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 METRO NORTH RAILROAD OPERATED A SPECIAL OCS PASSENGER TRAIN WITH CARS BROUGHT IN BY CSX TRANSPORTATION FROM SELKIRK INTO CROTON WEST YARD. THE TRAIN RAN ON THE HUDSON LINE ON A GCT-POK TURN ON THURSDAY FEB 28,2002.

WED FEBRUARY 27, 2002 (CROTON)
THU FEBRUARY 28, 2002 (GCT-POK TURN)
 
CONSIST TO CROTON WEST YARD:
 
8845 CONRAIL PAINT
8842 CONRAIL QUALITY
CSX WASHINGTON
CSX ???
CSX MASSACHUSETTS
 
CONSIST GCT-POK:
 
CDOT 229 (SOUTH)
CDOT 230 (NORTH)
 
PHOTOS BY ALEX MARTINEZ (c)
 
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MOTT HAVEN, BRONX, NEW YORK. IN THE BACKGROUND IS MANHATTAN, AND THE TRAIN HAS JUST EXITED HARLEM, CROSSING THE FAMED HARLEM RIVER LIFT BRIDGE.

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"MO". TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRAIN IS THE HARLEM LINE WHICH HOSTS HARLEM LINE AND NEW HAVEN LINE TRAINS.
IN THE BACKGROUND IS MO TOWER, AND MO WYE. MO WYE WAS ONCE THE WAY THAT CONRAIL ACCESSED THE HUDSON LINE PRIOR TO 10-12-98, WHEN THE OAKPOINT LINK WAS OPENED. CSX STILL USES THE WYE TO REACH LOCAL CUSTOMERS ON THE HARLEM AND NEW HAVEN LINES.

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SPUYTEN DUYVIL, BRONX, NEW YORK. AS VIEWED FROM INWOOD PARK IN MANHATTAN.

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MARBLE HILL, NEW YORK, NY. VIEWED FROM INWOOD PARK.
 

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