CNJ Bronx Terminal – Then and Now

1936/2009

The same picture, taken 73 years apart.

The black and white image was found in the New York City archives, taken in 1936, the colour version I took last week. I must have been standing at the very spot the first image was taken as they line up quite nicely.

Its interesting to observe what has and hasn’t changed after all this time. The clock tower is still there, although the clock has long since stopped working, one of the hands has fallen off completely. Most of the old buildings are still there, with new occupants. Added in are the luxurious projects in the back ground. Missing is, well the CNJ Bronx Terminal, replaced with another warehouse of somewhat similar design.

There is nothing, absolutely nothing left of the original terminal at this site.

Click here for a larger version.

Note it is 6MB in size and will take a while to download.

-T.

About the Author:

I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!

Posted by: Tim | 07-19-2009 | 10:07 PM
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Rare Video

Rare Video

From a 10 minute video about the 3rd Ave. El in New York, a short clip that shows the Bronx Terminal.

It isn’t much, but just after the swing bridge moves, the terminal can be seen in the background, under the bridge, at the 38 second mark. Also shown is a good shot of one of the Harlem River tugs, likely on its way back from one of the other Bronx Terminals.

Interesting how the rails on the swing bridge are bent upwards to clear the track leading to it.

-T.

About the Author:

I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!

Posted by: Tim | 02-08-2009 | 11:02 PM
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Historical Aerials

Nifty little tool….

This site, Historical Aerials is a pretty neat place to search out historical sites.  They have collected a vareity of aerial imagery from various years and placed them on a Google Maps like interface where you can scroll around and compare the same site over various years.

Clicking on the image above will take you to their site looking down on the Bronx Terminal.  You can see the site as it was in 1954, 1966, 1974, 1980, 2004 and 2006.

What is really nifty is the “Compare Two Years” button.  This will allow you to split the view between two images and move a slider to quickly change from one to the other.  Makes for interesting results, you can easily track minor changes over time.

The detail level and quality of the images is about as good as could be expected, no real detail can be seen, but it is still a handy tool…

-T.

About the Author:

I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!

Posted by: Tim | 01-16-2009 | 09:01 AM
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