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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
l l
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
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18
hoto Sect
on
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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
b
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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
.
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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
e)
EASTERN STANDARD
TIME
Lv Weehawken .
. . . . .
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
Lv H
awort
h .... _ ..
5
Lv Ha
rrington
Park
.
....
....
6
Lv West
Nor
w
ood,
N.
J ..
...
8
Lv TappaI', N.
y
o.
..
.
955
957
PM
P ~ I
439
6
16
.
5
4 62
4 54
..
.
. ..
.
56
500
S 03
6
5
507
5 39
5 10
543
5 13 547
5
16
5 51
5 19 5 55
622 559
.
959 961
963
965
M
PI
PM
6
29
5
51
5
54
5 57
.
.
. ..
39
6 10
.
..
. . . . .
42
-
6 13
..
.
. .....
44
6 15
5
47
6 18
6 5
.... .. I 6 14
.. .. . 6 17
53
~
5
56
6 29
.6
i
00
6 32
967
PM
6
07
6
20
-
623
625
6 28
6 32
635
6 39
641
969
;>:O
d
6 34
646
6
49
-
650
6 53
6 56
7
7 04
7 O
971
PM
7 00
7 12
7 15
7 16
7 19
722
7 25
7 28
730
999
-
8 00
8 12
8 15
8 16
8 19
8 22
8 25
8 29
-
8 32
-
993
PM
1144
11 55
11 68
11 59
12
3
12
07
12 1
12
i3
12 15
12 19
615 627 6 35 1645 7 12 733
8 35
12
23
38
. . . . . 6
19
1 6
3
639 649 7
16
736
.... . . 6 23 6 33 6 42 6 52 7 2 7 4
12
26
4
1
12
3
W
6V
6
6U 6H
7M
~
8
45
1
-
-
- -
-
-
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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)
...... ..
.. ..
603
6 56
7
11 .
. . . .
.
7
38
. . . .
8 09
.
.. .
..
857 10 07
Lv West View .....
. . .. .
.. .
.
6
04
653
.
....
.
7 4J
......
...
. . . ..
8 59
10
08
Lv Ridgefield Park .
.
...
.
.... ....
607
700
7 15
....
.
7
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e
of the
former
y
at Ta
ppan
N Y
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