Items

• End of the Run - Weehawken

  This painting on the cover of Railroad Magazine in April, 1951 depicts a New York Central locomotive reaching the end of its journey in Weehawken. Special thanks to Bernie Zempolich for sending in this image.
• Colossus of Weehawken - Railroad Magazine - August 1951

  Article from the August 1951 issue of Railroad magazine (page 94) describing the giant passenger/freight elevator that used to grace the waterfront. Unfortunately, this article repeats the myth that Gustave Eiffel (he of Tower fame) designed the elevator. The elevator was actually designed by civil engineer Thomas E Brown Jr. based on specifications by Edward A. Trapp, engineer of the North Hudson Railroad Company.
• End of the Run - Railroad Magazine - August 1951

  Advertisement from page 77 of Railroad magazine, issue of August, 1951 for a cover reprint called End of the Run (New York Central). The prints cost 25 cents each. See item 256 for a color version of the original magazine cover, courtesy of Bernie Zempolich.
• Erie Magazine December 1953 - Mechanical Talent Wins

  Article from Erie magazine issue of December, 1953 entitled Mechanical Talent Wins and with a subtitle of Erie employees at Weehawken docks substitute skill with materials handling equipment for muscle to move mountains of freight. This 5 page article starts on page 10 of the magazine and includes a number of pictures of the Weehawken docks and the freight equipment used there.  
• West Shore, R.R. Yards, and Ferry, Weehawken, N.J.

  Colored photo postcard view from the Palisades down to the railroad yards, ferry house and river. Note Clifton Road (later Pershing) in the foreground. Postmarked from Weehawken. Valentine and Sons Publishing Co. Ltd of New York, printed in Great Britain. Numbered 20722 on the front.
• Boston and Albany 585

  Black and white photo postcard with the following caption: A cold day in Weehawken, NJ finds a New England visitor, Boston and Albany Pacific 585, moving away from the water tank. January 1951. Photo by Ed Nowak. Published by Audio Visual Designs, POB 24, Earlton, NY 12058 - numbered RP502 and 135206.
• The Marker - The North Hudson County Railway

  Complete issue of The Marker - volume 5, number 2 from September, 1946. The Marker was the newsletter of the North Jersey Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. This issue was devoted to the history of the North Hudson County Railway and includes a number of photos and maps as well as lots of good information.  
• West Shore Railroad Timetable and Map - 1907

  4-page timetable and map for the New York Central's West Shore Railroad, which ran from Weehawken to Albany.
• 1930s View of O&W Piers

  1930s view of the coal piers of the Ontario and Western Railway terminal with the New York City skyline beyond. From Marine Line Equipment - January-September 1992, published by the Ontario and Western Railway Historical Society.
• Train and Work Crews at the Bergen Tunnel

  Black and white photograph. Work and train crews pose for the lensman circa 1883 shortly after the opening of the Bergen Tunnel. Rock blasted from the tunnel was used as fill on the riverfront to increase the size of the [railroad's] property. From Marine Line Equipment - January-September 1992 published by the Ontario and Western Railway Historical Society.  
• The Mountaineer Limited

  Color print with caption as follows: The New York, Ontario and Western's Crack 'Mountaineer' passenger train slows for its stop at Bear Mountain along the Hudson River on its inaugural run on June 24, 1938. The NY, O & W Railway was a lesser known Class 1 railroad operating from Weehawken, NJ, across the Hudson River from Manhattan to the northern reaches of New York State. A sizeable portion of the railroad's income was was derived from a summer parade of New Yorkers trekking to the popular Catskill Mountain resorts. In 1937, just into bankruptcy, the railroad retained noted industrial designer Otto Kuhler its dowdy 'Mountaineer' on a budget of just $10,000. He worked with the railroad shop forces to create a miracle and turned the 1913 cars into a sleek modern train. Unfortunately, the cars were slowly dismantled during World War II for badly needed scrap. The advent of diesel locomotives forced the 'Old and Weary,' the railroad's well earned nickname, to sell the Mountaineer's steam locomotive and many others for scrap in 1948. Nine years later, the railroad collapsed in financial ruin.  
• A Trainload of Dates

