High platform at Hoboken? Photo of E-L Phoebe Snow, June 1964

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High platform at Hoboken? Photo of E-L Phoebe Snow, June 1964
Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Sep 16 13:31:37 2025 This is three years before the end of this train, which was now a train to Chicago after being sort of merged with the former Erie Limited service. Looks to me like the tracks must have been raised after a rebuild to turn this into a low platform; NJT could probably do the same if they wanted to convert Hoboken to high platforms, i.e. if they want to keep that terminal open.
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Re: High platform at Hoboken? Photo of E-L Phoebe Snow, June 1964
Posted by Olog-hai* on Tue Sep 16 13:51:00 2025, in response to High platform at Hoboken? Photo of E-L Phoebe Snow, June 1964, posted by Olog-hai on Tue Sep 16 13:31:37 2025.* Looks to me like the tracks must have been raised after a rebuild to turn this into a low platform; NJT could probably do the same if they wanted to convert Hoboken to high platforms Just to clarify, I meant that NJT could reverse what was done to this high platform when it was converted to a low platform, in order to turn Hoboken's low platforms to high. Then again, unless the danger from flooding is mitigated or eliminated, NJT may not want to keep this terminal open in the future . . .
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Re: High platform at Hoboken? Photo of E-L Phoebe Snow, June 1964
Posted by Asgard* on Wed Sep 17 19:19:38 2025, in response to High platform at Hoboken? Photo of E-L Phoebe Snow, June 1964, posted by Olog-hai on Tue Sep 16 13:31:37 2025.* It looks as if it's the bumper block or something at the end of the track, with what might be a high or low platform in the shadows beyond it. Apparently the southernmost track (18?) because there's no platform track to the left of it. Odd place for a long-distance train. Maybe it was serviced there, then moved to one of the lower numbered tracks closer to the waiting room?
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Re: High platform at Hoboken? Photo of E-L Phoebe Snow, June 1964
Posted by Olog-hai* on Wed Sep 17 22:04:54 2025, in response to Re: High platform at Hoboken? Photo of E-L Phoebe Snow, June 1964, posted by Asgard on Wed Sep 17 19:19:38 2025.* Maybe that was the servicing location. Still looks very much like a high platform. And bumper blocks are never at the side of the track.
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Re: Photo of E-L Phoebe Snow at Hoboken, June 1964
Posted by Olog-hai* on Thu Sep 18 02:49:01 2025, in response to Re: High platform at Hoboken? Photo of E-L Phoebe Snow, June 1964, posted by Asgard on Wed Sep 17 19:19:38 2025.* Hmm . . . maybe you're right. Sure looked like a high platform at first glance.
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