New York Central Weehawken to Bear Mountain 

I started on the Penn Central in January 1973, as a brakeman and eventually a freight conductor, ending my career in 2014 after 41 years of service. Early in my career, I was called off the extra list to fill a head brakeman job on a train that originated in south Philly at the Greenwich Yard. I believe the final destination was Selkirk. We left with E-44s as power. I was filling the vacancy on a NY division crew, who were great and taught me a lot. When we arrived at the Meadows yard, the crew was asked if they were qualified to Weehawken. The answer was yes, and our power was swapped for diesels. Upon arrival at Weehawken, we were relieved by a prior New York Central crew. The engineer told me this point was referred to as, "The Weehawken Puzzle".

Loved every second of this video!! My Grandfather worked for the NYC in Weehawken (freight division) from 1927-1971 (PC)... He commuted everyday on the West Shore from Teaneck (West View whistle stop) to Weehawken (until he had to take the bus after passenger service was discontinued!!). My Dad rode the rails his entire youth as well. Thank you!!

great movie ! thanks ! lots of brown 40 foot boxcars. looks like very early 1950s.

Man incredible, I love seeing these vintage films! Especially the freight trains and all their interesting cars! I miss those days! (Dave).

My, my, my. What a wonderful, remarkable experience for me. I think passenger service on this line originally went as far as Albany, NY. Very scenic route; equivalent to the east side of the Hudson. Too bad passenger service was discontinued. Suspect commuters on the west side of the Hudson would have preferred rail service over having to cross a bridge to get to the Hudson Line.

That is some fantastic footage and not just the trains but also all the boats car ferrys etc. plying the waterways and still not deluged with skyscrapers. Almost unbelievable the high number of small commuter trains. Fantastic coverage thank you

THANKS SO MUCH! Unbelievable such rare film I never thought I’d see. NYC West Shore, NYS&W and more!

This is GOLD❤

Great film of the Bear Mountain Bridge.

Wow what a great film and a treat in color watching those old Alco's rumbling by👍

This is an absolutely fantastic color video! I love the New York Central system. Incredible view of the RS-3s , pulling the passenger cars, and freight.

Thank you for this superb video ! The scenes at Weehawken are amazing and the whole film is captivating !

As a rail fan from this area, I am in love with this video, film sounds and all. Some really great stuff here. I just ran some inherited N scale NYC passenger trains at a train show layout for the first time. Much of the same equipment that was featured here. It was kind of wild to see it pop up in my feed today. Many thanks for making it available to me. 😊👍👍

I have enjoyed these historic films so much - the Erie and now this one! I have never seen a video of this route before and it brought me back to a time before me. Thank you for uploading it and I look forward to more!

Great video, thanks for presentation, from Germany

My father took this train from Weehawken to Marlboro NY back in the 50’s .

Thanks for the great job you're doing!

Awesome 👍

At the end of the film, the boat was likely the Peter Stuyvesant. My grandfather took me on a tour to West Point-up the Hudson from NYC by ship, back by bus. Also remember passing the mothball fleet, briefly glimpsed in the film... also slightly relevant, since there were some NYS&W passenger trains: when we'd go swimming, it was next to the Susquehanna, and we'd see one of their commuter trains (never an RDC, though) outbound in the evening and know it was time to go home. This was around the time the CEO tried to pay his customers NOT to ride the train, so he could discontinue it...

There was talk of bringing commuter trains back to the West Shore from Newburgh but it never materialized. There is still freight trains running on the line. Love the West Point station.

These are wonderful, though it's sad to see no one getting on or off at the stations.

To think that terminal area is now Port Imperial, completely unrecognizable!

Once again, fantastic footage. Only a handful of the stations taped here still exist (I think only Ridgefield?) and the small towns between Weehawken and Selkirk rarely get any coverage. Thanks for uploading!

Nice old footage, thanks for sharing!

Fantastic video. Thanks for uploading. Amazing to think what Port Imperial once looked like says a guy accustomed to biking up the Hudson River path from the south. Keep the great content coming!

Nice to see rolling stock without the blasted graffiti.

Loved the film. Keep it up all.of your stuff is great. Can never be recreated and this is the only way to share. Even the camera noise is fun. Just use the volume button if you find it annoying! Thank you again.

outstanding films, very interesting ::)

I believe the station in Bergenfield is still there also.

Great, rare film! I wondered what the RDCs were doing there, I didn't think NYC used its RDCs on West Shore, but I see they're Susquehanna. PERHAPS there will be demand to reactivate this at some point, NJT or Metro North.

VERY good. I just barely remember those days, when Yonkers was a respectable place to live. Now? Bangladesh West.

At 5:00, you can see either the SS United States or her smaller sister, the SS America docked in the background.

Awesome

Looks Like the Quuen Mary at 5 40

My father took train from Harrington Park, N.J. to Weehawken and ferry to Manhattan. We too train from H.P. along Hudson river to Highland, N.Y. Early fifties was till coal burners.

Great video. Curious - was there any interchange between the NYC/West Shore and the CNJ?

I really enjoy these old images. Some things that I saw myself, others that I wish I had seen. But, dear G_d, do you HAVE to add the phony projector noise? It was plenty annoying from a real projector, this is just stupid.

At 13:56 a Budd Canadian Pacific coach goes by, with all blinds down. Deadheading back to Canada? Why on the west side of the Hudson? Two RDCs behind it, also unoccupied according to the closed blinds.

At the 22:25 mark, going through West Nyack, New York, you see a train track bridge crossing perpendicularly over the West Shore Brance. Which line was that crossing over the WSL? Was that the Erie Piermont to Buffalo line, that went through Blauvelt on it's way to Suffern and points West?

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10:35 What's with those Army MRS1s on that train?

Wolverine transfer to video. Sure look like it.

Is this the ‘50s?

Those coaches had no tank to hold toilet flush. you stepped on a pedal and what ever you made went on the tracks.

Beautiful film. Turn off the sound.

Lose the annoying film projector noise.

The fake film sounds are worse than what Abu Ghraib was probably like