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West Hoboken, N.J.

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Black and white photo from cliff with rail tracks. Postmarked August 19, 1907.

Along the West Shore RR Weehawken, NJ

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Black and white undivided photo postcard of the Weehawken bluff with railroad tracks running along the bottom. Karl Bitter's home is seen at the top of the Palisades. Postmarked October 24, 1906 from New York, NY

Ferry Boat, West Shore RR, Bound for Weehawken, NJ

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Colored photo postcard view from the bow of a ferryboat bound for, actually, New York, if you look at the wake! Postmarked 1912. Published by the Union News Company, New York, NY.

Weehawken NJ Showing West Shore RR

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Hand colored photo postcard view of the railroad yards, ferry and the Pier 7 Grain Elevator from the Palisades. Postmarked July 5, 1913 from Weehawken

Looking South from Monitor Park, West New York

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Colored postcard view south toward Weehawken from about Boulevard East and 60th Street in West New York. Postmarked November 29, 1921 from West New York.

West Shore RR Tunnel, Clifton Park, Weehawken, NJ

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Colored postcard of the West Shore railroad tunnel, parallel to 48th Street into the Palisades that comes out in North Bergen, just west of Tonnelle Avenue, now the Hudson Bergen Light Rail station. Postmarked September 14, 1908 from Weehawken.

Conquest of the Palisades

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Article by Al Mankoff from Electric Lines Magazine, March/April 1992 on the history of railroads and trolleys on the Palisades. Lots of great pictures, including the giant elevators! - 7 pages.

West Shore Railroad Ticket

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Part of the New York Central railroad system, the West Shore passed right through Weehawken.

West Shore Depot and Water Front, Weehawken NJ

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Hand colored photo postcard view of the waterfront and rail yards from atop the Palisades. Update - 7-3-2004: Willie Demontreux points out that the photo on this postcard seems to have been printed backwards. You need to flip it horizontally for it…

Railroad Porter Check - Buffalo to Weehawken

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This railroad ticket stub was stamped December 22, 1898 and shows that a trip from Buffalo to Weehawken would have set you back the princely sum of $2.00.