by george matthews
Where can I find a trackplan of New York's Penn station - the current version?
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gprimr1 wrote:What is that slightly curvey line that is just below the Hudson River Tunnels? Is that the Empire Connection?That it is. It loops northward, running over the North River tubes and under the West Side yard leads, then joins the former NYC West Side Freight Line for the run up to Spuyten Duyvil (spelled just like that).
JFB wrote:to the best of my knowledge (which will be promptly corrected if I'm wrong) there have been few changes to Penn's trackplan since it was built.Several changes circa 1930-- compare those as-built diagrams with the current one at the west ends of the platforms between tracks 9-10, 11-12 and 13-14. Also a x-over or two has been removed-- the 33rd St tunnels can't reach quite as many platforms as they used to.
CarterB wrote:Here is a post in the railfan.net with a link to the track plan:Thanks. That is what I wanted. I have used the station several times but had no idea of what the station as a whole was like.
http://forums.railfan.net/forums.cgi?bo ... 1037061994
Author Topic: Penn Station, NYC; Track Plan (Read 7209 times)
Pennsy
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Pennsy, over on Railfan.net, wrote:Gives you an idea how complex and busy the place is. The top is north, and the upper tracks are Long Island RR. The Middle tracks are Amtrak. Lower tracks are Port Authority, Trans Hudson, PATHSouthernmost tracks are of course NJ Transit, not PATH. PATH runs north-south one block east, on 6th Avenue; last stop 33rd Street.
dbperry wrote:How can we let such sensitive information be published? What if a not-nice person gets a hold of this! Just think of the consequences!I'll address this from an "official" standpoint with regards to the forum...