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Bob,

 

Great Highbridge photo.

 

In the early fifties my father and I would visit that area to watch the construction of the Major Deegan Expressway. Too bad that the highway construction destroyed much of the railroad infrastructure in the area.

 

The most fascinating thing about the tracks of the Putnam Division was the lack of electrification. It was the only place in the Bronx where we could explore the area along tracks. Everywhere else had that third rail that made the area off limits to kids with any common sense!

 

It was also the only place where there was any steam in our part of the Bronx, although memories are vague since I was only 5 years old when diesels took over in the very early fifties. 

 

Jim

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