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Shortthelongs t1_ixkrlxi wrote

Reply to comment by OverlordXenu in A Railroad Strike Could Lead to a Literal Shitshow in NYC by arrogant_ambassador

Pretty big difference if the clog in the system is a large rail yard in the port of Newark, as opposed to the tunnels under Hudson yards.

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OverlordXenu t1_ixl3zub wrote

someone else mentioned the rail transfer station is in east williamsburg. but even then, if the clog is in newark, it's still going to back up in the city…

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Shortthelongs t1_ixlpp2w wrote

How does freight from east williamsburg make it off long island? By truck?

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OverlordXenu t1_ixmxc6r wrote

We’ll all I can find is the Brooklyn transfer Llc at 115 thames, can’t tell if that’s by rail or not, but you do know there’s an active freight rail line in bushwick, right? There are… rail bridges and stuff. And the city just reopened the train barges… https://nynjr.com/

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Wowzlul t1_ixogcd9 wrote

How the freight rail connections with upstate all fit together is kinda mysterious. The car float is very limited, but it might carry the garbage. The only other way out of East Williamsburg is via Queens and the Hell Gate, and that would of course involve sharing track with Amtrak's passenger trains.

Hunts Point is connected to the broader freight network, though, so I'm reasonably certain there's a connection between the NYA (LIRR freight operations) and the outside world that doesn't involve the car float. Operationally it might be kinda limited, tho.

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