Fascinating information. Thanks, Bruce.
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| Posted by Sisko24 on January 4, 2015 | |
Thanks for this photo and the geologic information. As with many who commute in this area, I've passed along both the Metro-North commuter tracks which go into and out of Grand Central Terminal and which lie unseen behind the large rock with the Columbia University 'C' on the right as well as having ridden over that Amtrak bridge shown in the center of the photo. The 'Adirondack' is one of many Amtrak trains beginning and ending at Penn Station and which travel along the Hudson River serving cities such as Albany, Niagara Falls, Syracuse, Buffalo, Montreal, Toronto and Chicago. The large 'C' is meant to be seen by those attending Columbia University games (and other events) at Columbia's Lawrence A. Wien stadium which is located out of sight on the left. In the days of the New York Central, there was a wye which allowed freight trains of the NYC to go from the west Bronx freight yards along the Harlem River across the bridge down to the 60th street freight yards in Manhattan which once lay along the Hudson River. Both the west Bronx freight yards and the 60th street freight yards are gone and live on only in photos and hallowed memory.
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| Posted by Sisko24 on January 4, 2015 | |
Thanks for this photo and the geologic information. As with many who commute in this area, I've passed along both the Metro-North commuter tracks which go into and out of Grand Central Terminal and which lie unseen behind the large rock with the Columbia University 'C' on the right as well as having ridden over that Amtrak bridge shown in the center of the photo. The 'Adirondack' is one of many Amtrak trains beginning and ending at Penn Station and which travel along the Hudson River serving cities such as Albany, Niagara Falls, Syracuse, Buffalo, Montreal, Toronto and Chicago. The large 'C' is meant to be seen by those attending Columbia University games (and other events) at Columbia's Lawrence A. Wien stadium which is located out of sight on the left. In the days of the New York Central, there was a wye which allowed freight trains of the NYC to go from the west Bronx freight yards along the Harlem River across the bridge down to the 60th street freight yards in Manhattan which once lay along the Hudson River. Both the west Bronx freight yards and the 60th street freight yards are gone and live on only in photos and hallowed memory.
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