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Returning from New London, CT on board Amtrak Northeast Corridor Regional # 173. I started the video at Hunts Point Bronx right after the train passed the CSX Yard. I caught a CSX engine pulling a covered hopper. Then we start up the ramp acros the Bronx Kills over Randals and Wards Islands over the Hell Gate Bridge connecting onto the LIRR passing Sunnyside Yard and into the tunnel.

HERE IS SOME HISTORY ON THE HELLS GATE BRIDGE:

The Bridge was built in 1916, to link the Pennsylvania Railroad with the New Haven Railroad through New York City. The Bridge originally had 4 tracks. 2 for passenger trains, 2 for freight trains. 1 of the 2 freight tracks was abandoned in the mid 1970s. The Passenger tracks were electrified by overhead catenary in 1917, and the freight tracks from 1927 - 1969. PRR owned the Bridge from 1916 to 1968 when it merged with the New York Central system. Penn Central owned it from 1968 - 1976 when Amtrak took over. Amtrak owns the 2 electrified tracks and uses it for it's Northeast Corridor Line, the single freight track is owned by CSX Transportation.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS:

0:02 CSX Maneuver
1:07 Bronx Kill Truss Bridge
2:32 Hell Gate Bridge
6:20 Harold Interlocking
7:53 Sunnyside Yard
8:59 East River Tunnels