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New NYCH operator?
- Discussion related to NYAR operations on Long Island. Official web site can be found here: www.anacostia.com/nyar/nyar.html. Also includes discussion related to NYNJ Rail, the carfloat operation successor to New York Cross Harbor that connects with NYAR.
I was in that area over the weekend and noticed a long string of those trash containers on TOFC cars from maspeth at the interchange - is cross harbor now handling some or all of that traffic? I think I saw some leaving on csx recently but i haven't paid too much attention lately...
Why did the variuos cross harbor railroads use tug boat & barge combos vs self powered ferries for the float bridges?
Lots of points for waterside interchange. A lot cheaper to put it on a barge, push it to the destination, be it a Terminal in the Bronx, a pier station in Manhattan, alongside a ship in the harbor or a rail yard in Brooklyn.
You could own a bunch of barges and then only need a few tugs to move things around.
At the time there were lots of locations a freight car on a barge could go. Car ferries work best over a fixed point to point route.
Since there is only one route now, someone did propose a RO-RO (roll on - roll-off) service a decade or so ago using a car ferry.
You could own a bunch of barges and then only need a few tugs to move things around.
At the time there were lots of locations a freight car on a barge could go. Car ferries work best over a fixed point to point route.
Since there is only one route now, someone did propose a RO-RO (roll on - roll-off) service a decade or so ago using a car ferry.