A Different Angle
Not the best shot but a unique angle and all I could manage from the top deck of Hudson River Adventures' vessel Pride of the Hudson docked down by the city boat launch adjacent to the vacant lot that in days of old was the Erie Railroad's yard. CSXT train M433-01 (manifest from Selkirk to Conrail Conrail Shared Assests Oak Island yard) is led by more than quarter century old EMD SD70MAC 4541 as it approaches the Washington Street crossing at MP 56.5.
CSXT's River Sub (ex Conrail, Penn Central, New York Central, nee West Shore) dates from 1883 in this area and despite being a relative latecomer its mainline up the west bank of the Hudson has only grown in importance over the decades as traffic patterns have shifted. Today this line between northern New Jersey and the Albany area is by far the busiest north south route in the northeast, while conversely virtually the entirety of the West Shore's route to Buffalo along the south side of the Mohawk River has long been abandoned.
This was a little birthday boat cruise down to West Point and back that my GF and I took for my birthday and it was wonderful....I highly recommend drinking a bloody Mary while watching trains cruise up and down both sides of the mighty river surrounded by the majestic scenery of the Hudson Highlands!
Newburgh, New York
Sunday June 1, 2025
A Different Angle
Not the best shot but a unique angle and all I could manage from the top deck of Hudson River Adventures' vessel Pride of the Hudson docked down by the city boat launch adjacent to the vacant lot that in days of old was the Erie Railroad's yard. CSXT train M433-01 (manifest from Selkirk to Conrail Conrail Shared Assests Oak Island yard) is led by more than quarter century old EMD SD70MAC 4541 as it approaches the Washington Street crossing at MP 56.5.
CSXT's River Sub (ex Conrail, Penn Central, New York Central, nee West Shore) dates from 1883 in this area and despite being a relative latecomer its mainline up the west bank of the Hudson has only grown in importance over the decades as traffic patterns have shifted. Today this line between northern New Jersey and the Albany area is by far the busiest north south route in the northeast, while conversely virtually the entirety of the West Shore's route to Buffalo along the south side of the Mohawk River has long been abandoned.
This was a little birthday boat cruise down to West Point and back that my GF and I took for my birthday and it was wonderful....I highly recommend drinking a bloody Mary while watching trains cruise up and down both sides of the mighty river surrounded by the majestic scenery of the Hudson Highlands!
Newburgh, New York
Sunday June 1, 2025