Conrail Shared Assets Operations ( CSAO ) is the commonly used name for modern-day Conrail ( reporting mark CRCX ), an American railroad company. It operates three networks, the North Jersey , South Jersey / Philadelphia , and Detroit Shared Assets Areas, where it serves as a contract local carrier and switching company for its owners, CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway . When most of the former Conrail 's track was split between these two railroads, the three shared assets areas (a total of about 1,200 miles of track) were kept separate to avoid giving one railroad an advantage in those areas. The company operates using its own employees and infrastructure but owns no equipment outside MOW equipment .
30-840: The North Jersey Shared Assets Area stretches from the North Bergen Yard in North Bergen, New Jersey south into Jersey City and Newark , and beyond to Manville ( Port Reading Junction ) and Trenton , much of which is operated over Amtrak 's Northeast Corridor and New Jersey Transit lines through trackage rights . Primary connections are to CSX's River Subdivision north to Albany, New York at North Bergen, NS's Southern Tier Line northwest to Buffalo, New York at Croxton Yard in Jersey City, NS's Lehigh Line west to Allentown, Pennsylvania and CSX's Trenton Subdivision southwest to Philadelphia at Manville, and
60-739: Is operated out of Pavonia Yard in Camden, New Jersey , with smaller yards in Marcus Hook, Paulsboro, Millville, Morrisville , Frankford Junction, Burlington, Port Richmond and South Philadelphia. The south track at the Delair Lift Bridge (part of the Delair Branch) is used by Conrail; the north track is used by New Jersey Transit 's Atlantic City Line . The Detroit Shared Assets Area consists of: CP-West Detroit, Delray, CP-YD, and River Rouge Yard lie close to each other on
90-731: The Bergen Hill Cut to the Pennsylvania RR Depot at Exchange Place . Passenger service passing through yard was provided by the Erie Railroad 's Northern Branch , which along with NYSW for a time stopped at Susquehanna Transfer , about a half mile to the south of the yard before proceeding to the Pavonia Terminal . After 1886, and until discontinuation of service in 1959, West Shore Railroad trains travelling to and from Weehawken Terminal would join
120-568: The Bergen Subdivision , The River Line continues north along the original West Shore Railroad alignment through Bergen County, New Jersey and Rockland County, New York reaching the river for which it is named after passing through a tunnel at Haverstraw , and continuing north to a point near Selkirk Yard where it junctions with the Port Subdivision and Castleton Subdivision . The NYSW at Bogota veers west crossing
150-568: The Cromakill Creek . Significant delays caused by long trains created considerable congestion for those working and shopping in the area. Located midway between the current terminus near 49th Street and the first proposed station at 91st Street, the site was at one time planned to be a stop along the HBLR Northern Branch Corridor, though current plans do not include one. Estimated to cost $ 67 million in 2005,
180-671: The Hudson River at a point across from New York City . The NY&OM reached Middletown in 1871 and hoped to connect with three New Jersey companies to form a through route to the Port of New York and New Jersey . The link between the NY&;OM and the NJM would be the MU&;WG which was leased by the NY&OM effective April 1, 1872. The NY&OM soon entered bankruptcy and dropped the lease on
210-608: The North Jersey Shared Assets Area , the facility is part of CSX Transportation (CSXT) and the origination point of its CSX River Subdivision at the southern end of the Albany Division . On its west side, the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYSW) runs the length of the yard and operates a bulk transloading operation immediately adjacent to it. A rail right of way was laid at
240-1012: The Northern Running Track , it junctions with the National Docks Secondary which travels southeast through the Long Dock Tunnel to Port Jersey . At Marion Junction it becomes the Marion Running Track to the Passaic and Harsimus Line which travels southwest across the Hackensack River , the Kearny Meadows and the Passaic River to Oak Island Yard . The running track also provides a connection to Norfolk Southern 's intermodal operations at Croxton Yard from
270-654: The Pennsylvania Railroad 's cut from Marion Junction through Bergen Hill in Jersey City to their Exchange Place Terminal . In 1871 built west from Two Bridges/Beaver Lake through Sussex County , including construction of the Backwards Tunnel , to the New York state line at Hanford, New Jersey , just south of Unionville, New York . The Ogden Mine Railroad was made obsolete. This
