Quote Originally Posted by kc7jty

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According to my understanding the B&O accessed NYC from Philadelphia via the Reading and possibly other lines but actually had a small amount of their own trackage in the big apple. I also saw a long, high bridge with what looked like B&O signals in I believe a Bruce Springsteen video that may have been in NYC. Any info on any of this?
The B&O ran shuttle buses that brought passengers across the Hudson River from various places in Manhattan. They were interesting in themselves and unmistakable. But their request to build a 3rd train Station in Manhattan was turned down by the city, so they had no direct access to the city as did their rival, the Pennsylvania RR. Pity. The city could've had access through Staten Island and opened a terminal in Downtown Brooklyn and Downtown Manhattan if they had granted access. This is something they wish they had now.

Here's a pic of one of their buses in front of their offices on Columbus Circle (it looks like the early 60s).


I found a link to a book that claims that during World War I, the B&O ran into Penn Station.
http://books.google.com/books?id=1xF...20york&f=false