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| Title: |
NYWB Route Map |
| Description: |
Highlighted areas indicate areas included in this album. |
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3/1/1937 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 1:48:40 PM |
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Westchester County, NY |
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New York, Westchester & Boston Railroad (Coll. of George Votava) |
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A single car train #101 passes White Plains tower near the Westchester Avenue Terminal. Bloomingdale Road is visible at left. (Coll. of George Votava) |
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5/9/1937 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 1:48:40 PM |
| Location: |
White Plains Mam'k Ave Sta, NY |
| Author: |
George Votava |
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| Title: |
New York, Westchester & Boston Train (George Votava Collection) |
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A four car NYW&B train heads for Port Chester in Autumn 1937, a few months before the railway's unfortunate closure. The Columbus Avenue Station is visible in the distance. |
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10/1/1937 Upload Date: 7/2/2004 2:30:26 PM |
| Location: |
Mount Vernon, NY |
| Author: |
George Votava |
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| Title: |
NYC Subway Map Showing Ex-NYWB Line |
| Description: |
New York City's #5 subway train operates on the New York, Westchester, & Boston Railroad's former r-o-w in The Bronx. |
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3/1/1947 Upload Date: 9/7/2004 8:40:42 PM |
| Location: |
Bronx, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
Commemorative NYWB Sign At Ridgeway Station Site |
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6/8/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
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White Plains NYWB Ridgeway, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
Former NYWB Dyre Avenue Station in 2004 |
| Description: |
The former NYWB Dyre Avenue station has become the last stop of the New York City subway system's #5 train.. |
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6/15/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 2:31:42 PM |
| Location: |
Bronx, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
Former NYWB Dyre Avenue Station in 2004 |
| Description: |
The New York, Westchester & Boston's trackage in The Bronx borough of New York City is used by the NYC subway system. Dyre Avenue is the end of the line. |
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6/15/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 2:35:04 PM |
| Location: |
Eastchester, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
Former NYWB Baychester Avenue Station in 2004 |
| Description: |
The former NYWB station at Baychester Avenue is part of the New York City subway system today. The NYWB closed in 1937. |
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6/15/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 2:33:41 PM |
| Location: |
Bronx, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
Platform View of Former NYWB Dyre Avenue Station |
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The old NYWB platforms at Dyre Avenue still see plenty of activity, but beyond here the right-of-way is just a long, unkempt and little remembered greenway through the suburbs. |
| Photo Date: |
6/15/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 2:37:06 PM |
| Location: |
Bronx, NY |
| Author: |
David Sommer |
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| Title: |
The NYWB's Carhart Cut in 2004 |
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The NYWB's Carhart Cut in 2004. View faces north from Bolton Avenue. The bottom of the cut is filled with wet mud and refuse. |
| Photo Date: |
6/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
| Location: |
White Plains, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
The NYW&B's Webster Avenue Station in 2004 |
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The NYW&B's Webster Avenue Station is a mini market today. The railroad cut beneath it has been filled in, leaving little trace of the building's former purpose. |
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6/26/2004 Upload Date: 7/2/2004 2:30:26 PM |
| Location: |
New Rochelle NYWB Webster, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
Catenary Tower Foundation |
| Description: |
A NYWB catenary tower foundation on the Highbrook Avenue Bridge |
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6/26/2004 Upload Date: 7/2/2004 2:30:26 PM |
| Location: |
Pelham, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
Atop The Highbrook Avenue Bridge |
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This is the NYW&B's roadbed atop the Highbrook Avenue Bridge today, looking towards Mount Vernon. |
| Photo Date: |
6/26/2004 Upload Date: 7/2/2004 2:30:26 PM |
| Location: |
Pelham, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
A House on the Former NYW&B Roadbed |
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A house sits in the middle of the NYW&B's former right-of-way looking towards the site where the Fifth Avenue Station in Pelham once stood. This would have been a risky vantage point back in 1937, as it is right between the Port Chester Branch's two high speed mainline tracks. |
| Photo Date: |
6/26/2004 Upload Date: 7/2/2004 2:30:26 PM |
| Location: |
Pelham, NY |
| Author: |
David Sommer |
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| Title: |
East Anchor, NYW&B Hutchinson River Viaduct in Pelham |
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This wall was the where a massive steel viaduct deposited the NYW&B's electrified, high speed, dedicated right-of-way on the east side of the Hutchinson River Valley. You could hardly tell now! |