300-805: The Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad . The NYS&W later shifted its mainline to run along the ROW developed by the Lehigh and Hudson River Railway , designating the NJ Midland portion above Sparta Junction the Hanford Branch. Commuter service ended in 1966, but has been considered for restoration as the part of the Passaic–Bergen–Hudson Transit Project is a project by NJ Transit to possibly reintroduce passenger service on
330-659: The Wortendyke before it was consolidated into the NJ Midland. The New Jersey Midland Railway (NJM) was formed in 1870 as a consolidation of several smaller railroads, including the NJH&;D and the NJW. The original plan was to cut through the Hudson Palisades near Englewood and run south along the Hudson River to Weehawken , but the company lacked the money to do so, and instead made arrangements to run through
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#1732780110965360-410: The right of way at a rail junction at the yards southern end just west of its tunnel under Bergen Hill . This tunnel was also later used by Conrail's River Line until in an agreement with New Jersey Transit the trackage was upgraded and freight shifted to the west side of the Hudson Palisades . The yard was owned by Conrail. The new trackage south of yard travels into Jersey City . Known as
390-479: The 14-mile (23 km) trip to Unionville starting January 13, 1868. The MU&WG was built to the 6-foot (1.8 m) broad gauge of the Erie. The road was leased to the Erie and commenced regular operations as the Erie's "Unionville Branch" on May 15, 1868. On January 11, 1866, the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad (NY&OM) was incorporated with the goal of linking Oswego, New York , on Lake Ontario , with
420-815: The Conrail South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets Area at Trenton. Oak Island Yard in Newark is the principal yard for the region with smaller ones at Bayonne, Greenville (Jersey City), Linden , Manville, Metuchen , Newark, Old Bridge, and Port Reading in Woodbridge. The New Jersey Department of Transportation anticipated in 2010 increased freight activity in South Jersey that has led to capital improvement and expansion projects for this designated area. The South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets Area
450-798: The Erie Railroad's as their original terminus, which had been built as the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad . which accessed Erie's Long Dock Tunnel and Pavonia Terminal . The NJ Midland West End Junction also served as a terminus for the Montclair Railway, which later became the New York and Greenwood Lake Railway . The lease provide access south to the PRR at Marion Junction . In 1866, public meetings were held in Middletown Westtown and Unionville, New York to discuss
480-667: The Hackensack River, and at Paterson , the Passaic River to Sparta . It crosses the state line into New York at Warwick . 40°47′35″N 74°01′48″W / 40.793°N 74.030°W / 40.793; -74.030 Hudson Connecting Railway The New Jersey Midland Railway was a 19th-century predecessor to the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYS&W) that operated in Northern New Jersey and Orange County, New York . The New Jersey Midland Railway can trace its roots back to
510-600: The MU&WG which was then leased by the NJM in 1873. NYS&W and the Middletown and New Jersey Railroad use the line with shared trackage rights. The NJ Midland went bankrupt and was sold to receivers in March 1875. By December 1878, a dispute broke out between various bondholders, some of whom disputed that the Hudson Connecting Railway should be included in the proceedings. On February 21, 1880,
540-759: The NJ Midland prevented it from crossing any other railroad to reach the Hudson River, but a route along the foot of the west side of the Bergen Hill to reach the PRR took it across the Erie Railroad . So a new company with the same management, the Hudson Connecting Railway , was formed to build the final leg. With the intention to reach a terminal on the Hudson River, in 1873 the NJM built the Hudson Connecting ROW south to West End Junction The southernmost part leased from
570-457: The NJ Midland, along with the Hudson Connecting Railway, was sold to Charles Parsons, who represented the bondholders of the first and second mortgages; the two railroads were combined into one. In June 1881 the NJ Midland was consolidated with five other railroads to form the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYS&W) with Frederic A. Potts and Garret Hobart serving as chief officers. The company expanded west into Pennsylvania along
