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Trolley Car Descending the Palisades to 130th Street Ferry, Edgewater, NJ
Black and white undivided photo postcard, in Edgewater, not Weehawken, but a close by look at the trolley tracks along the Palisades.
Not postmarked, but dated August 24, 1906.
Tags: Transportation, Trolleys
Palisades and Public Service Trolley to Weehawken, NJ
Colored photo postcard of Hillside Road (today's Pershing Road), the Palisades and trolley route to the 42nd Street Ferry Terminal.
Postmarked from New York, NY
Tags: Palisades, Transportation, Trolleys
No. 23 - Loop from 14th Street Ferry to West Hoboken, NJ
A black and white undivided photo postcard showing a view looking northeast from about 14th Street viaduct and Palisade Ave. of the streetcar (trolley) loop.
Postmarked January 23, 1908 from Jersey City.
Tags: Transportation, Trolleys, West Hoboken
Conquest of the Palisades
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.
Tags: Railroad, Transportation, Trolleys
The Marker - The North Hudson County Railway
Complete issue of The Marker - volume 5, number 2 from September, 1946. The Marker was the newsletter of the North Jersey Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.
This issue was devoted to the history of the North Hudson County Railway and…
Public Service Car Climbing the Hill From Weehawken
Black and white photo, dated July 31, 1949 showing trolley car number 2804 climbing the hill from the Weehawken waterfront. The trolley is marked Union City. This image was taken one week before trolley service to and from the Ferry terminated.
Tags: Transportation, Trolleys, Waterfront
Hillside Road from 42nd St. Ferry, Weehawken, N.J.
Colored photo postcard view of Hillside Road (aka Clifton Road, West Shore Ferry Road, Pershing Road). A trolley and tracks are visible on the right; Clifton/Columbia Street stairs are visible at left. Postmarked July 25, 1922 from West Hoboken.
Tags: Ferries, Trolleys, Waterfront
New Bus Lines Replacing Hudson County Streetcars - 1949
On August 7th, 1949, Public Service Coordinated Transport introduced a series of new bus lines to replace Hudson County's streetcar services. This brochure shows the maps of the new services.
With the recent construction of the Light Rail and…
Tags: Transportation, Trolleys
Trolley on Pershing Road
Black and white undated photo of a trolley passing behind Van Clief's Hotel on Pershing Road.
Tags: Transportation, Trolleys
Trolley Coming Up Pershing Road
Photograph of a Public Service trolley coming up Pershing Road from the ferry, found on the excellent RailFan web site.
Tags: Railroad, Transportation, Trolleys
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Park Avenue and 2nd Street, Weehawken, NJ
Colored postcard of Park Avenue looking north at 46th Street, Weehawken. Published by Chas. A. Daly, Union Hill, NJ