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This article from the December 2003 issue of World Tunnelling magazine describes the process of rehabilitating the West Shore Railroad Tunnel for use in the new Hudson Bergen Light Rail Project.

Entry from the open source Wikipedia encyclopedia on the West Shore Railroad.

Colored photo postcard view from the Palisades down to the railroad yards, ferry house and river. Note Clifton Road (later Pershing) in the foreground. Postmarked from Weehawken. Valentine and Sons Publishing Co. Ltd of New York, printed in Great…

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.

View from the river with a ferryboat at dock.

This brochure urges Automobilists to take advantage of the 25 cent fare between Weehawken and New York for pleasure cars and all occupants starting on March 7th, 1938.  

4-page timetable and map for the New York Central's West Shore Railroad, which ran from Weehawken to Albany.

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

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…

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