri dge

no

18 at Hawort

Fi

rat

picture shows a trio of

F7 s

pul l in

the afternoon

fr

eight t o

Sel

ki rk before th

l

ine

was

sin

gle-

track

ed.

Second

p o ~

tak

e

J

une

1961 Th

r

d t

l l

ta l

e

ind

i

cates

that

t

bo

rth end

of

umont Jard extened to this l

cat

i on. Firat photo br Robwrt Clausen

Schedule west Shore would have

to

.

WEEHAWKEN TO

WEST

NORWOOD

n

order

to r

ecei

ve

State

aid.

West

All

Trains Operate

Daily except

Saturdays, Sundays

andNov . U;Dec .

25;

;;;-;. 1; Feb. 22.

Will

not

ca

rry

checked

Baggag

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EASTERN STANDARD

TIME

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. . . . .

Lv Little Ferry

. . . .

..... ... ..

L,t Ridgefield Park

. . . . . . . .

.

Lv West View. . . . . . . . . . .

"

Lv Bogota ( Hacken

sac

k) .

Lv Teaneck . . .

Lv West Englewood .

I

Lv Bergenfield .

. .

2

Lv Dumont. .

3

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7 16

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- -

-

- -

- -

- - - -

Last t ime baggage

s

ca

rr

1

edon

tra

i n

no.

964

July

28, 1958.

~ s t

Shore f err,r

bo

a

ts

in

N

ew

York rbo

r.

Schedule

\lest

Shore would

hav

to

run

in

order

to receive

s&ate

a ~

Ell

t .

L v l 8 P P a n ... .

. . . .

. .

- : : : :

. .

.. 629

644 706

7

Ii 721

7

31

737

75

5 829

9

40

Lv West N o r w o o ~ N.

J ..

.

. . . . . . 5

42

633

6 48

7

10

7

15

725

7

35

741

7

5B 833

9

43

Lv Harrington Park . . . .

. . . . .

. ..

545

6

36

651

713

7

18

728 739 745

8 02

836

9 46

Lv Haworth .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

48

640

655 7

17 722

7 2

744 749 B 06

8 40 950

Lv

Dumont. . . . . . . . . . ......

..

5

51

644

6

59 722

7 26

7

6 7

49

753

8

II

8 44 9

54

Lv Bergenfield ..

. ... .

..

..... 5

54

647

702 725

7

29 7

39 752

75 7

.

8

47

9

57

Lv West

E n g l e

o o ~ .......

.. . .. .

.. .

5

57 6

50 705

..

....

732

7 42

. ..

8 01

..

8

1

10 01

Lv Teaneck. . . . . . . . . . . . ...

........

600

653

7 08

.

.....

7

35

7

45

...

..

8 05

. ..

...

8

54

10

04

Lv

Bogota (Hackensack)

...... ..

.. ..

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6 56

7

11 .

. . . .

.

7

38

. . . .

8 09

.

.. .

..

857 10 07

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. . .. .

.. .

.

6

04

653

.

....

.

7 4J

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10

08

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.

...

.

.... ....

607

700

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....

.

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e

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west shore rr history 15 june 1961

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