600-670: The New York State Line. The right of way shared by CSX and NYSW mainlines veers to the northwest to the Little Ferry Yard , which despite its name is located in Ridgefield, New Jersey under the New Jersey Turnpike . It then crosses Overpeck Creek , passing Ridgefield Park (NYCRR/NYS&W station) into Bogota , where CSX and NYSW diverge. CSX trackage to this point was formerly part of
630-675: The Utica/MP 20 line, giving the whole a rough K-shape. Various spurs and industrial tracks branch off from this trackage. Mileage in both directions is measured from the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel . Conrail Shared Assets utilizes the following types of locomotives, all supplied by CSX and Norfolk Southern. North Bergen Yard The North Bergen Yard is freight rail yard and intermodal terminal in North Bergen, New Jersey parallel to Tonnelle Avenue between 49th and 69th Streets. Located within
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#1732780110965660-569: The failed New Jersey, Hudson & Delaware Railroad (NJH&D), chartered in 1832 to connect industrial Paterson, New Jersey , east to the ports along the Hudson Waterfront opposite New York City at Hoboken and west to Pennsylvania at the Delaware Water Gap . Though the company did not construct any track, the charter remained active until 1870, and the company cleared a right of way from Sandyston to New York . In
690-698: The foot of the western slope of the Bergen Hill (the lower Hudson Palisades ) in 1859 by the Northern Railroad of New Jersey to Croxton, Jersey City , and by 1874 the Hudson Connecting Railway had parallel alignment, now part of NYSW. In 1883 the West Shore Railroad had also laid tracks. The lines travelled to Marion Junction where using the New Jersey Railroad (later the Pennsylvania (PRR)) they passed through
720-628: The mid-1860s, several companies were formed to create railroads across northern New Jersey. The earliest of these, the Hoboken, Ridgefield and Paterson Railroad was chartered in 1866 to connect Paterson with the ports along the Hudson River waterfront ; various logistical issues ensured this company would not build anything. More successful was the New Jersey Western Railroad, which had built about ten miles of trackage from Hawthorne to Bloomingdale from 1868 to 1870, including
750-544: The project had sporadic funding since its inception. In May 2006, NJT announced that $ 38 million had been allocated for the project. Approval for construction was given in 2007 and ground was broken in October 2008. The New Jersey Department of Transportation had allocated multi-year funding for the project in its Capital Program: $ 10 million in 2009, $ 15 million in 2010 $ 10 million in 2011 at which time remaining construction costs were estimated to be $ 55 million. There
780-671: The south. NYSW operations terminate at the Landbridge Terminal. near Secaucus Road . The current northern terminus of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) is a balloon loop just west of the Tonnelle Avenue station directly adjacent to the yard. The Northern Branch Corridor Project is a proposed restoration of passenger service through an extension of the HBLR. Plans call for a flyover over
810-461: The viability of a railroad via these hamlets to Deckertown, Sussex County, New Jersey . A route was surveyed from there to Middletown, but, as built, the Middletown, Unionville and Water Gap Railroad only extended from a connection with the NY&E in Middletown to Unionville, which was reached on December 6, 1867, after fourteen months of construction. Freight cars received from the Erie made
840-569: The yard and light rail trackage along it western side. 69th Street station would serve passengers on two lines under consideration by NJ Transit , the Northern Branch and the Passaic–Bergen–Hudson Transit Project In February 2019, at the northern end of the yard, work was completed on a bridge to replace the grade crossing at 69th Street between Tonnelle Avenue and West Side Avenue, parallel to
870-664: Was later known as the Hanford Branch. By 1872 the NJ Midland completed the line between Hackensack and Newfoundland . It also built a line through the Ridgefields by 1872, but with no station. It joined the Erie Railroad Northern Branch at Granton Junction near Babbit , and reached the community of New Durham (near the point now under New Jersey Route 495 where the Susquehanna Transfer had later been located). The charter for
900-471: Was no allocation made for 2012. Ground was broken in October 2008 but construction was delayed for years due to the first construction company's inadequacies and subsequent cancellation of their contract. It finally opened in February 2019. Above 69th Street trackage continues north to the former Granton Junction and Babbitt Station CSX's stub-ended Northern Branch continues north as a spur line to
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