| One day during my first semester at college, I had a class break of three hours. I made a quick run to Staten Island(from Queens!!) and by pure luck caught this local on the line from St George to Arlington and AK draw. My recollection is faulty, Im sure, but I think this is near Port Richmond(NOTE: It's Harbor Rd in Mariner's Harbor. See comment below from Rich Bischoff). The train is passing an abandoned rapid transit station, which, surprisingly, still has access from the street. Commuter operations, and especially rapid transit operations, tended not to have much freight traffic in the NY area. At the time, the B&O was still serving the line from a yard in Cranford NJ, reached by its trackage rights over the ex Reading and CNJ. |