| Photo Date: |
6/26/2004 Upload Date: 7/2/2004 2:30:26 PM |
| Location: |
Pelham, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
The NYW&B's Highbrook Avenue Bridge in 2004 |
| Description: |
The last NYW&B train rolled across this bridge in 1937. Now this abandoned bridge towers above a neighborhood of expensive homes. The car beneath the bridge gives an idea of the bridge's size. |
| Photo Date: |
6/26/2004 Upload Date: 7/2/2004 2:30:26 PM |
| Location: |
Pelham NYWB Highbrook Br, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
Atop The NYW&B's Highbrook Avenue Bridge in 2004 |
| Description: |
This is the NYW&B roadbed atop the Highbrook Avenue Bridge in Pelham, looking east. |
| Photo Date: |
6/26/2004 Upload Date: 7/2/2004 2:30:26 PM |
| Location: |
Pelham, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
Beneath The NYW&B's Highbrook Avenue Bridge in 2004 |
| Description: |
Though the tracks that crossed this rode on the bridge were removed in 1937, the bridge itself remains in fairly good condiiton. |
| Photo Date: |
6/26/2004 Upload Date: 7/2/2004 2:30:26 PM |
| Location: |
Pelham NYWB Highbrook Br, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
The NYW&B's Highbrook Avenue Bridge |
| Description: |
Though the NYW&B closed in 1937, its massive concrete bridge still stands above Highbrook Avenue in Pelham. |
| Photo Date: |
6/26/2004 Upload Date: 7/2/2004 2:30:26 PM |
| Location: |
Pelham NYWB Highbrook Br, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
West Anchor of the NYW&B's North Avenue Viaduct |
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A steel viaduct started here and carried the NYW&B across North Avenue to the New Haven mainline, which this branch paralled to its last stop at Port Chester. |
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6/26/2004 Upload Date: 7/2/2004 2:30:26 PM |
| Location: |
New Rochelle, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
Atop The NYW&B's Highbrook Avenue Bridge |
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This is what remains of the NYW&B's roadbed atop the Highbrook Avenue Bridge, looking towards Mount Vernon. |
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6/26/2004 Upload Date: 7/2/2004 2:30:26 PM |
| Location: |
Pelham, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
Atop The Highbrook Avenue Bridge in 2004 |
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This is the view of Highbrook Avenue from the NYW&B's former right-of-way on the bridge above. |
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6/26/2004 Upload Date: 7/2/2004 2:30:26 PM |
| Location: |
Pelham, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
Former NYW&B Roadbed, Storer Avenue Station |
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This is what remains of the NYW&B's right-of-way at Storer Avenue in Pelham in 2004. The bridge over the tracks was directly ahead, and the station's platforms were along the left and right of the grassy area. |
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6/26/2004 Upload Date: 7/2/2004 2:30:26 PM |
| Location: |
New Rochelle NYWB Storer Ave, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
Former NYWB Roadbed |
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This is the NYW&B's roadbed at Storer Avenue Station, looking west towards the Highbrook Avenue Bridge. |
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6/26/2004 Upload Date: 7/2/2004 2:30:26 PM |
| Location: |
Pelham, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
The Last Crumbling Remains of the NYW&B's Storer Avenue Station in 2004 |
| Description: |
These crumbling cinderblocks were part of Storer Avenue Station's southbound platform. |
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6/26/2004 Upload Date: 7/2/2004 2:30:26 PM |
| Location: |
Pelham, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
Time-Worn NYW&B Insignia |
| Description: |
This time-worn NYWB insignia can be seen at the NYWB's former Dyre Avenue Station in The Bronx. The station is used as a NYC subway station today. NYC Transit evidently has little regard for this object's potential historical value. |
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7/14/2004 Upload Date: 8/9/2004 7:13:06 AM |
| Location: |
Bronx, NY |
| Author: |
David Sommer |
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| Title: |
NYWB Highbrook Avenue Bridge |
| Description: |
The NYWB R-O-W atop the Highbrook Avenue Bridge in Pelham, N.Y. might look something like this with tracks in place. This view looks east towards New Rochelle. |
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7/28/2004 Upload Date: 7/28/2004 2:55:32 AM |
| Location: |
Pelham NYWB Highbrook Br, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
The NYWB's Mamaroneck Avenue Station in 2004 |
| Description: |
An oblong office building rises up from the cut the NYWB right of way once occupied. The wall just beyond the sidewalk is all that remains of the station today. |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
| Location: |
White Plains Mam'k Ave Sta, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
NYWB Carhart Cut in 2004 |
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The NYWB's massive Carhart Cut is being reclaimed by developers. This view looks north from the Bryant Avenue bridge over the cut. The site of the Mamaroneck Avenue Station is at the center of this photo. An office building sits on the right of way. |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
| Location: |
White Plains Mam'k Ave Sta, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
The NYWB's Gedney Way Station in 2004 |
| Description: |
The NYWB mailine, looking south at Gedney Way on August 18th, 2004. A parking lot occupies the right of way. |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
