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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.

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.

Black and white photo of Public Service Trolley #2802, making, the last trip on the Hudson Division August 6, 1949. See notation on reverse.

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…

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.

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

Black and white photograph of Pershing Road, after a snowstorm in 1938, with cars, trolleys and pedestrians all vying for position on the roadway.

Undated photograph showing the Weehawken waterfront while it was still an active railroad and river transportation nexus. A trolley can be seen at the lower left of the image.Based on the cars seen in the image, it appears to be from the 1930s, but…

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.

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…