by nydepot
Does anyone know when and where the West Shore was first severed as a through-route between Albany and Buffalo? Thanks.
Charles
Charles
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Moderator: Otto Vondrak
rls62 wrote:I know that Albany to Rotterdam Jct. was abandoned in 1961 as was Churchville to Oakfield at or about the same time. I'm not sure about Fayetteville to Fairport but I recall that my copy of Waldo Nielsen's guide to abandoned railroads lists it as sometime between '61-'66. I believe on a previous forum regarding the West Shore someone mentioned that it was single-tracked west of Albany sometime in the 1930's and that most of the traffic after this point was westbound.West Shore was never abandoned between Albany and Rotterdam Jct -- nor was it single-tracked. Actually, the West Shore route never went "through" Albany at all. A line was built from Ravena (South of Albany) to Albany, but the main route of the West Shore went from Ravena up through New Scotland, Voorheesville, and Guilderland to get to Rotterdam Jct. This double-track part of the West Shore still exists today as the CSX route through Selkirk yard (Conrail's Selkirk Branch).
I hope this helps out. I'd like to know of an up-to-date publication or source(perhaps on the internet?) that lists info like this. I have as of yet to find one.
Otto Vondrak wrote:Today's Wesy Shore Branch runs from Chili to Fairport... this is but a short segement of the West Shore Railroad, which once ran from Suspension Bridge/Niagara Falls/Buffalo area, across New York State, and then made a right and went down the west shore of the Hudson River to Weehawken. The line from New Jersey to Selkirk is today's CSX River Line.
Otto Vondrak wrote:Today's Wesy Shore Branch runs from Chili to Fairport... this is but a short segement of the West Shore Railroad, which once ran from Suspension Bridge/Niagara Falls/Buffalo area, across New York State, and then made a right and went down the west shore of the Hudson River to Weehawken. The line from New Jersey to Selkirk is today's CSX River Line.The West Shore ended at Frontier Yard, not Suspension Bridge (that'd be the Falls Branch of the NYC).
nessman wrote:Otto Vondrak wrote:Today's Wesy Shore Branch runs from Chili to Fairport... this is but a short segement of the West Shore Railroad, which once ran from Suspension Bridge/Niagara Falls/Buffalo area, across New York State, and then made a right and went down the west shore of the Hudson River to Weehawken. The line from New Jersey to Selkirk is today's CSX River Line.The West Shore ended at Frontier Yard, not Suspension Bridge (that'd be the Falls Branch of the NYC).