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The CSX River Subdivision
In Fort Montgomery, New York
1 (of 2)
Photos Copyright © 2005-2006 Lewis Bogaty
Text Copyright © 2006 Lewis Bogaty
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Be sure to see Lewis
Bogaty's article "The CSX River Subdivision Part 3 -
Along the River: Fort Montgomery" in the January 2007
Railpace Newsmagazine.
Here are some photos that do not appear in the article.
Above: The Popolopen Creek Trestle, with the 9W
Bridge and
Fort Montgomery Battle Site Pedestrian Bridge in the background,
September 26, 2006, seen from the Bear Mountain Bridge
Above: Q108 rolls through the construction zone
for the new CP 43 on November 4, 2006, seen from the Bear Mountain Bridge.
Above: Q118 emerges from the Fort Montgomery
Tunnel, seen from the Bear Mountain Bridge, on October 23, 2006.
Above and Below: The Fort Montgomery Tunnel on April 14, 2005.
Above: On September 12, 2006, Q164 heads south out of the tunnel.
Below: Q409 leaves the tunnel on January 4, 2007, seen from the wooded rise south of the Popolopen Trestle.
Above: Q111 crosses the Popolopen Creek Trestle on
September 22, 2006,
seen from the top of the south end of the Fort Montgomery Tunnel.
Below: At the same location, local train C712 taking empty coal cars
north from the power plant in Tompkins Cove on February 21, 2002.
September 22, 2006 was a Norfolk Southern day
on the River Sub, as Q271 was led north through future CP43 (Above)
and X700 was led south through the rock cut and past the stop board at mile 42.8
for the siding construction (Below),
both seen from the top of the north end of the Fort Montgomery Tunnel.
Above and Below: Looking north through the rock cut just north of Mine Dock Road on January 17, 2005.
Q169 rolls north through Fort Montgomery, seen
from the Metro-North Manitou
Station on the east side of the Hudson River. November 4, 2006.