Loved every second of this video!! My Grandfather worked for the NYC in Weehawken (freight division) from 1927-1971 (PC)... He commuted everyday on the West Shore from Teaneck (West View whistle stop) to Weehawken (until he had to take the bus after passenger service was discontinued!!). My Dad rode the rails his entire youth as well. Thank you!!

I started on the Penn Central in January 1973, as a brakeman and eventually a freight conductor, ending my career in 2014 after 41 years of service.

Man incredible, I love seeing these vintage films! Especially the freight trains and all their interesting cars! I miss those days! (Dave).

That is some fantastic footage and not just the trains but also all the boats car ferrys etc. plying the waterways and still not deluged with skyscrapers. Almost unbelievable the high number of small commuter trains. Fantastic coverage thank you

great movie ! thanks ! lots of brown 40 foot boxcars. looks like very early 1950s.

My, my, my. What a wonderful, remarkable experience for me. I think passenger service on this line originally went as far as Albany, NY. Very scenic route; equivalent to the east side of the Hudson. Too bad passenger service was discontinued. Suspect commuters on the west side of the Hudson would have preferred rail service over having to cross a bridge to get to the Hudson Line.

THANKS SO MUCH! Unbelievable such rare film I never thought I’d see. NYC West Shore, NYS&W and more!

Wow what a great film and a treat in color watching those old Alco's rumbling by👍

This is an absolutely fantastic color video!

As a rail fan from this area, I am in love with this video, film sounds and all. Some really great stuff here. I just ran some inherited N scale NYC passenger trains at a train show layout for the first time. Much of the same equipment that was featured here. It was kind of wild to see it pop up in my feed today.

This is GOLD❤

Thank you for this superb video ! The scenes at Weehawken are amazing and the whole film is captivating !

I have enjoyed these historic films so much - the Erie and now this one! I have never seen a video of this route before and it brought me back to a time before me. Thank you for uploading it and I look forward to more!

Great video, thanks for presentation, from Germany

Thanks for the great job you're doing!

At the end of the film, the boat was likely the Peter Stuyvesant. My grandfather took me on a tour to West Point-up the Hudson from NYC by ship, back by bus. Also remember passing the mothball fleet, briefly glimpsed in the film... also slightly relevant, since there were some NYS&W passenger trains: when we'd go swimming, it was next to the Susquehanna, and we'd see one of their commuter trains (never an RDC, though) outbound in the evening and know it was time to go home. This was around the time the CEO tried to pay his customers NOT to ride the train, so he could discontinue it...

Once again, fantastic footage. Only a handful of the stations taped here still exist (I think only Ridgefield?) and the small towns between Weehawken and Selkirk rarely get any coverage. Thanks for uploading!

These are wonderful, though it's sad to see no one getting on or off at the stations.

To think that terminal area is now Port Imperial, completely unrecognizable!

Fantastic video. Thanks for uploading. Amazing to think what Port Imperial once looked like says a guy accustomed to biking up the Hudson River path from the south. Keep the great content coming!