I just learned about this railroad today, surprised I've never heard of it. But I guess you can't blame me when the railroad is all but nonexistent nowadays, slowly being replaced by developments.
I still did manage to find a few traces of it though. If you look closely at some buildings near Park Avenue and 15th Street, there's a very noticeable curved space between them. Look closer on Google Earth and you can see the weed-infested indentation of some rails. South of there is a pedestrian walkway that presumably sits along the former ROW of the remainder of the branch down to the main line.
There's a bike path heading east from Hoboken Terminal. After the grassy pier, it appears to go along the former main of the HSR, according to the old train map.
The most obvious trace however is on some of the docks and piers. There are obviously rails on the piers near the former Bethlehem steel building, some of which were used for the Seatrain operations. One pier appears to have partially collapsed, while another one that is now used for a ferry terminal has removed the tracks, but they are roughly marked by some colorful patterns on the floor.
Yeah, that's all of the present-day evidence I could find. A website stated that there are still some street-running tracks visible near the park at 5th street, but I saw nothing on Street View. If anyone else knows of any other traces of the HSR than I would really like to know.
I still did manage to find a few traces of it though. If you look closely at some buildings near Park Avenue and 15th Street, there's a very noticeable curved space between them. Look closer on Google Earth and you can see the weed-infested indentation of some rails. South of there is a pedestrian walkway that presumably sits along the former ROW of the remainder of the branch down to the main line.
There's a bike path heading east from Hoboken Terminal. After the grassy pier, it appears to go along the former main of the HSR, according to the old train map.
The most obvious trace however is on some of the docks and piers. There are obviously rails on the piers near the former Bethlehem steel building, some of which were used for the Seatrain operations. One pier appears to have partially collapsed, while another one that is now used for a ferry terminal has removed the tracks, but they are roughly marked by some colorful patterns on the floor.
Yeah, that's all of the present-day evidence I could find. A website stated that there are still some street-running tracks visible near the park at 5th street, but I saw nothing on Street View. If anyone else knows of any other traces of the HSR than I would really like to know.
A train ride a day keeps the doctor away.