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New York New Jersey Rail

January 01, 1970

New York New Jersey Rail, LLC (reporting mark NYNJ) is a switching and terminal railroad[1] that operates the only car float operation across Upper New York Bay between Jersey City, New Jersey and Brooklyn, New York. Since mid-November 2008, it has been owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which acquired it for about $16 million as a step in a process that might see a Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel completed.

New York New Jersey Rail, LLC
Overview
HeadquartersGreenville, Jersey City, New Jersey
Reporting markNYNJ
LocaleUpper New York Bay
Dates of operation2006–
PredecessorNew York Cross Harbor Railroad
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length4 miles (6 kilometers) (car float) 4.5 miles (7 kilometers) (trackage)
Other
Websitenynjr.com
The 65th Street Yard in Brooklyn, refurbished in 1999 by the city of New York. The refurbished yard was placed in service for car floats in July 2012.
The 65th Street Yard from the harbor.
A railroad car float in the Upper New York Bay, 1919. Similar barges are still used today.
1912 Pennsylvania Railroad map showing cross harbor car float operations. Rail and barge routes shown on the map are largely the same as those in use a century later.

Since freight trains are not allowed in Amtrak's North River Tunnels, and the Poughkeepsie Bridge was closed in 1974, the ferry is the only freight crossing of the Hudson River south of the Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge, 140 miles (230 km) to the north of New York City, in a process known as the Selkirk hurdle.[2] It is the last remaining car float operation in the Port of New York and New Jersey.[3]

The railroad operates in two division, the Marine division and Port Jersey Rail division.[4] It's switching operations on the New York side include a short spur north to Bush Terminal which runs through the Brooklyn Army Terminal complex and then through the center of 1st Avenue in Sunset Park.[5] This spur is the last example of active street-running rail operations in New York City.

Operations edit

The Port Authority owns Greenville Yard in Greenville, Jersey City, where it connects with Class I railroads CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway, which jointly operate Conrail Shared Assets Operations' North Jersey Shared Assets Area. On the Bay Ridge, Brooklyn end, the 6-acre (2.4 ha) the 65th Street Yard connect to the Long Island Rail Road's freight-only Bay Ridge Branch, which is operated by the New York and Atlantic Railway, and the New York City Transit Authority's South Brooklyn Railway. The 4 mile barge trip across the harbor takes approximately 45 minutes. The equivalent trip by truck is 35–50 miles.[6][7]

As of 2012, the NYNJ system moves approximately 1,500 rail cars across the harbor per year. Port Authority officials suggested that the system can transport as many as 25,000 cars annually.[8][9] NYNJ replaced two EMD GP38-2 with three low-emission locomotives from Knoxville Locomotive Works in Tennessee for $5 million. As of July 2015, the system had moved about 4900 rail cars year-to-date.[10]

History edit

From 1983 to 2006, the operation was known as the New York Cross Harbor Railroad (reporting mark NYCH). Earlier predecessors include the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal Company, Bush Terminal Railroad, New York Dock Railway, and New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad operations at Bay Ridge and Greenville.

In 1999 the city of New York rehabilitated the larger 65th Street Yard for car float operations with two transfer bridges. It was not turned over to NYCH because of a dispute over money owed the city. NYCH continued to use the single transfer bridge at Bush Terminal instead. In 2002, New York Cross Harbor Railroad revenues from railroad operations were $1,685,899. It had 48 active customers, with shipments of cocoa from docks in Brooklyn as its largest line of business. It also operated a trucking service and offered shipside and dockside service for receipt or delivery of various types of cargo, such as oversized steel beams.[6]

NYCH ceased to exist in 2006; a new company, Mid-Atlantic New England Rail, LLC of West Seneca, New York, bought the railroad and renamed it New York New Jersey Rail, LLC (NYNJ). The city of New York purchased the company two years later.

