NYSDOT Freight B iØiti: Funding of Railroad Capital Projects to Improve Track and Bridge Weight Carrying Capacity PIN X935.72.301, $4.OM: National Railroad Passenger Corporation Amtrak Rehabilitation of Freight Track #5 on Hell Gate Bridge This project upgraded the single freight track on the Hell Gate Bridge with continuously welded rail CWR and new ties, to carry industry-standard 286,000 pound gross weight railcars. This track is the only land connection to Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island for rail freight shipments.
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PIN X935.76.303, $2.SM: New York & Atlantic Railway Upgrade Fresh Pond Yard and Bay Rklge Branch Interchange Track This project upgraded the NYAR Fresh Pond Yard and the interchange track on the NYAR Bay Ridge Branch to carry industry-standard 286,000 pound gross weight railcars. The interchange track is used to exchange railcars between NYAR and CSX Transportation, Canadian Pacific Railway, or Providence & Worcester Railroad.
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PIN X935.84.301, $O.5M: New York New Jersey Rail, LLC Rehabilitation of Railcar Float Bridge This project replaced the leaking pontoons on NYNJ Rail's Sl Street float bridge with new pontoons, to support movement of industry-standard 286,000 pound gross weight railears. NYNJ Rail operates the only railcar barge operation linking the US mainland at Greenville, NJ with Brooklyn, NY.
NYNJ Rail Float bridge, bay Ridge N YNJ Rail Moat bridge, bay Ridge Brooklyn, after installation of Brooklyn, before replacement of leaking replacement pontoons and rehabilitation pontoons of bridge deck
X5O1.53.321, $4.OM: Long Island Rail Road
Lower Montauk Branch - Ties arid Surfacing This project installed ties & ballast and performed surfacing to allow movement of industry-standard 286,000 pound gross weight railcars by NYAR to serve shippers in western Queens
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X935.75.301, $3.OM: New York & Atlantic Railway Rehabilitation of Bushwick Branch in Queens X935.76.302, $3.9M: New York & Atlantic Railway Rehabilitation of Bushwick Branch in Brooklyn These projects rehabilitated NYAR freight trackage in two New York City boroughs. They improved the efficiency of rail freight service and upgraded tracks allow movement of industry-standard 286,000 pound gross weight railcars
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Additional Projects in Progress
PIN 4935.79.101, $1.OM: Norfolk Southern Railway
Portage Bridge - Preliminary Engineering This project provides funding towards the preliminary engineering for the repair or replacement of the 133-year old Portageville Railroad Bridge over the Genesee River gorge between Livingston and Wyoming Counties. This bridge is the last undergrade structure on the NS Southern Tier Main Line which is not capable of carrying 286k cars.
PIN 5936.30.301, $1.8M: South Buffalo Railway Port of Buffalo Rail Relocation This project will upgrade the track on the SB to support to movement of industry- standard 286,000 pound gross weight railcars to and from the Port of Buffalo.
PIN 7935.18.301, $1.OM: PIN 7935.19.301, $1.5M: New York & Ogdensburg Railway/Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority Track Rehabilitation, Norwood to Ogdensburg These projects underway will upgrade the track and undergrade structures on the Ogdensburg Branch to support movement of industry-standard 286,000 pound gross weight railcars to and from the Port of Ogdensburg. 4
X501.53.322, $15.9M: Long Island Rail Road Upgrade Selected Undergrade Railroad Bridges in Queens X935.77.301, $1.2M: Long Island Rail Road Non-Destructive Testing and Vertical Clearance Measurement X935.83.301, $10.8: Long Island Rail Road Upgrade Structures for 286k in Queens County These projects are evaluating LIRR undergrade railroad bridges in Queens to assess their capability to carry industry-standard 286,000 pound gross weight railcars by the NYAR. Selected bridges will be upgraded in priority order to allow movement of 286k railcars. CMAQ funding will contribute $15.9M.
X935.69.301, $17M: New York City Economic Development Corporation Intermodal Improvements on Brooklyn Waterfront This project upgrades track to support the movement of industry-standard 286,000 pound gross weight railcars by NYNJ Rail, eliminates two highway/railroad at-grade crossings, and reconfigures track to improve efficiency and railroad network operation. Funding is from both Federal and State sources.
X935.89.301, $1.2M: New York New Jersey Rail, LLC Bush Terminal Rehabilitation This project will upgrade the tracks in the 1st Avenue Yard, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn to support the movement of industry-standard 286.000 pound gross weight railcars and reconfigure tracks to improve efficiency and railroad network operation.
X935.80.301, $4.5M: Long Island Rail Road
Install Welded Rail - Lower Montauk Branch This project will support movement of industry-standard 286,000 pound gross weight railcars by the NYAR. Installation of CWR is scheduled for 3 Quarter 2008.
New York State Department of Transportation 50 Wolf Road! POD 54 Albany! NY 12232 For More Information Please Contact: Raymond F. Hessinger Acting Director! Freight Bureau 518 457-7331 [email protected]