Greenville Yard Photos
Greenville Yard Photographs
The Greenville Yard was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad, when their Harsimus Cove facility could no longer handle the traffic flow.
Greenville subsequently became part of the Penn Central when that entity formed as a result of the Pennsylvania / New York Central merger in 1968.
After ConRail was formed 1976 to bail out the failing northeast Class1 railroads, it took possession of the Greenville facility.
Today, New York New Jersey Rail, the successor to New York Cross Harbor Railroad; owns the infrastructure, but ConRail Shared Assets owns the actual land.
Greenville Floatbridge History |
| Bridge # |
Builder |
Bridge built |
Status |
Notes |
| 9 1/2 |
American Bridge Co. |
1943 |
Abandoned |
Partially Dismantled, Newest of all bridges |
| 10 |
McClintic Marsh Co. |
1925 |
Abandoned |
Rebuilt 1931 after fire using parts, outer apron partially sunk |
| 11 |
American Bridge Co. |
? |
In Use |
New end apron built 1994 |
| 12 |
American Bridge Co. |
1945 |
Idle |
Totally rebuilt 1943-5, Partially dismanteled 2007 |
| 13 |
McClintic Marsh Co. |
1925 |
Demolished |
Rebuilt 1931 after fire using parts,Demolished 1997 |
| 14 |
McClintic Marsh Co. |
1925 |
Demolished |
Rebuilt 1931 after fire using parts,Demolished 1997 after collapsing |
Note: It appears as though the floatbridges are all one unit and built the same time;
but in actuality each are slightly different and were added over time,
such that of 9 1/2 which was built onto the existing ones during WWII.
The current Southern most floatbridge, 12. P. M. Goldstein photo
Floatbridge 11, The only one currently in service. P. M. Goldstein photo
Looking North from the deck of # 11 one can see the other floatbridges as well as the walkway to the finger pier. You can see the primary apron gantry
to the left and the secondary apron gantry to the right. P. M. Goldstein photo
SW1500 1133 its on the lead to 11 on a rainy March day in 2006. P. Strubeck photo
An interesting observation is when floatbridge 13 was torn down the left counterweight tower remained and is still there. P. Strubeck photo
This is the cabin between floatbridge 11 & 12 the controls off of the actions need to pin the carfloat. P. M. Goldstein photo