  Black and white photo of a New York Central Railroad train (loco # 3775) going westbound from Weehawken laden with dates. Caption: PHOTO OF FIRST SECTION 75 CARLOADS DATES SHIPPED BY HILLS BROTHERS CO, NEW YORK, DESTINED TO WESTERN POINTS OCTOBER 6, 1930 PART OF A TOTAL OF 99 CARS. Another Bernie Zempolich find..
• New York Central Railroad Police Badge - Weehawken

  Beautiful old eagle top nickel shield from the (defunct) NYC Railroad Company. The New York Central hired Traffic Officers from the Hudson County Boulevard Police Department from 1923 to 1947 to direct traffic at the New York Central Railroad Station off of Boulevard East. Saw this on EBay, but the bid went too high, so I snarfed the image. Shame on me, but all is fair in love and history.
• Tunneling the Palisades at Weehawken, NJ

  Engravings from Harper's Weekly - January 28th, 1882 (Volume XXVI, No. 1310) showing the work on the Weehawken side of the railroad tunnels to New York.
• New York Central Derailment Letter

  Letter from the New York Central Railroad to its customers apologizing for the inconvenience caused by a derailment on February 3rd, 1953.
• John H. Bonn

  Engraving of John H Bonn, President of the North Hudson Railway Company, whose name graces Bonn Place. From -History of Hudson and Essex Counties, New Jersey - William H. Shaw - 1884. Click on the link for more information about Bonn.
• Train Ticket - Kaaterskill Junction to Weehawken

  Train ticket from Kaaterskill Junction in the Catskills to Weehawken. A dollar five bought you a journey from Kaaterskill Junction to our fair city.
• Railroad Porter Check - Buffalo to Weehawken

  This railroad ticket stub was stamped December 22, 1898 and shows that a trip from Buffalo to Weehawken would have set you back the princely sum of $2.00.
• West Shore Depot and Water Front, Weehawken NJ

  Hand colored photo postcard view of the waterfront and rail yards from atop the Palisades. Update - 7-3-2004: Willie Demontreux points out that the photo on this postcard seems to have been printed backwards. You need to flip it horizontally for it to make sense. Here is a flipped version showing the correct perspective. Postmarked in 1925 from North Bergen.
• West Shore Railroad Ticket

  Part of the New York Central railroad system, the West Shore passed right through Weehawken.
• Conquest of the Palisades

  Article by Al Mankoff from Electric Lines Magazine, March/April 1992 on the history of railroads and trolleys on the Palisades. Lots of great pictures, including the giant elevators! - 7 pages.
• West Shore RR Tunnel, Clifton Park, Weehawken, NJ

  Colored postcard of the West Shore railroad tunnel, parallel to 48th Street into the Palisades that comes out in North Bergen, just west of Tonnelle Avenue, now the Hudson Bergen Light Rail station. Postmarked September 14, 1908 from Weehawken.
• Weehawken NJ Showing West Shore RR

  Hand colored photo postcard view of the railroad yards, ferry and the Pier 7 Grain Elevator from the Palisades. Postmarked July 5, 1913 from Weehawken
• Along the West Shore RR Weehawken, NJ

  Black and white undivided photo postcard of the Weehawken bluff with railroad tracks running along the bottom. Karl Bitter's home is seen at the top of the Palisades. Postmarked October 24, 1906 from New York, NY
• No. 3 - Road up Palisades to Union Hill, NJ

  Undivided black and white photo postcard of road, horse drawn carriage, and train tracks up the Palisades. The road has been called Clifton Road, Hillside Road, and most recently, Pershing Road. Postmarked November 26, 1905 from Hoboken.