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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.

Commuter monthly pass, dated 1887, belonging to a G. Ward. who used this pass to cross the Hudson from Weehawken to New York City. Date stamped on reverse, Sep 30, 1887. West Shore Railroad, NYC & HRRR CO, Lessee, Office of General…

A 1939 time table for bus service from Weehawken and Union City and other points in NJ to New Yorks Astor Terminal at 220 West 45th Street.

This special souvenir envelope, autographed by New York Governor Herbert Lehman contains a poem about Weehawken and a brochure describing the new new tunnel.

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

Color photo postcard view of the south tube of the Lincoln Tunnel. 8215 feet long from portal to portal, 4600 feet of the tube is under the river. Maximum depth from river surface to the top of the tunnel is 75 feet. Note who is listed first here...…

Four Lincoln Tunnel promotional matchbook covers, circa late 1930s-early 1940s. At the opening of the first tube of the tunnel, there was a good bit of traffic, but the as the novelty wore off, it slowed, as people were not accustomed to using cars…

Ticket good for one trip between Weehawken and the 42nd Street ferry terminal in NYC.

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.

Train ticket from Kaaterskill Junction in the Catskills to Weehawken. A dollar five bought you a journey from Kaaterskill Junction to our fair city.