(erielack) Re: Erielack Digest V2 #840

["ShepRail_@_aol.com"]

    There were two routes connecting the Graham and River Lines.  One route 
consisted of the Erie's Newburg Short-Cut, which diverged from the Main Line 
at Newburgh Junction and connected with the Newburgh Branch at Vails Gate 
Junction.
At Newburgh, the Erie interchanged traffic with the NYC West Shore Line.  
This route was severed, I understand, when the New York State Thruway was 
constructed, leaving an alternate route available via Greycourt that Conrail 
subsequently abandoned.  

    Another route connecting the Graham and River Lines consisted of a route 
that ran from Kingston to Campbell Hall over track owned by the NYC and Erie 
Railroads via Mongomery, NY.  The NYC had trackage rights over Erie lines 
from Montgomery to Maybrook, where a local freight interchanged traffic with 
the NYNH&H.  Later, I recall that Penn Central used this route to operate 
large freight trains between Maybrook and Selkirk Yards.  Sometimes,  Penn 
Central crews were not qualified to
make this move and the EL furnished a set of pilots.  

                                                                              
            Bill Sheppard 

   

    
    

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