08-11-2015, 02:07 AM
Many of the yards on the Bronx side of the river were ONLY served by carfloat, and their traffic was totally captive with no connection to any other rail except by being towed across the river on the barge. If you are interested in the operations there is a huge amount of information available here <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/IndustrialLocos.html">http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/IndustrialLocos.html</a><!-- m --> - you may be gone for some time! 
There is another thread about NYC carfloats here <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://teamtrack.soforums.com/t451-NEW-YORK-RAIL-MARINE-OPERATIONS.htm">http://teamtrack.soforums.com/t451-NEW- ... ATIONS.htm</a><!-- m --> - It is in French, but Google Translate will convert it to English (after a fashion! ) Oh - and there are 19 pages, so you may be gone even longer!
There is another thread about NYC carfloats here <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://teamtrack.soforums.com/t451-NEW-YORK-RAIL-MARINE-OPERATIONS.htm">http://teamtrack.soforums.com/t451-NEW- ... ATIONS.htm</a><!-- m --> - It is in French, but Google Translate will convert it to English (after a fashion! ) Oh - and there are 19 pages, so you may be gone even longer!