 
NYNJ diesel locomotive on 65th street terminal

The Port Authority began working with government agencies in New York and New Jersey to bring NYNJ to a state of good repair. This includes emergency work to stabilize the transfer bridge structure in Greenville, repairs to the transfer bridge and track infrastructure in Brooklyn, and procurement of ultra-low emissions locomotives and a new 30-car rail barge.[11] In May 2010 the Port Authority announced that it would purchase Greenville Yard and build a new barge-to-rail facility there, as well as improving the existing rail car float system. The barge-to-rail facility is expected to handle an estimated 60,000 to 90,000 containers of solid waste per year from New York City, eliminating up to 360,000 trash truck trips a year. The authority's board authorized $118.1 million for the overall project.[12] In December that same year the NYNJ purchased the 2.4 mile Port Jersey Railroad to imporve it's access to shippers in the Greenville port area.[13]

In November 2011 the Port Authority hired HDR, Inc. of Omaha, Nebraska to rehabilitate Greenville Yard. Work included rehabilitating the railyard and waterfront structures, including a rail barge and transfer bridge, demolishing two other bridges, designing a new barge and two new bridges, and adding 10,000 feet of track.[14][15] In July 2012 NYNJ began operating out of the 65th Street Yard. Initial cargo included apples, home heating oil, new automobiles, and scrap metal.[16] The railroad north along First Avenue was refurbished and new tracks laid to support operations at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, including an automobile import pier and a new municipal recycling plant.[17]

On October 29, 2012 Hurricane Sandy caused major damage to the Greenville facility, undermining the transfer bridge gantries and sinking one of the car floats. The 81-year-old gantry structures were ultimately demolished. The working float bridge at Bush Terminal was transferred by barge to Greenville, where it was re-designated the Greenville Pontoon Bridge. Service was restored in late December, after 52 days of intensive reconstruction.[18]

On September 17, 2014 the Port Authority announced that it was funding a major redevelopment of the Greenville Yard, to include a new ExpressRail container terminal servicing the Port Jersey Global Marine Terminal. The Port Authority would also build two new rail-to-barge transfer bridges, purchase two new car float barges, and buy four new ultra low emission locomotives[19][20] In November 2017, the first of the new barges, NYNJR100, was delivered to NYNJ. Built by Metal Trades, Inc., the four-track barge can carry up to 18 rail cars of 60-foot (18 m) length, with up to 2,298 long tons (2,335 tonne) of cargo.[21] The second barge, NYNJR200, was delivered in December 2018. An older, 14-car barge, the 278, is still in service.[22] The new ExpressRail container terminal opened January 7, 2019, with four tracks out of eight operational.[23] The remaining four tracks were opened on June 17, 2019.[24]

In July 2017, the Port Authority announced a $35 million study to build a Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel, suitable for freight.[25] If built, the tunnel would eliminate the need for the NYNJ ferry.

