Oscawana
Just another frame from this fun trip last summer.
Amtrak Empire Service train 260 from Albany-Rensselaer to New York Penn Station pops out of the the 200 ft long west bore of Oscawana Tunnel on Main 2 of Metro North's Hudson Line at MP 36.8. Twenty nine year old P32AC-DM 709 still looks pretty sharp in its classic Phase III dress leading the standard five car Budd Amfleet consist.
This is the original New York Central Railroad mainline which opened between New York City and Albany in 1851 as the Hudson River Railroad, and the first tunnel here (the one at right that Main 1 passes thru) dates from the line's construction through here in 1849 while this one the train is emerging from with Mains 2 and 4 dates from 1912 when four tracks were installed (the original tunnel had two). In 1864 the Hudson River Railroad was purchased by Cornelius Vanderbilt along with the New York and Harlem. Meanwhile in 1853 Erastus Corning had assembled a plethora of small local lines as the New York Central Railroad running from Albany to Buffalo and in 1867 Vanderbilt merged it with his road to create the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad and the rest as they say is history.
By the 1950s as the railroad was showing signs of weakness but also modernizing under the leadership of A.E. Perlman. Around that era the four track mainline was equipped with CTC and reduced to three mains thru here. If anyone can fill me in on the exact dates of the changes here I'd be most grateful.
Hamlet of Crugers
Cortlandt, New York
Saturday August 3, 2024
Oscawana
Just another frame from this fun trip last summer.
Amtrak Empire Service train 260 from Albany-Rensselaer to New York Penn Station pops out of the the 200 ft long west bore of Oscawana Tunnel on Main 2 of Metro North's Hudson Line at MP 36.8. Twenty nine year old P32AC-DM 709 still looks pretty sharp in its classic Phase III dress leading the standard five car Budd Amfleet consist.
This is the original New York Central Railroad mainline which opened between New York City and Albany in 1851 as the Hudson River Railroad, and the first tunnel here (the one at right that Main 1 passes thru) dates from the line's construction through here in 1849 while this one the train is emerging from with Mains 2 and 4 dates from 1912 when four tracks were installed (the original tunnel had two). In 1864 the Hudson River Railroad was purchased by Cornelius Vanderbilt along with the New York and Harlem. Meanwhile in 1853 Erastus Corning had assembled a plethora of small local lines as the New York Central Railroad running from Albany to Buffalo and in 1867 Vanderbilt merged it with his road to create the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad and the rest as they say is history.
By the 1950s as the railroad was showing signs of weakness but also modernizing under the leadership of A.E. Perlman. Around that era the four track mainline was equipped with CTC and reduced to three mains thru here. If anyone can fill me in on the exact dates of the changes here I'd be most grateful.
Hamlet of Crugers
Cortlandt, New York
Saturday August 3, 2024