Editing River Line (Conrail) (section)

==Conrail's defunct River Line and Weehawken Branch==
[[File:VIEW WEST, DETAIL, EASTERN PORTAL - New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railroad, Weehawken Tunnel, Weehawken, Hudson County, NJ HAER NJ,9-WEEHK,1A-5.tif|thumb|The River Line ran at the foot of the [[Bergen Hill]] parallel to the [[North River (Hudson River)|Hudson River]] until the former [[Weehawken Terminal]], where it veered west under the [[Hudson Palisades]] through a tunnel to [[North Bergen Yard]]. ]]
The River Line began at [[CP Waldo]], at a junction with the [[Passaic and Harsimus Line]] (P&H). The P&H Line runs west through what was the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s [[Bergen Hill|Bergen Hill Cut]], just north of [[PATH (rail system)|PATH]], through a re-aligned [[Marion Junction (New Jersey)|Marion Junction]].

At [[CP Nave]], the River Line junctioned with the [[National Docks Secondary]], which still runs south on the east side of the [[The Palisades (Hudson River)|Hudson Palisades]], with the [[Nave-Croxton Running Track]] running west through the old [[Erie Railroad]]'s  [[Long Dock Tunnel]]. The junction only allowed trains coming to/from the south on the National Docks to continue to/from the north on the River Line.

North of CP Nave, the River Line entered [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]]; it is now used for the [[Hudson-Bergen Light Rail]] (HBLR) north of this point. The HBLR runs around the west and north sides of Hoboken and into [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]], where it turns west through a tunnel to [[CSX]]'s [[North Bergen Yard]], originally part of the [[New York Central Railroad|New York Central]]'s [[West Shore Railroad]].

From that point north, the River Line is still in use, but as [[CSX]] as the [[River Subdivision (CSX)|River Subdivision]], north toward [[Albany, New York]].

The Weehawken Branch was just east of the River Line, from somewhere in Jersey City north of [[CP Nave]] to Baldwin Avenue in Weehawken. It was operated by Conrail as a second track of the River Line.

The River Line was abandoned east and south of the [[Tonnelle Avenue]] overpass at the North Bergen yard. The short connection between the [[National Docks Secondary]] and the River Line was also abandoned, as was the Weehawken Branch.<ref name="gpo">{{cite web|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2000-12-08/html/00-30944.htm|title=Federal Register, Volume 65 Issue 237 (Friday, December 8, 2000)|publisher=gpo.gov|accessdate=2014-10-05}}</ref>

===History===
The first bit of the River Line, splitting from the P&H Line and passing over the National Docks, was built fairly-recently as a connecting track. North of there, the line was the [[New Jersey Junction Railroad]] to the Weehawken tunnel. Through the tunnel, it was the [[West Shore Railroad]]. Both of these lines were owned by the [[New York Central Railroad]].

The Weehawken Branch was built and owned by the [[Erie Railroad]]. It originally passed through the middle of Hoboken, but was later realigned to the west side, right next to the New Jersey Junction Railroad.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Annual Statements of the Railroad and Canal Companies|author=Treasury, N.J.C.T.|date=2008|publisher=BiblioBazaar|isbn=9780559759024|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HPxWKIDKbZoC|page=231|accessdate=2014-10-05}}</ref>