Hyde Park is most famous for being the regular home of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt.THE HUDSON LINE
This page will cover the northern part of the Hudson Line from Poughkeepsie to Albany, NY. This was the primary passenger mainline of the New York Central Railroad. It is currently operated by Amtrak with frequent service between Albany and New York City and other trains to Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal and Rutland, Vt also passing along here.
MetroNorth commuter service ends in Poughkeepsie, so this will be mostly Amtrak and some former NYC stations still existant.
Hyde Park is most famous for being the regular home of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt.
Amtrak FL9 491 zips along with a southbound train to New York City. 9-3-1989.
A few moments later a northbound Turbo train passes the Hyde Park depot.
The street side view of the Rhinecliff, NY station. 5-30-1983.
Number 486 arrives with train number 74. As you can see, there were many
more tracks here at one time.
Passenger station at Hudson, NY.
This is the old NYC freight house at Hudson as it appeared on 8-26-1989.
491 with train number 64 stops at Hudson.
Amtrak inherited the newer small station for the Albany area located across the river from the city proper.
E8 224 arrives with train 71, the 'Empire State Express' on 9-20-1974.
Another E8 still lettered for Penn Central, but with an Amtrak number.
Penn Central GP20 2105 rolls through the station area with a local. 9-20-1974.
On a rainy day in October 1976, a pair of E8's await an assignment.
On June 30, 1988, 414 is fueled up.
By 1990, things were improving equipment-wise. The Turbo trains covered
many trains and Amfleet cars
replaced the older 1950's era coaches.
Although nearly new at the time, these F40's today are disappearing
quickly. October 1990.
A veteran SW-1 switcher sits in the yard. October 1990.
A future link will be here to continue west toward Syracuse and Buffalo.