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Where do you hide something so that nobody finds it? In plain sight of course! That's what
the High Line is, hidden in plain sight.
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The High Line, built in 1929-1934 is a 1.5 mile long elevated railway that travels from
the 34th street railyards on the West side of New York City through the third floor of buildings that had their own track
sidings for about 22 blocks South.
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Before there were rail tunnels crossing under the Hudson River into New York from New Jersey,
trains from the Midwest cattle farms packed with meat had to stop on the Jersey side of the Hudson River. The rail cars were
then loaded onto barges via float bridges and the barges would be brought by tug boat across to New York.
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Each railroad operated a set of float bridges on the New York side to off load the barge and
the rail cars were brought to their West side yard to be sorted into trains.
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The train would go onto the High Line loaded with meat cars for delivery in the meat packing
district, flour, sugar and baking goods for the Nabisco factory (now the Food Network studios) and other cars had needed supplies
for businesses that kept New Yorkers fed.
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As the train met it's destination it would back into it's siding and drop the rail car. Then
the train would move South to it's next delivery. Another engine would start off at the Southern most tip of the High Line
picking up the empty rail cars and return them to the rail yard to be filled and transported over the river and to points
West.
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The High Line was last used in 1980. Friends of The High Line championed the cause to preserve
the structure and a part of New York's history. To date most of the High Line has been saved due to this fine group of people.
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CSX railroad, the owner of The High Line donated most of it to The City of New York. Mayor
Michael Bloomberg got behind The Friends of The High Line and the structure is being renovated into an elevated public walking
park.
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The only part of the High Line that is up in the air is the West Side Rail Yards at 34th street
and South. On October 6th, 2007 Carol and I were lucky to be able to tour this elevated structure. Only 175 tickets over two
days of tours were distributed. There were over 5,000 requests. This was the first time anyone other than rail employees were
allowed to walk this untouched section of the line.
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Please support Friends of The High Line. They are helping to preserve New York and Railroad
history.
Click this link to visit Old New York Virtual Tour of The High Line
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