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Karn, The West Shore line was double track from Dumont NJ, to the yards in Selkirk, near Albany, NY. South of Dumont was 4 tracks. I believe they started switching to single track when commuter traffic was stopped on the line around 1960 and by the time I started heading to the area around Bear Mountain in the late 60's, I think it was all single track. I've looked through some books and can't find a photo showing the track configuration on the trestle during those years but I think it was single track by then. I haven't ridden Amtrak along the opposite shore for a long time, but that is some of the prettiest railroad scenery in NY, in my opinion. Off-topic: I grew up in Pearl River, near the town you listed in your profile, though your village didn't exist in those days, being part of Spring Valley. My mother grew up on a farm there, near the Green Meadow School, a school my Aunt helped start. My Grandfather built some of the buildings there and at Three-fold Farm. Wayne
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