FDR Funeral Train on the Hudson Division

IIRC, the connection from the Port Morris Branch on the eastern end (now the NEC) was northbound, as the yard was the destination of freight. It works at the western end, though. In either case (Port Morris or New Rochelle), you're still going to need to change ends.

To clarify:

The NYC's Port Morris Branch went to Port Morris Yard. That yard was not directly connected to the NH's Oak Point Yard. There was an interchange track that ramped up to Oak Point, but it was not a main track and the curvature was extreme.

Also, the Port Morris Branch had a car length restriction of 60' due to curvature and double-track. Further congestion on the Branch occurred at the Westchester Ave. Yard location.

Thanks for the clarification. I just remembered when the Penn Access Study was being conducted and Port Morris was being discussed as an option to the Harlem, the direction of the track connections at either end were impossible. The clarification makes it clear (that's what clarifications do, right? LOL) that it would have been even more difficult.