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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Cyberider wrote: | | Hoboken Terminal sounds like it is/was quite the place. . . |
Cyberider:
Indeed it was! 
Through the 1960s, there were a nunber of through trains running to Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago.
There were also more commuter lines in operation then, all foolishly abandoned.
There were busy mail-handling facilities, Railway Express, and a Pullman commisary, all of which were shut down by 1970.
A fleet of six ancient, double-ended, coal-burning ferries were also in operation (until 1967)
Right up until the end of through service in 1970, the E-L was well-known for its friendly service and outstanding dining-car fare.
Prior to late 1966 (when there were many cuts in service) the terminal was JUMPING, even BETWEEN rush hours....how well I remember it all, classic railroading personified! 
"NYO"
["THE FRIENDLY SERVICE ROUTE"] |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2025 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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Exchange Place, 1955, as usual, presenting a quiet, deserted vista........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?142307
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
More info on the terminal.........
Prior to the 1930s, the great arched trainshed was torn down; also, the ornamental copper street facade was removed (early 1940s)
Several ferry slips were also removed, leaving only two for the lone crossing to Cortlandt Street.
After the Cortland St. boats shut down in 1949, the southermost slip had its upper and lower loading aprons removed (the slip on the north retained its long-dormant loading ramps until the structure was torn down in the mi-70s) and had new walkways installed, for the loading/unloading of excursion boats, which also used adjacent Pier "C", which no longer exists.
Interestingly, the Exchange Place terminal was the only one of the Hudson River passenger terminals not to have a coach yard, or adjacent engine facilities,
Today, the area has been totally rebuilt, and no trace whatsoever remains of this huge and once-impressive waterfront terminal..............
"NYO"
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traildriver
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 7:58 am Post subject: |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | Exchange Place, 1955, as usual, presenting a quiet, deserted vista........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?142307
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
More info on the terminal.........
Prior to the 1930s, the great arched trainshed was torn down; also, the ornamental copper street facade was removed (early 1940s)
Several ferry slips were also removed, leaving only two for the lone crossing to Cortlandt Street.
After the Cortland St. boats shut down in 1949, the southermost slip had its upper and lower loading aprons removed (the slip on the north retained its long-dormant loading ramps until the structure was torn down in the mi-70s) and had new walkways installed, for the loading/unloading of excursion boats, which also used adjacent Pier "C", which no longer exists.
Interestingly, the Exchange Place terminal was the only one of the Hudson River passenger terminals not to have a coach yard, or adjacent engine facilities,
Today, the area has been totally rebuilt, and no trace whatsoever remains of this huge and once-impressive waterfront terminal..............
"NYO"
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Nice photo! I didn't realize there were MP-54 combination coach-baggage cars, but there were probably all kinds of of MU cars back then. |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 9:17 am Post subject: |
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traildriver:
Like "stepchild" LIRR, the PRR also rostered not only MP-54 MU combos, but also, RPOs the (the LIRR stopped carrying mail about 1966)
The RPO MUs even had mail slots in the side of the cars, so someone could "post" a letter from the platform! 
"MPB"- "Motorized Passenger Baggage"
"MPBM"-"Motorized Passenger Baggage Mail"
The DL&W/E-L "Wickerliner" MUs also had a group of combos/RPOs within their ranks, once upon a yesterday!
"NYO" |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 9:23 am Post subject: |
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PRR ferry conversions.....
By the 1930s, to compete with the new GWB and Lincoln Tunnel, the PRR removed the lower deck passenger cabins on their Hudson River ferryboats; as passengers boarded/unloaded mainly from the upper decks, this created little problem for commuters.
With the lower deck cabins removed, the boats now had four vehicular gangways instead of two.
Prior to 1940, the PRR also operated a (mainly) vehicular ferry between Exchange Place and Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn.
As noted earlier, ferry service to Cortlandt St. ended in late 1949; by then, the once-mighty PRR ferry fleet was down to but one regular boat, and one spare..........
"NYO"
["ENTRANCE TO BOATS"] |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 10:59 am Post subject: |
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Bay Head loop, 1975...........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?49791
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
Until 1967, CNJ trains terminated their eastbound runs at the Jersey City ferry terminal; thereafter, Penn Station, Newark.
Back in the 1960s, PRR E-8s replaced the distinctive "Sharks" on the Bay Head trains (electric/diesel swap at South Amboy)............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?49791
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
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