8856 To The City
Like Dobbs Ferry two miles to the south, Irvington features a historic surving depot converted into a lovely coffee shop and the gorgeous Scenic Hudson Park south of the station affording a commanding view of the river, the railroad, and the city skyline 20 miles to the south. The railroad here is a bit more cluttered with the vintage NYC era pole line standing between the railroad and the river with all its attendant wires making photography a bit more challenging. However, that is a worthwhile tradeoff because the classic steel 'erector set' style poles are historically significant and interesting in their own right.
11 minutes after the last train we see Metro North train 8856 hustling south on Main 2 of the four track Hudson Line main. This is a 5:56 PM out of Poughkeepsie making a 1 hr 55 minute scheduled trip to Grand Central Terminal. The train consists of seven cars (various models of Bombardier 'Shoreliner' coaches of which MN operates 133 in east of Hudson service) shoved by GE P32AC-DM 223 (blt. Jul. 2001 and one of 31 P32AC-DMs on the roster including four owned by CDOT and dressed in New Haven McGinnis style colors).
This is about MP 22.5 as measured from Grand Central Terminal on modern day Metro North's Hudson Line, the former New York Central Railroad water level route which traces its history here back to 1849. In 1913 the NYC installed third rail electrification through here as far as Harmon, 33 miles north, a system that remains to this day.
Today this route is astonishingly busy with over 150 MNCW trains passing this point on weekdays with electric MUs operating as far as Croton-Harmon and diesel powered trains to Poughkeepsie, 73 miles north. In addition another 22 Amtrak trains pass to and from points as far flung as Burlington, VT, Montreal and Toronto in Canada, and Chicago. Lastly rounding out the parade is a nightly CSXT road freight between Selkirk Yard near Albany and Oak Point Yard in the Bronx.
Village of Irvington
Town of Greenburgh, New York
Saturday June 21, 2025
8856 To The City
Like Dobbs Ferry two miles to the south, Irvington features a historic surving depot converted into a lovely coffee shop and the gorgeous Scenic Hudson Park south of the station affording a commanding view of the river, the railroad, and the city skyline 20 miles to the south. The railroad here is a bit more cluttered with the vintage NYC era pole line standing between the railroad and the river with all its attendant wires making photography a bit more challenging. However, that is a worthwhile tradeoff because the classic steel 'erector set' style poles are historically significant and interesting in their own right.
11 minutes after the last train we see Metro North train 8856 hustling south on Main 2 of the four track Hudson Line main. This is a 5:56 PM out of Poughkeepsie making a 1 hr 55 minute scheduled trip to Grand Central Terminal. The train consists of seven cars (various models of Bombardier 'Shoreliner' coaches of which MN operates 133 in east of Hudson service) shoved by GE P32AC-DM 223 (blt. Jul. 2001 and one of 31 P32AC-DMs on the roster including four owned by CDOT and dressed in New Haven McGinnis style colors).
This is about MP 22.5 as measured from Grand Central Terminal on modern day Metro North's Hudson Line, the former New York Central Railroad water level route which traces its history here back to 1849. In 1913 the NYC installed third rail electrification through here as far as Harmon, 33 miles north, a system that remains to this day.
Today this route is astonishingly busy with over 150 MNCW trains passing this point on weekdays with electric MUs operating as far as Croton-Harmon and diesel powered trains to Poughkeepsie, 73 miles north. In addition another 22 Amtrak trains pass to and from points as far flung as Burlington, VT, Montreal and Toronto in Canada, and Chicago. Lastly rounding out the parade is a nightly CSXT road freight between Selkirk Yard near Albany and Oak Point Yard in the Bronx.
Village of Irvington
Town of Greenburgh, New York
Saturday June 21, 2025