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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Jul 5 14:20:16 2025 Tuscarora Almanac for July 5 1927 – from The Book of Wrecks Eastbound Ontario & Western passenger train No.24 collides with a New York Central freight train on Iona Island. Four people were killed and several injured. (Iona Island is located on the Hudson River about forty miles north of New York City and just south of Bear Mountain. During World War 2 is served as a munitions depot for the US Navy.) Source: “Source: “Along the Old West Shore” (Stony Cove & Catskill Mountain Press / 2017) by Mr. John M. Ham 1942 – from The Book of Last Runs The Erie Railroad discontinues ferry service across the Hudson River between the 23rd Street Terminal in Manhattan and the Pavonia Avenue Terminal in Jersey City. This was a two boat service using the TUXEDO of 1904 and the GOSHEN of 1905.. Both the GOSHEN and RUTHERFORD were acquired by the US Army. Source: Cudahy, Brian J Over & Back, The History of Ferryboats in New York Harbor (1990), Fordham University Press 1978 – from The Book of Wrecks The former Public Service Building in Newark is being torn down when contractors “discover” two PCC cars. They were stored in the long unused outbound tunnel that led from Pennsylvania Station to the PS Building. Car 29 was struck by falling debris. Both cars were cut up and removed. 1942 – from The Book of Last Runs The Erie Railroad discontinues ferry service across the Hudson River between the 23rd Street Terminal in Manhattan and the Pavonia Avenue Terminal in Jersey City. This was a two boat service using the TUXEDO of 1904 and the GOSHEN of 1905. Source: Cudahy, Brian J Over & Back, The History of Ferryboats in New York Harbor (1990), Fordham University Press The Tuscarora Book of Forgotten Stations / No. 1 Storm King New York Central Railroad Hudson Division Storm King Station Abandoned: 1933 Storm King station was located on the Hudson Line just north (railroad west) of the Breakneck Ridge Tunnel and about one half mile south of todays’ Breakneck Ridge tunnel. There was a rock quarry here at one time. The depot itself was closed in 1933 and no traces remain. If you are familiar with the topography of the area you know that Storm King Mountain is located on the west bank of the Hudson while the Hudson Line is on the east side. Nevertheless the railroad chose to name the station after the famous landmark. There is a parking area midway between the tunnel and the Breckneck Ridge station. It was formerly the location of a grade crossing. The highway that we now call US Route 9D was built about 1910 as the Beacon-Bear Mountain Highway. Breckneck Ridge itself juts directly into the river so it was necessary to route the highway around the base by means of grade crossings on both sides of the tunnel. Sometime in the late twenties or early thirties a highway tunnel was built to the east of and at a higher elevation than the railroad tunnel. The two grade crossings were discontinued but eventually became ad hoc parking areas. There is quite a lot to see in the area including the remains of the former Cornish Estate and the abandoned rock quarry at Little Stony Point. Source: “New York Central Power along the Hudson, Volume 2” (The Railroad Press / 2005) by Mr. Ed May and Mr. Richard L. Strong Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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