Did PRR run through freight through Penn Station to connect to New Haven? Today it seems the only way around NY is through Penn Station or way up to Albany. So why has there never been a push to build a tunnel for fast intermodals to go seamlessly from NJ...through to say Boston...or maybe even a possible New England Intermodal terminal if one were ever built.
Also, looking at the map...one can see a former PRR / Conrail line heading out of Camden NJ to South Amboy...however a mid portion of the line was severed. Wouldn't this have made a good through route for freight?
PRR and the New Haven did a huge interchange business between Greenville, NJ and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY via car float. I believe they may have operated lcl express freight through the tunnels at night for some period of time, but as others have stated the clearances were only designed for passenger trains.
