Stretching north from the New York City area, the River Line is one of Conrail's most scenic mainlines. The River Line parallels the Hudson River for most of its length, often very closely.
Notable locations along this line include Bear Mountain State Park and Iona Island.
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CSX 6220 leads a varied lash-up on CSSE through Iona Island at 14:03 on Oct. 24, 1998.
SD60M 5573 trails in CSSE on Iona Island on Oct. 24, 1998.
B23-7 2816, the highest numbered unit in the 2800 series group, leads XNS113, the empty coal train out of the Tompkins Cove power plant, a few miles south of Iona, through the Island at 14:50 on Oct. 24, 1998.
C40-8 6034 leading an ML480X through Iona at 15:37 on Oct. 24, 1998.
CSX 7880 leads SECS through Iona at 16:00 on Oct. 24, 1998. CSX power was fairly common on the SECS/CSSE turns and was a harbinger of the future for the River Line.
SD70MAC's 4137 and 4134 bring ALSE through Iona at 16:24 on Oct. 24, 1998.
ALSE-6 northbound @ the Central Hudson Gas & Electric Crossing Roseton, NY
BN 7837 is on the point of TV-204 at Ridgefield Park, NJ 5/1998
GP38-2 8070 powers a Camp Car Extra made up of the old and the new...
CNW 6923 is on the point of SEAL at West Haverstraw, NY 4/1998
CR local WAKI-80 (Kingston) rolls across Iona trestle at Bear Mountain, NY. on July 30, 1997 with the 1915 and 1911.
WAKI-80 at the south end of Iona trestle in Bear Mountain state park, NY. on July 30, 1997.
CR 1915 is on the point of WPKI-80 at Iona Island, NY 6/1998
TV-10 southbound was one of the TV's routed off the Southern Tier after the closing of Croxton Yard in 1981/82
Track Geometry Train North @ Iona Island...... St. Patrick's Day 1990
TV301 crossing Rondout Creek in Kingston, NY. on Jan. 30, 1988.
ML-430 (6993) holds the siding as SEOI-8 (1986) runs by on the main..
A dusting of snow is on the ground as OISE-3 leans into the elevation as it accelerates north
TV-16 hustles south through Haworth, NJ 4/16/78
SEWA-6a @ Iona Island, NY 9/16/78
A single U25B is enough power to move rail extra WX-1 south at RFP on 1/26/77
CR 2558, is on the point of ALSE at Ridgefield Park, NJ 5/1999.
CR 2574 is on the point of SECS at Ridgefield Park, NJ 1/1999
CR 2802 is on the point of WPKI-80 at Iona Island, NY 4/1999
Same day, same power, different train and direction. NE-2 northbound @ Haworth, NJ with TV-16's power.
SERU-4 rolls south approaching Signal 10S West Englewood, NJ
Two of four exAutotrain U36b's hold in the siding at Bogota, NJ with TV-16
GP40 3212 leads TV301 past the depot at Haverstraw, NY. on July 23, 1988.
ENSE-8 climbs to Valley Cottage @ W. Nyack, NY
Back when TV-9 ran out of New Jersey instead of Boston, a trio of Gp40's and a U25C powered the northbound passing CP-7 @ Bogota, NJ two days before my 34th birthday..
