Re:(erielack) Carfloats

[Vincent Lee <vincejlee_@_yahoo.com>]

Paul Brezicki wrote:

"Erie operated many carfloat routes in NY harbor, the 
longest being the one to 149th St in The Bronx (it was one
of the pair that had trackage the other being 28th St in
Mhtn. Does anyone know how long it took to get a float up
there, ie what was the elapsed time between the Hoboken
pier and 149th St?"

Maybe someone has an Erie carfloat schedule that will tell
us what the Erie allowed, but the LV scheduled 90 minutes
for  the trip from its Jesey City floatbridge to its 149th 
St Terminal just south of Erie's Bronx Terminal, and 120
minutes for the reverse trip. The difference was due to
effects of the predominant current flow perhaps?

"Also what was the traffic mix at 149th St, and when did it

close?"

149th St traffic was, similar to 28th St, mainly box cars
of general merchandise and reefer cars containing produce
for the produce market located right next to the yard. It
appears that there were few or no freight forwarders
shipping out of there. Also, 149th St had several small
coal dealers, so delivery of loaded hoppers of coal was
still common there in the late 1940's. There was also a
gantry crane at 149th St which appeared to have a greater
capacity that the  25 ton capacity one located  at 28th St.

I don't know when it closed, but Dave Pearce's 1989 article
in Railpace mentioned that the Port Authority had indicated
it was out of operation on their 1971 NY harbor map.

Vince Lee

Modelling the Erie Wyoming Divison in Pennsylvania and 
the Erie 28th Street Terminal in New York City

East and West Railfanning Photos:
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