Jersey is a great place if you’re a foamer (i.e. railroad enthusiast).
When several graffiti artists told me there was an abandoned locomotive stuffed far back behind rows of cars at a nearby rail yard – seemingly abandoned. Given the high value of these large American made beasts, it seemed rather unlikely – but sure enough, there it was.
Exposing the faulty cleanup of the abandoned Port Morris Branch
We’ve seen some reporting as of late on ‘The Bronx Swamp’. I’m not honestly sure who began calling this abandoned freight rail line by this name but it is a very inaccurate one that doesn’t tell of the location’s true rich history. This section of track is much better known as the Port Morris branch, […]
So far as I’m concerned, there is only one bridge in NYC that matters. Only one bridge worth climbing. Only one bridge shrouded in more ghost stories and urban legends than you could fit into a 200 page issue of Weird NJ. Entire movies have been written about this bridge. Hell Gate Bridge. This is […]