XPost: uk.railway   
      
   On 25.10.17 9:58, tangleprod wrote:   
   > Hey folks,   
   > I have a crazy dream of doing an adventure on a railway inspection cycle   
   along a disused intact railway.   
   >   
   > Does anyone have any suggestions of great routes for me to try? or any   
   sections of disused railway that I might be able to link together with a short   
   road section? Preferably a route with minimal chance of being hit by a train!   
   >   
   > Many thanks in advance.   
   >   
      
   Also not in the UK, but you could take a look at the New York   
   Westchester & Boston, in the United States. This network was a   
   subsidiary of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway, and it ran   
   from the south Bronx to White Plains with a branch line to Port Chester.   
      
   While it will be 80 years in late December since that railroad ceased   
   all operations, there are many places that you can still see as   
   testimony to the high-quality craftmanship that went into this venture.   
      
   You can even ride a part of it on the New York City Subway's Dyre Avenue   
   Line, which runs from East 180th Street to Dyre Avenue - Eastchester.   
   That section was the NYW&B, and the Interborough Rapid Transit (one of   
   the predecessor companies of New York City Transit) took it over in 1941   
   to run shuttle service.   
      
   Those stations are well worth seeing. The NYW&B also had its   
   headquarters at E. 180th street,  and it is now a NYCT office.   
      
   If you take a ride on the New Haven Line between New Rochelle and Port   
   Chester, you will notice that catenaries in some places along the   
   westbound side of the tracks are wider. This was to capacitate the   
   NYW&B's OHLE, as it ran parallel to the New Haven in that area. Indeed,   
   you will see abutments at some stations, such as Mamaroneck, Rye and   
   Port Chester, where the NYW&B had its ROWs.   
      
   The station house at Port Chester is still intact, AFAIK.   
      
   One of the better kept old stations in Westchester, however, is   
   Heathcote station. Some of the tilings and the finish are still intact   
   and remain in very good shape, AFAIK.   
      
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