The New York Central Tarrytown depot. March 6, 1988.METRO NORTH RAILROAD
THE HUDSON LINE
This page will cover the Hudson Line from Tarrytown, NY to Peekskill, NY. Once the mainline of the New York Central, the Hudson Line is still very active with local and long distance trains. Freight service is minimal and usually operated at night to avoid interference with the passenger service.
The New York Central Tarrytown depot. March 6, 1988.
Some MetroNorth locals at Tarrytown.
A Poughkeepsie local enroute to GCT makes a stop. April 22, 1990.
An Amtrak Turbo train flies through the station.
Philipsie Manor, NY. 3-6-88.
A GCT bound express from Poughkeepsie. March 11, 1989.
Shortly thereafter comes a local northbound for Poughkeepsie.
The old New York Central depot at Scarborough, NY. March 6, 1988.
Some locals at Scarborough. Note the new platforms extended out over the
water.
Northbound Amtrak Turbo at Scarborough
Ossining, NY. Home of the infamous 'Sing-Sing' prison.
A local from GCT arrives at Croton-Harmon.
My only photo from a stop at Croton-Harmon back in January 11,1976.
A southbound train makes the station stop.
Amtrak FL9 491 both southbound and northbound, plus an MN unit.
MetroNorth's main shops are located here. Those Geeps are old NYC
units. The fire service tank car is used in areas where the railroad is
the only means of access. April 22, 1990.
FL9 2020. These former New Haven units look sharp in the red, blue and
silver MN colors.
On the north side of town is 'CD' tower.
North Croton-Harmon station. It was no longer in use.
The main freight yard along the Hudson Division was located here and was
rather busy up until the General Motors plant at Tarrytown shut down a few years
ago. That RDC car with the orange stripes may be an old Reading car.
Amtrak FL9 485 brings train #48, the "Lakeshore Limited" south through
Oscawanna, NY 10-1-88.
488 is in charge of train # 283 on April 22, 1990.
Two views from the north side of the short Oscawanna tunnel
More activity on the north side of the tunnel from October of 1991.
An Amtrak Turbo train whooshes around the curve near Crugers.
2005 on a GCT bound train at Crugers on 10-2-91.
A meet between two Poughkeepsie locals at Montrose.
Just south of Peekskill is the point in which the three track main goes down to
two tracks.
Peekskill station from March 6, 1988.
Continue to the next page, Peekskill to Poughkeepsie