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The CSX River Subdivision
Hannacroix to New Baltimore (1 of 1)
Added 6/2009 Copyright © 2009 Lewis Bogaty
In the rural area above CP 121 in Coxsackie, the River Sub passes through Hannacroix and New Baltimore on single track before it reaches the final double track in Ravena.
State Route 144 crosses the tracks at Milepost 125. Automatic 124 sits just south of the grade crossing. The New York State Thruway New Baltimore service area offers a different view of that crossing.
Further north, Route 9W and the River Sub tracks run side by side very briefly at New Baltimore Road. New Baltimore Road itself passes over the tracks, offering an above-grade view of trains in addition to the ground-level view from Route 9W.
Getting there: From Coxsackie, continue north on Route 9W to Route 144 and New Baltimore Road. The tracks are east of Route 9W. The New Baltimore Thruway rest area with the view is on the south side of the New York State Thruway between Exit 21A to the north and 21B to the south.
Route 144
Above: The grade crossing at Route 144, with
Milepost 125 visible just to the north. January 3, 2009.
Above: A southbound passes Milepost 125 on a drab May 10, 2009.
Above: Automatic 124 and the Route 144 grade crossing as they looked on January 3, 2009.
Above & Below: Southbound Q156, led by lucky Number 13, crosses Route 144 and approaches the signal on April 17, 2009.
Above: With only minutes of daylight left at 7:53 PM on Thursday, July 31, 2003, we catch the sixth-ever east-bound running of the short-lived, once-a-week "UP bullet train," a joint venture of CSX and Union Pacific.
Q100 east (UP # ZLALF) and Q153 west (UP # ZLFLA) traveled 2,242 miles between Los Angeles, California, and Little Ferry, New Jersey, with dedicated UP power. This high-speed, high-priority train, making speeds of up to 75 miles per hour on the UP tracks, was the hottest train on the rails in 2003. On this particular night, the train was powered by 4 AC6000CWs and an AC44 -- that's 28,400 horsepower for about 40 trailers!
The train's purpose was to provide UPS with a competitive four-day transcontinental delivery alternative to Federal Express. It was only necessary one day a week for a Friday delivery, because on the other days UPS could use the extra days of the weekend to catch up.
Both Q100 and Q153 were very difficult to view on the River Line. The only chance in daylight was in the long days of summer. Q153 left Little Ferry at 4:30 in the morning. Q100 left Selkirk so late that it could rarely be seen south of here.
From the Thruway
Above: The New Baltimore Service Area.
Two Below: Southbound Q433 passes Route 144 on
May 10, 2009, seen from the service area.
New Baltimore Road
Above & Below: Southbound garbage train Q703
swings around the turn under
New Baltimore Road on May 10, 2009.
Above: New Baltimore Road as it passes over the
River Sub tracks,
looking west toward Route 9W. April 17, 2009.
Above: Southbound Q409, seen from New Baltimore
Road on April 17, 2009.