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The Westchester interurban railroad has been gone now for 67 years, but for the magic of MSTS this railroad rides again!Financed by the New Haven, it had state-of-the-art roadbeds, trackage and the latest single phase AC traction and power distribution. But surrounded by 2 mainline railroads, one its own parent company and the other the NYC, all going through at the time sparcely populated northern New York City suburbs. And thanks to Robert Moses, the 1930's also brought an enormous building program of the nation's first public limited access highway system throughout SE New York State. This all spelled a doomed venture.Here we see scenes repeated many times a day with this under-utilized rail system. A 2 car local stands at the Columbus Ave, Mount Vernon station. The train has just crossed a 4 track steel viaduct and the New Haven line to Grand CentralNext, the train departs the station and enters Mount Vernon interlocking where the 4 track mainline splits into two 2 track branches, one to Portchester and the other to White Plains.Hank
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