See also edit

 
New York Connecting Railroad

References edit

  1. ^ Association of American Railroads, About the Industry: Railroads and States December 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, 2006, accessed December 2008
  2. ^ "Top Officials and Stakeholders Meet to Launch Project That Will Study Regional Freight Movement Issues" (Press release). Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. November 13, 2008. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  3. ^ Patrick McGeehan (November 13, 2014). "Truck Traffic in Mind, Port Agency Considers Plans for a Slow Boat to Brooklyn". The New York Times. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  4. ^ "New York New Jersey Rail, LLC". nynjr.com. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  5. ^ Geberer, Raanan (March 1, 2022). "Historic Brooklyn subway cars take their last journey — Brooklyn-style". Brooklyn Eagle. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  6. ^ a b NYRR 10-K SEC filing for 2003
  7. ^ "New York New Jersey Rail, LLC". nynjr.com. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  8. ^ Barry Newman (May 20, 2012). "New York's Last Cross-Harbor Railway Chugs On as Alternative to Trucks: Barges Float Boxcars Into Town, Sludge Out; Cocoa Beans at the Bottom of the Bay". The Wall Street Journal.
  9. ^ NJTPA Freight Committee, October 2012
  10. ^ Steve Strunsky (August 18, 2015). "N.J. is home to the last rail cars moved by water in the East (PHOTOS & VIDEO)". NJ.com. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  11. ^ Ken Spahn (April 2, 2009). (PDF). Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2009.
  12. ^ "Port Authority Board Approves Purchase and Redevelopment of Greenville Yards" (Press release). Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. May 18, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  13. ^ "Federal Register :: Request Access". unblock.federalregister.gov. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  14. ^ Vantuono, William C. (November 16, 2011). "HDR hired by PANY&NJ to rehab yard". Railway Age. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  15. ^ . HDR, Inc. November 16, 2011. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  16. ^ Winnie Hujuly (July 19, 2012). "65th Street Rail Yard Reopens in Brooklyn". The New York Times. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  17. ^ "South Brooklyn Marine Terminal". NYCEDC. September 12, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  18. ^ "New York New Jersey Rail". Members.trainweb.com. December 21, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  19. ^ Port Authority Board Approves Major Redevelopment Of Greenville Yard To Improve Cargo Movement In The Port, Port Authority Press Release Number 190-2014, September 17, 2014
  20. ^ New York-area port authority to build rail transload facility, improve cross-harbor car float system, Progressive Railroading, September 18, 2014
  21. ^ Moore, Kirk (November 10, 2017). "Metal Trades delivers New York rail float barge". WorkBoat. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  22. ^ Moore, Kirk (January 16, 2019). "Metal Trades delivers second rail barge to New York". WorkBoat. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  23. ^ Hugh R. Morley (January 7, 2019). "New rail link deepens NY-NJ port's Midwest reach". JOC.
  24. ^ "PORT OF NY/NJ AT STRONGEST COMPETITIVE POSITION IN DECADES WITH COMPLETION OF EXPRESSRAIL NETWORK, CAPSTONE OF MULTI-BILLION PORT MODERNIZATION PROGRAM". The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. June 17, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  25. ^ Geiger, Daniel (July 14, 2017). "With Gateway in limbo, Port Authority pushes ahead on separate tunnel project". Crain's New York Business. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

External links edit

  • New York New Jersey Rail Official Website
  • New York Rail Marine photo pool on Flickr