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White Plains NYWB Gedney Wy, NY |
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| Title: |
The former NYWB Roadbed in 2004 at Gedney Way Station |
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This is the view south on the NYWB's right-of-way beneath Gedney Way in White Plains, NY on August 18th, 2004. |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
| Location: |
White Plains NYWB Gedney Wy, NY |
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| Title: |
NYWB Gedney Way Station Remains |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
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White Plains NYWB Gedney Wy, NY |
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| Title: |
NYWB Roadbed Looking North at Gedney Way |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
| Location: |
White Plains NYWB Gedney Wy, NY |
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| Title: |
Gedney Way Bridge Over NYWB Roadbed |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
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White Plains NYWB Gedney Wy, NY |
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The 'White Plains Greenway' follows the Former NYWB R-O-W |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
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White Plains NYWB Gedney Wy, NY |
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| Title: |
NYWB R-O-W at Gedney Way Looking South |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
| Location: |
White Plains NYWB Gedney Wy, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
Uprooted NYWB Catenary Tower Foundation |
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This unearthed NYWB catenary tower foundation rests on its side along the Greenway south of Gedney Way in White Plains. Salvagers shaved off the catenary tower itself from this foundation when they removed all metal parts of the railroad a few years after its closure in 1937. |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
| Location: |
White Plains NYWB Gedney Wy, NY |
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| Title: |
NYWB's Gedney Way Station in 2004 |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
| Location: |
White Plains NYWB Gedney Wy, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
Former NYWB Roadbed Looking South at Gedney Way |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
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White Plains NYWB Gedney Wy, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
Catenary Tower Foundation |
| Description: |
Near White Plains city dump. |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
| Location: |
White Plains NYWB Gedney Wy, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
A Garbage Truck on the Former NYWB Roadbed |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
| Location: |
White Plains NYWB Gedney Wy, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
NYWB Remains |
| Description: |
Anybody know what this was? |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
| Location: |
White Plains, NY |
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| Title: |
NYWB Roadbed North of Ridgeway Station |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
| Location: |
White Plains, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
NYWB Roadbed Looking North near Ridgeway |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
| Location: |
White Plains, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
NYWB Roadbed Near Former Ridgeway Station |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
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White Plains NYWB Ridgeway, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
NYWB Catenary Tower Foundation |
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This catenary tower foundation is in very good condition compared to others still remaining along the NYWB R-O-W. This one was just north of Ridgeway Avenue |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
| Location: |
White Plains, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
NYWB Interpretive Park and Historical Marker at Ridgeway |
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This bench would be directly below the tracks and platforms of the NYWB's Ridgeway Station back in the 1930's. |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
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White Plains NYWB Ridgeway, NY |
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| Title: |
Ridgeway As Seen From NYWB Station Site |
| Description: |
At site of NYWB Ridgeway Station |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
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White Plains NYWB Ridgeway, NY |
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David Sommer |
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| Title: |
Remains of Former NYWB Ridgeway Station |
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Ridgeway Station's wood platforms rested on these concrete supports. This was the southbound platform where the access steps came up from Ridgeway. |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
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White Plains NYWB Ridgeway, NY |
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Remains of NYWB Ridgeway Station Platform |
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A perfectly straight line of concrete passenger platform supports stretches south beneath young trees and thick shrubs at the site of the NYWB's Ridgeway Station. |
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8/18/2004 Upload Date: 8/26/2004 12:48:39 PM |
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White Plains, NY |
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