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I also found www.forgotten-ny.com/ which has photos of the line, though they're not as comprehensive as the oldNYC ones. Interesting though! www.thehighline.org/ has some photos of the line under construction and current plans to turn it into a public trail. <br /> <br />Ted D. Kramer - interesting to hear that you lived near the line, do you remember it being operational? I've been trying to find out for a while what type of locos were used - there's no overhead wiring (and I can't see an outside third rail in the original photos on GaryA's link - unless that's what the extra rail between the running rails is?), but at least one reference had an account by a former engineer of switching on the line using a third rail box-motor electric - apparently they could get stuck between live rails, and needed "assistance" using a metal rod jammed between the live rail and the pickup! Wondering if some form of battery power was involved? We had a type of motor luggage van over here that could run for 20mins on internal batteries to enable it to run onto the quayside at Dover to meet ferries and collect luggage, maybe something similar was used there? <br /> <br />Did the NYC ban on locos emitting exhaust (I.E. steam and diesel) cover the area where the High Line runs? The locos in the two photos I've seen of trains on the line look nothing like anything I've seen before - though they do have a striking resemblence to some early European electric locos.
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