. Electric railway journal . e reconstruction will begin about 1 mile north ofSpuyten Duyvil, where the existing freight tracks willbe led up on an elevated structure so that there will beno crossing at grade with the existing tracks wherethey turn to the east. This elevated structure will con-nect with a four-track swing bridge, beyond which thetracks will be laid in a cut-and-cover tunnel under thehigh sections of the island and on elevated structureselsewhere, so that grade crossings will be new yard will be established between 133rd Streetand 153rd Street, this providing stora
. Electric railway journal . e reconstruction will begin about 1 mile north ofSpuyten Duyvil, where the existing freight tracks willbe led up on an elevated structure so that there will beno crossing at grade with the existing tracks wherethey turn to the east. This elevated structure will con-nect with a four-track swing bridge, beyond which thetracks will be laid in a cut-and-cover tunnel under thehigh sections of the island and on elevated structureselsewhere, so that grade crossings will be new yard will be established between 133rd Streetand 153rd Street, this providing storage and switchingtracks for 700 cars, and below this point six main trackswill be provided. Along Riverside Park the tracks willbe completely covered so that the city property may bemade available to the waters edge. At Sixtieth Street the large yard now in existencewill be remodeled so that it can be made to accommodateeighty-car trains in halves, new tracks occupying thesite of the present engine terminal which will be ren-. WEST SIDE IMPROVEMENT PLANS—MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF PROPOSED FREIGHT TRACKS AND YARDS TO BE ELECTRIFIED BY NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD ations that will be involved. Only 12 route-miles areincluded in the plan, but within this distance there areno less than four important yards whose facilities areto be materially elaborated. At the present time, the railroad companys freightline along the west side of the city leaves the main lineat Spuyten Duyvil, where this line turns away fromthe Hudson River. It crosses Spuyten Duyvil Creek ona low swing-drawbridge, and from this point south toSixtieth Street it is in the open on the waters edge formost of the distance, crossing at grade two busy thor-oughfares that lead to ferries. It runs along the fulllength of the foot of the slope of Riverside Park, be-tween the park and the river, and complaints of smokeand offensive odors from cattle trains have been Sixtieth Street south where the line occupies cityst
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