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New York New Jersey Rail LLC reporting mark NYNJ is a switching and terminal railroad 1 that operates the only car float operation across Upper New York Bay between Jersey City New Jersey and Brooklyn New York Since mid November 2008 it has been owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey which acquired it for about 16 million as a step in a process that might see a Cross Harbor Rail Tunnel completed New York New Jersey Rail LLCOverviewHeadquartersGreenville Jersey City New JerseyReporting markNYNJLocaleUpper New York BayDates of operation2006 PredecessorNew York Cross Harbor RailroadTechnicalTrack gauge4 ft 8 1 2 in 1 435 mm standard gaugeLength4 miles 6 kilometers car float 4 5 miles 7 kilometers trackage OtherWebsitenynjr com The 65th Street Yard in Brooklyn refurbished in 1999 by the city of New York The refurbished yard was placed in service for car floats in July 2012 The 65th Street Yard from the harbor A railroad car float in the Upper New York Bay 1919 Similar barges are still used today 1912 Pennsylvania Railroad map showing cross harbor car float operations Rail and barge routes shown on the map are largely the same as those in use a century later Since freight trains are not allowed in Amtrak s North River Tunnels and the Poughkeepsie Bridge was closed in 1974 the ferry is the only freight crossing of the Hudson River south of the Alfred H Smith Memorial Bridge 140 miles 230 km to the north of New York City in a process known as the Selkirk hurdle 2 It is the last remaining car float operation in the Port of New York and New Jersey 3 The railroad operates in two division the Marine division and Port Jersey Rail division 4 It s switching operations on the New York side include a short spur north to Bush Terminal which runs through the Brooklyn Army Terminal complex and then through the center of 1st Avenue in Sunset Park 5 This spur is the last example of active street running rail operations in New York City Contents 1 Operations 2 History 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksOperations editThe Port Authority owns Greenville Yard in Greenville Jersey City where it connects with Class I railroads CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway which jointly operate Conrail Shared Assets Operations North Jersey Shared Assets Area On the Bay Ridge Brooklyn end the 6 acre 2 4 ha the 65th Street Yard connect to the Long Island Rail Road s freight only Bay Ridge Branch which is operated by the New York and Atlantic Railway and the New York City Transit Authority s South Brooklyn Railway The 4 mile barge trip across the harbor takes approximately 45 minutes The equivalent trip by truck is 35 50 miles 6 7 As of 2012 the NYNJ system moves approximately 1 500 rail cars across the harbor per year Port Authority officials suggested that the system can transport as many as 25 000 cars annually 8 9 NYNJ replaced two EMD GP38 2 with three low emission locomotives from Knoxville Locomotive Works in Tennessee for 5 million As of July 2015 the system had moved about 4900 rail cars year to date 10 History editFrom 1983 to 2006 the operation was known as the New York Cross Harbor Railroad reporting mark NYCH Earlier predecessors include the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal Company Bush Terminal Railroad New York Dock Railway and New York New Haven amp Hartford Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad operations at Bay Ridge and Greenville In 1999 the city of New York rehabilitated the larger 65th Street Yard for car float operations with two transfer bridges It was not turned over to NYCH because of a dispute over money owed the city NYCH continued to use the single transfer bridge at Bush Terminal instead In 2002 New York Cross Harbor Railroad revenues from railroad operations were 1 685 899 It had 48 active customers with shipments of cocoa from docks in Brooklyn as its largest line of business It also operated a trucking service and offered shipside and dockside service for receipt or delivery of various types of cargo such as oversized steel beams 6 NYCH ceased to exist in 2006 a new company Mid Atlantic New England Rail LLC of West Seneca New York bought the railroad and renamed it New York New Jersey Rail LLC NYNJ The city of New York purchased the company two years later nbsp NYNJ diesel locomotive on 65th street terminal The Port Authority began working with government agencies in New York and New Jersey to bring NYNJ to a state of good repair This includes emergency work to stabilize the transfer bridge structure in Greenville repairs to the transfer bridge and track infrastructure in Brooklyn and procurement of ultra low emissions locomotives and a new 30 car rail barge 11 In May 2010 the Port Authority announced that it would purchase Greenville Yard and build a new barge to rail facility there as well as improving the existing rail car float system The barge to rail facility is expected to handle an estimated 60 000 to 90 000 containers of solid waste per year from New York City eliminating up to 360 000 trash truck trips a year The authority s board authorized 118 1 million for the overall project 12 In December that same year the NYNJ purchased the 2 4 mile Port Jersey Railroad to imporve it s access to shippers in the Greenville port area 13 In November 2011 the Port Authority hired HDR Inc of Omaha Nebraska to rehabilitate Greenville Yard Work included rehabilitating the railyard and waterfront structures including a rail barge and transfer bridge demolishing two other bridges designing a new barge and two new bridges and adding 10 000 feet of track 14 15 In July 2012 NYNJ began operating out of the 65th Street Yard Initial cargo included apples home