Quote Originally Posted by kb2vxa
The only B&O trackage I remember was on Staten Island connected to the CNJ in NJ at Aldene Junction in Cranford and via ferry to Manhattan Island at its West 26th Street Yard and car float dock. The railroad was a phantom in NJ running over the Reading and CNJ. While the SIRT passenger shuttle AKA The Tooterville Trolley continued to operate from St. George to Tottenville the line from Aldene to St. George was abandoned long ago and only recently reopened by NS, the lift bridge at Elizabeth once again is operational. Here's something I thought I'd never see, proof that miracles DO happen.
There has been talk for years that this line would be extended into Brooklyn and from there to the rest of the city via a tunnel under the Narrows. This has gone on so long, that I've become an old man and it still hasn't happened.

Back in 1888 the B&O Railroad announced plans for a tunnel that would continue its Staten Island North Shore line to Brooklyn. Financial problems and approval delays, however, prevented the plan from ever becoming a reality.
http://www.ahherald.com/ferry/2004/f..._verrazano.htm

This was an early story dated 1910. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstrac...619C946196D6CF

Here's a more contemporary version. http://www.hatchmott.com/documents/a...ETC%202003.pdf