Rail
to Marine - Full Manhattan Circumnavigation
19 October 2008
A 4 Hour Harbor Cruise covering
past and present railroad facilities on the Hudson, Harlem, and East Rivers.
Departure is 11:00 A.M - Ticket Price $50.00
Sponsored by Working Harbor Committee
Our tour boat will be one of the famous vintage Circle Line boats departing
from Pier 83, West 42nd Street, New York City.
(Westbound M42 Bus to "12TH AVENUE", last stop.)
We will circle Manhattan Island clockwise, which is against the flow of the usual circle tours.
The boat will pause at each important location.
Some tour highlights:
High Line
West Side Yards
Brooklyn Waterfront Railroads
Lackawanna Terminal
Rail History of Pavonia, Newport, Jersey City
CRRNJ Terminal
Hell Gate
Harlem River facilities
Oak Point Link
Metro North Bridge
Highbridge Yard
East 180th St. IRT Yard
Marble Hill
Spuyten Duyvil
Amtrak Empire Branch – NYCRR History
W. 72nd St. Yard
Narrators:
Bernard Ente, Working Harbor Committee
Rich Taylor, Working Harbor Committee
Pierce Haviland, retired Penn-Central and Metro North Commuter Railroad
engineer
Pierce Haviland ran the last freight on the West Side Line while working
for Penn Central. He also operated GG1's over Hell Gate, 10,000 ton freights
into Fresh Pond, and recently retired from an honored career with Metro
North as an engineer and instructor.
Onboard Snack
Bar will be open.
Maps will be provided.
For more information, click to contact Tour Chairman Bernard
Ente via email
Click
Here to Order Your Tickets Today!
Next
Meeting
The
next meeting of the WHC will be at the regular location:
6 PM
Thursday 23 October 2008
Working Harbor Office
Doswell Productions
455 West 43rd Street
(between 9th & 10th, ground floor)
New York, NY 10036
All members & friends as well as Steering Committee members are invited. Please call 212 757 1600 if you plan to come - or email John@HiddenHarborTours.Com