Tuesday Tour of the Hudson Line: Highbridge
If there was one station that missed in our three year long tour of Metro-North’s system, it would likely be Highbridge. Although in the past it was a station open to public access, today...
1867’s Double Track Railroad
I’ve been a little bit under the weather recently and rather busy, so I haven’t had the time to put a proper post together for this week, however I did want to share a...
Tuesday Tour of the New Haven Line: Devon Transfer
Giving Devon Transfer its own Tuesday Tour post may be a little bit of a joke, considering it is only a temporary station, nonetheless it is certainly worth a few minutes to check out....
The Lost Train Station of the Bronx – 138th Street, Mott Haven
If there seems to be one constant with we humans, it is that we spend much time tearing down vestiges of our past to make room for the supposed future. We build bigger, taller,...
Happy 184th Birthday to the New York & Harlem Railroad!
A very happy 184th birthday to the New York & Harlem Railroad, New York City’s very first railroad, chartered on this day in 1831. Started as a humble street railroad using horses for motive...
George Henry Daniels, The Advertising “Prophet” of the New York Central
These days, it seems like social media “experts” are a dime a dozen. Tasked with promoting a service or a brand in the “social” world where sites like Facebook and Twitter reign, the social...