heating oil new automobiles and scrap metal 16 The railroad north along First Avenue was refurbished and new tracks laid to support operations at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal including an automobile import pier and a new municipal recycling plant 17 On October 29 2012 Hurricane Sandy caused major damage to the Greenville facility undermining the transfer bridge gantries and sinking one of the car floats The 81 year old gantry structures were ultimately demolished The working float bridge at Bush Terminal was transferred by barge to Greenville where it was re designated the Greenville Pontoon Bridge Service was restored in late December after 52 days of intensive reconstruction 18 On September 17 2014 the Port Authority announced that it was funding a major redevelopment of the Greenville Yard to include a new ExpressRail container terminal servicing the Port Jersey Global Marine Terminal The Port Authority would also build two new rail to barge transfer bridges purchase two new car float barges and buy four new ultra low emission locomotives 19 20 In November 2017 the first of the new barges NYNJR100 was delivered to NYNJ Built by Metal Trades Inc the four track barge can carry up to 18 rail cars of 60 foot 18 m length with up to 2 298 long tons 2 335 tonne of cargo 21 The second barge NYNJR200 was delivered in December 2018 An older 14 car barge the 278 is still in service 22 The new ExpressRail container terminal opened January 7 2019 with four tracks out of eight operational 23 The remaining four tracks were opened on June 17 2019 24 In July 2017 the Port Authority announced a 35 million study to build a Cross Harbor Rail Tunnel suitable for freight 25 If built the tunnel would eliminate the need for the NYNJ ferry See also edit nbsp New Jersey portal nbsp Railways portal nbsp New York Connecting Railroad Rail freight transportation in New York City and Long Island New York Connecting Railroad National Docks Secondary Gantry Plaza State Park New York Central Railroad 69th Street Transfer Bridge Port Jersey CG Railway operates a train ferry connecting southern Mexico with Mobile Alabama References edit Association of American Railroads About the Industry Railroads and States Archived December 1 2008 at the Wayback Machine 2006 accessed December 2008 Top Officials and Stakeholders Meet to Launch Project That Will Study Regional Freight Movement Issues Press release Port Authority of New York and New Jersey November 13 2008 Retrieved October 29 2011 Patrick McGeehan November 13 2014 Truck Traffic in Mind Port Agency Considers Plans for a Slow Boat to Brooklyn The New York Times Retrieved June 11 2017 New York New Jersey Rail LLC nynjr com Retrieved February 17 2024 Geberer Raanan March 1 2022 Historic Brooklyn subway cars take their last journey Brooklyn style Brooklyn Eagle Retrieved February 17 2024 a b NYRR 10 K SEC filing for 2003 New York New Jersey Rail LLC nynjr com Retrieved February 17 2024 Barry Newman May 20 2012 New York s Last Cross Harbor Railway Chugs On as Alternative to Trucks Barges Float Boxcars Into Town Sludge Out Cocoa Beans at the Bottom of the Bay The Wall Street Journal NJTPA Freight Committee October 2012 Steve Strunsky August 18 2015 N J is home to the last rail cars moved by water in the East PHOTOS amp VIDEO NJ com Retrieved June 11 2017 Ken Spahn April 2 2009 Rail Freight Development Program PDF Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Archived from the original PDF on July 28 2011 Retrieved August 18 2009 Port Authority Board Approves Purchase and Redevelopment of Greenville Yards Press release Port Authority of New York and New Jersey May 18 2010 Retrieved October 29 2011 Federal Register Request Access unblock federalregister gov Retrieved February 17 2024 Vantuono William C November 16 2011 HDR hired by PANY amp NJ to rehab yard Railway Age Retrieved March 1 2023 Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Hires HDR to Rehabilitate Greenville Yard HDR Inc November 16 2011 Archived from the original on December 15 2014 Retrieved December 12 2014 Winnie Hujuly July 19 2012 65th Street Rail Yard Reopens in Brooklyn The New York Times Retrieved June 11 2017 South Brooklyn Marine Terminal NYCEDC September 12 2016 Retrieved June 11 2017 New York New Jersey Rail Members trainweb com December 21 2012 Retrieved June 11 2017 Port Authority Board Approves Major Redevelopment Of Greenville Yard To Improve Cargo Movement In The Port Port Authority Press Release Number 190 2014 September 17 2014 New York area port authority to build rail transload facility improve cross harbor car float system Progressive Railroading September 18 2014 Moore Kirk November 10 2017 Metal Trades delivers New York rail float barge WorkBoat Retrieved February 15 2018 Moore Kirk January 16 2019 Metal Trades delivers second rail barge to New York WorkBoat Retrieved January 18 2019 Hugh R Morley January 7 2019 New rail link deepens NY NJ port s Midwest reach JOC PORT OF NY NJ AT STRONGEST COMPETITIVE POSITION IN DECADES WITH COMPLETION OF EXPRESSRAIL NETWORK CAPSTONE OF MULTI BILLION PORT MODERNIZATION PROGRAM The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey June 17 2019 Retrieved June 19 2019 Geiger Daniel July 14 2017 With Gateway in limbo Port Authority pushes ahead on separate tunnel project Crain s New York Business Retrieved July 20 2017 External links editNew York New Jersey Rail Official Website NYCH image gallery at archive org New York Rail Marine photo pool on Flickr 40 40 44 N 74 4 25 W 40 67889 N 74 07361 W 40 67889 74 07361 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title New York New Jersey Rail amp oldid 1208542806, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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