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Beautiful-Living-671 t1_j1enl4s wrote
Reply to All I want for Christmas is for PATH to do this between Newport & Christopher St by objectimpermanence
Because of the way the tunnel twists and turns and is like 150 years old in places I don't think more speed is possible. But the PA should restore the direct weekend daytime service on JSQ-33 and HOB-WTC that they took away in 2006 for "WTC Construction" and then never brought back, hoping everyone would forget that it was heavily used.
Beautiful-Living-671 t1_j1emvth wrote
Reply to Actual Progress at Whole Foods by BikingVikingNYC
Who wants to bet that they drop the idea of making this a Whole Foods and convert to the more price-conscious Amazon Fresh?
Beautiful-Living-671 t1_j0yx9ul wrote
Reply to comment by Blecher_onthe_Hudson in Proliferation of license plate obscuring, and now anti-flash coatings by Blecher_onthe_Hudson
Pfft, that's nothing. The same distance on the main toll road near Toronto will cost you $27 Cdn, or about $20 US. But they have zero toll cheating there, likely due to strict enforcement.
Beautiful-Living-671 t1_iy85t0d wrote
Yes.
Beautiful-Living-671 t1_itzsq37 wrote
Reply to comment by doglywolf in 33rd st path trains are delayed, impossible to get on WTC because it’s so packed. Take the ferry or walk to Newport if you can. by elbowe51317
It's actually closer to 40% fewer riders than pre-Covid, at least according to PATH stats posted for August. I doubt it's over 70% pre-pandemic numbers even now.
Beautiful-Living-671 t1_itujbwn wrote
Reply to comment by objectimpermanence in Erie Railroad 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 2736 leading a westbound passenger train out of Jersey City, New Jersey, circa 1950. The Manhattan skyline is visible in the background at right. by Tayo826
The Wikipedia page has the only front-facing photo I know of. Here are two of the rear from Kenneth French's "Railroads of Hoboken and Jersey City":
You have to remember this was built just before the Columbian Exposition. That fair was revolutionary in popularizing neoclassical architecture, and nearly every train station after followed that model. Pavonia terminal was just a wooden Victorian shack by comparison and not of much visual interest.
It was also quickly swallowed up by the ferry house in front of it, making photos even more difficult. But it is strange that there is nothing of the interior available.
Beautiful-Living-671 t1_itrbo4k wrote
Reply to comment by A_Downboat_Is_A_Sub in Erie Railroad 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 2736 leading a westbound passenger train out of Jersey City, New Jersey, circa 1950. The Manhattan skyline is visible in the background at right. by Tayo826
The train in the background is coming off a wye from the north-south connecting track that led from the Erie yard to the West Shore line that began at Weehawken.
Beautiful-Living-671 t1_itq47xh wrote
Reply to comment by ferocious_coug in Erie Railroad 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 2736 leading a westbound passenger train out of Jersey City, New Jersey, circa 1950. The Manhattan skyline is visible in the background at right. by Tayo826
No, that's the Sixth Street Embankment.
The Tenth Street Embankment was part of the Erie Yard and has now been mostly redeveloped. You can see the stone walls preserved though along most of 10th St.
Beautiful-Living-671 t1_itpq6vd wrote
Reply to comment by VanWorst in Erie Railroad 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 2736 leading a westbound passenger train out of Jersey City, New Jersey, circa 1950. The Manhattan skyline is visible in the background at right. by Tayo826
It's where the Turnpike Extension today curves in to join 139 towards the Holland Tunnel. This is a westbound train coming out of the Erie station via the 10th St Embankment, on the curve heading towards the Bergen Arches. No tracks exist there today.
Beautiful-Living-671 t1_j1enxy0 wrote
Reply to comment by htt-papi in NYTimes article on Jersey City's ‘Village’ (Published 1979) by Brudesandwich
And more apt given there was a huge elevated railroad running down the middle of it.