New York Central bought the building from Macy in 1937, and the city bought it from Penn Central. Built in 1922 at northeast corner of 11th Ave. & 35th St.
McGraw-Hill at 10th Ave. & 36th St. on the left and Macy's warehouse on the right
Macy's warehouse from the New York Central yard in its hayday.
Train at 33rd St. curve
North on 11th Ave. at 32nd St., top floors of Macy's warehouse on the right
Macy's warehouse through the semaphore
North on 11th at 31st St., Macy's warehouse above the loco
North at 11th Ave. & 34th St.
McGraw-Hill from 11th & 36th, down the block to the right of the picture is Macy's warehouse
West Shore Railroad yard across 11th Ave. from Macy's warehouse
PRR piers on the left, NYC pier, McGraw-Hill and Macy on the right
Skyline filling out, McGraw-Hill at 36th, Macy's by the new pier at 35th, ESB at 34th
NYC pier at 36th St., West Side Highway up, Macy's warehouse above the barge on the right
High Line begins in West Shore yard just north of 35th St.
Back wall of Macy, West Side Highway, High Line ramp, a little kid crossing 35th St.
Macy's warehouse and excavation for new tracks east of 11th Ave.
The truck is on 11th Ave. at 36th St.
Excavation for the new NYC roadbed, 37th St. on the left, 36th St. on the right
37th St. bridge and the steeples of St. Raphael's Church at 41st. St
Excavation for new roadbed beyond the white taxi
Newly elevated 11th Ave. and Macy's warehouse from the High Line tracks.
Tracks pass under 11th Ave and through foundation of Macy's warehouse
View to the south from Macy's warehouse. Partial elevation of 11th Ave to 34th St
St. Raphael's from 37th St., new roadbed cut through rock from 35th St. to 60th St.
South to 36th St., St. Raphael's gargoyles keep an eye on things. Macy at top center.
A building on 36th St. and Macy on the right
35th St. on the left, 11th Ave on right. Tracks to the High Line curve east through Macy's warehouse.
2nd floor became 1st floor with elevation of avenue, tracks below street level
Constructing 11th Ave. across NYC yard, Macy on the left, McGraw-Hill on the right. LIRR nowadays.
Southbound train coming through the new cut at 47th St.
High Line ramp to the left, Macy's warehouse above the boxcar on the right.
High Line curves south along 12th Ave. Top floors of Macy's warehouse on the right
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Good question because the High Line did have third rail. I don't know if the "Low Line" ever had third rail before Amtrak re-routed the Grand Central trains to Penn Station. These pictures are of the cut looking north through 37th, 38th, 39th Streets, etc.
Compare to Amtrak single track at about that location
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And a train on the West Side Line
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High Line construction in the West Shore yard several years before the Macy building became the pivot point to the mid-block cut.
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Macy's warehouse was demolished to create Javits Plaza across from Javits Center.
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Fishing and loitering on Memorial Day (Wednesday), May 30, 1934. The old-timers then still called it Decoration Day, and I bet some still called the neighborhood freight line the Hudson River Railroad.
wanswheel I bet some still called the neighborhood freight line the Hudson River Railroad.
I bet some still called the neighborhood freight line the Hudson River Railroad.
Quite likely, as recently as the 1980's-90's there were a few oldtimers in my home town who still called the local railroad line "The Dan Patch" even though the line hasn't formally used that name since a 1918 reorganization.
I can remember spending quite a bit of time in Phoenix during the early 1970s and everytime there was a gathering of Railroaders by the station i would ask what train they missed the most and invariably the aswer was always the Arizona Limited a train that only operated for two winters and that was 1940 ad 1941. I guess it probably had something to do with the fact it terminated in Phoenix. But the old rails always went to talking about there train deluxe. They did not even mention the Sunset or the Goldn State.
Al in Stocton
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