Railroad Ferries of the Hudson: And Stories of a Deckhand

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Fordham University Press, 1999 - 276 pages
Railroad Ferries of the Hudson and the Stories of a Deckhand is a complete business, economic, technical, and social history of the ferryboats that were once operated across the Hudson River to Manhattan from New Jersey and that were owned and operated by various railroad companies inconjunction with their commuter and long-distance passenger trains. The work also covers the Staten Island Ferry (formerly operated by the BandO Railroad) and New York Waterway's present-day revival of services connecting with New Jersey Transit commuter-train services.

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The Railroad Ferries of the Hudson
1
The North River
5
Early Ferries PreSteam Era
9
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About the author (1999)

Raymond J. Baxter worked on the New York Harbor waterfront for almost forty years, serving first as a railroad deckhand and then as a railroad police officer. Arthur G. Adams is founding president of the Hudson River Maritime Center at Roundabout Landing in Kingston. In 1981, he was given a special award of merit for outstanding achievement in Regional Studies by the State University of New York. He is Executive Vice President of the Hudson River Navigation Company is trustee of the Victor Herbert Performance Trust Fund.

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