ABOVE: The Westchester’s headquarters and station at East 180th Street continues to be used by the MTA New York City Subway as division offices and a transfer point between the Dyre Avenue and White Plains Road lines. In May 2012 the MTA was wrapping up a multi-month refurbishing of this century old edifice. LEFT: Two subway trains arrive and depart Morris Park station in The Bronx, located at the south end of the tunnel under Esplanade. These trains provide direct service to Manhattan as the IRT Lexington Avenue Express (5 Train). The rusty center tracks are used for occasional storage and testing of equipment. PHOTOS BY OTTO M. VONDRAK
Westchester was soon a memory. If you know where to look, you can
still find traces of the railway through- out Westchester County. The right of way south from White Plains has been largely reclaimed by nature over the last 70 years. The Quaker Ridge station is now a private residence. The station at Heathcote served as an ambulance corps base for many years until it was purchased and renovated for use as a
real estate office. Larchmont Gardens sees continued use as a meeting place for the Girl Scouts. East Third Street station in Mount Veron is forlorn, hav- ing stood abandoned for many years. You can easily pick out the former right of way along the New Haven Line be- tween Mamaroneck and Port Chester. Six stations between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street continue to carry out their function as part of the
For more information about the history of the NYW&B, please visit
www.nywbry.com
No. 5 subway line. The viaduct con- necting to the New Haven’s Harlem River Branch was removed in sections over the last 20 years, finally severing the last of the old ties. One surviving member of the Stillwell fleet lives out its retirement years in storage in, of all places, Peru. As we mark the 100th anniversary of
this unique line, we can only guess as to Morgan’s original intention and ponder what it must have been like to ride “American’s finest suburban railway.”
Special thanks to Robert A. Bang, Herbert H. Harwood, J.J. Sedelmaier, and Bob’s Photos (P.O. Box 209, Farm- ers, Kentucky, 401319).
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