by clburton
I just want to find pictures of before the closure of the Manhattan Transfers station and the station today.
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GSC wrote:Was this station accessible from the outside, or just a transfer platform?Just transfer. There was no physical entrance. There was no roads to access it
Roadgeek Adam wrote:That's now Montclair University station was used for the first year or so. Just a transfer platform with now public access from outside.GSC wrote:Was this station accessible from the outside, or just a transfer platform?Just transfer. There was no physical entrance. There was no roads to access it
clburton wrote:but did they actually tear it down or is there like a piece of concrete or a platform still there?Its really too dangerous to find out in person, but by train, you might see something, not much though. (Trust me, I've looked)
Roadgeek Adam wrote:Theres no way to find out in person.clburton wrote:but did they actually tear it down or is there like a piece of concrete or a platform still there?Its really too dangerous to find out in person, but by train, you might see something, not much though. (Trust me, I've looked)
jimzim66 wrote:There is if you like trains hitting you.Roadgeek Adam wrote:Theres no way to find out in person.clburton wrote:but did they actually tear it down or is there like a piece of concrete or a platform still there?Its really too dangerous to find out in person, but by train, you might see something, not much though. (Trust me, I've looked)
clburton wrote:but did they actually tear it down or is there like a piece of concrete or a platform still there?I don't think there is anything left, been some 75 years since it was closed. Except for the switch tower that controlled the interlockings. Still there next to the PATH westbound track.
TREnecNYP wrote:It was in service from 1910 to 1933It was in use until 1937. It seems electrification didn't reach South Amboy until 1936, so probably PRR was changing engines at Manh Tfr until then; maybe LV was changing engines there until it closed?
timz wrote:All i know is that PRR trains to and from new york (shuttle style) stopped using it in 1933 because that is when the wires went up. It may have been used for a time by both H&M and PRR trains going to and from exchange place/hudson terminal etc, but as far as i have found in historical accounts H&M went to newark penn in 1937, and exchange place took a huge switch to a back seat role as soon as the wires went to nyp. Basically what i'm saying is there was no more 3rd rail transfer to nyp, it was simply a convenience for H&M and PRR passengers to allow them to continue on west, or loop back up to midtown for whatever reason such as meeting family till H&M was extended to NWK in 1937. Once H&M was extended to serve NWK, exchange place started its final nosedive into oblivion.TREnecNYP wrote:It was in service from 1910 to 1933It was in use until 1937. It seems electrification didn't reach South Amboy until 1936, so probably PRR was changing engines at Manh Tfr until then; maybe LV was changing engines there until it closed?