METRO-NORTH GCT to TARRYTOWN

METRO-NORTH HUDSON LINE

GRAND CENTRAL TO TARRYTOWN

While the Pennsylvania Railroad had their magnificent Penn Station in New York, it was Grand Central Terminal that the New York Central built to serve the largest city in the United States. Fortunately, it remains today beautifully restored and in all its glory. Although dwarfed by the skyscrapers surrounding it, the Terminal remains a magnificent piece of architecture.

The exit from the Park Avenue tunnels is located at 99th Street. Here in a 1990 photo, two former New haven FL-9's head out for Poughkeepsie. MN repainted a few units into their classic New Haven colors.

Until the West Side freight line was rebuilt to accommodate Amtrak trains into and out of Penn Station, all service using the former NYC lines still had to use GCT. Most Empire Service trains between Albany and New York were assigned these Rohr Turboliners.

A Hudson Line MU train enroute into the Terminal. Hudson line equipment has the blue stripe on the cars.

This is a New Haven Division local a few blocks up from 99th St.

Located at about 110th Street was 'NICK' tower. It straddled the four track line on the elevated portion.

The first station stop is 125th Street. The local is inbound.

This is the Amtrak 'Adirondack' on its way to Montreal. March 9, 1989.

Two trains on the huge East River draw bridge.

Trackside on the Bronx side of the bridge. Amtrak also operated the FL9's.

Not to far from the bridge is Mott Haven Junction. These trains are heading for Croton-Harmon on the Hudson Line. The tracks under me are for the Harlem and New Haven Division lines. March 11, 1989.

This is a New Haven line local. The cars are in the New Haven orange colors.

Other views of trains at Mott Haven.

A train from Albany comes off the Hudson Line. The bridge towers are plainly visible in the distance.

Looking the other way as a local swings around the curve. The main shops for the MU cars are here also.

'MO' tower controlled all movements through the junction. There were and still are alot of them!

Along the East River at High Bridge. Manhattan is across the river.

An outbound local at the Morris Heights Station in the Bronx.

A southbound Amtrak Turbo whooshes past the University Heights station.

The Adirondack on a different day in 1989 at University Heights.

A Poughkeepsie local inbound at Marble Hill station.

A Croton-Harmon local glides along the edge of the East River again at Marble Hill.

We are aboard a train approaching Spuyten Duyvil. Gary Madden photo.

A local at the Spuyten Duyvil station. This the point in which the East River meets the Hudson River on the very north tip of Mahattan Island.

A westbound Amtrak Turbo swinging around the 90 degree curve here.

What makes this interesting is the junction for old NYC West Side freight line into Manhattan. While the passengers trains swung along the East River toward Grand Central, the NYC operated a line down along the North River, yes the North River, to serve the industries in mid-Manhattan. 'DV' tower controlled the junction and at the time of these photos on March 11, 1989 the line was dormant. A few years later, Amtrak rebuilt the line to allow Empire Service trains access to Penn Station, thereby eliminating the two station situation in New York.