Abandon railroad tunnel in Edgewater/Fairview N.J.
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- One of the great lost passageways of New Jersey, this tunnel stretches from its western entrance beneath the Fairview Cemetery in Fairview (Bergen County) to its eastern opening at the foot of the Palisades in Edgewater. This was at one time the railway for the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Company around 1892, and was used to get coal from Pennsylvania to the Hudson River waterfront coal docks. The yards shut down in the late 60’s and the tunnel has been unused and abandoned ever since.
The NYSW handled passenger and freight traffic from the coal mining region in the Lackawanna Valley in and around Scranton, Pennsylvania through northern New Jersey. While it had a line running along the foot of the western slope of Hudson Palisades that terminated in Jersey City north of Marion Junction it owned no right-of-way (ROW) through Bergen Hill.[page needed] The railroad paid substantial fees to both the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) (for passenger trains) and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western (DL&W) (for freight service) to use their lines to terminals on the North River.
The Hudson River Railroad and Terminal Company was incorporated as a NYSW subsidiary in 1892. The NYSW developed a terminal on what had once been a coal yard for oceangoing ships along the Hudson River shore. At the time the Erie Railroad held a controlling interest in the line. In 1907, Erie Terminals Railroad took control of the Edgewater and Fort Lee Railroad which ran to the Hudson County line and connected with the New Jersey Shore Line Railroad,eventually becoming part of a Belt Line along the shore.
Wow, went there last year and that specific area you’re standing in was full of water waist high, cool beans dude
proper footwear, BOY i went across tht in huraches
There is an air vent shaft located in about the middle of Fairview that leads down to the tunnel. It looks like an old brick castle tower. If I remember correctly its located on the street across from Lincoln School, I think it's Kennedy Drive.
Lived in Fairview all my life - went to Lincoln school to - never heard of this story B--4 !
thanks for info
+Dennis Feliciano I checked on Google maps and it is still there between Kennedy and McKinley. Here are the Google map coordinates, zoom in on the big round thing and you should see it pretty good.
www.google.com/maps/@40.81439,-73.999151,72m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
Lived in Fairview my whole life - never knew about this tunnel ----
Really? Wow!
@sapolacek Me too
Same
Yes, that light is the end of the tunnel in Fairview, and no, the trains didn't go over to New York City. The track out of the tunnel led to the train yards in Edgewater, and from there, connected to tracks along the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. There were no tracks that led over the Hudson River to New York. I hung out there for years, and I walked through the tunnel countless times with my friends. It was an exciting and fun place to hang out in the 60s and 70s. Every day was an adventure, especially if you were in the tunnel when a train came through.
Thanks for that info.. Lol I bet it was fun in those days
It was a lot of fun. My friends and I always talk about sneaking down there and walking through one more time before we all die.
Thank you for this video. I always loved standing at the entrance of the tunnel and seeing the faraway light from the other side. It's eerie. It always made me want to walk to the other end. I miss those days. I hope I can walk through it again someday.
chuggachuggawoowoo the light in the video isn’t the end. There is a chimney or something in the middle of the tunnel that lets light in from the top. U can’t see the end of the tunnel from either ends.
Yeah I was scratching my head trying to figure where the train crossed into NY, never went through but passed it oh so many times.
@@farii202 - I’m sorry, but you’re wrong. The light you see is the other end of the tunnel. Yes, you can see the other end of the tunnel from either side. It’s a straight tunnel that runs from Edgewater to Fairview. I know what I’m talking about. My friends and I practically lived down there. You cannot see the light from the vent from either end. The light from the vent only lights a small area under the vent. The light coming down from the vent is only visible if you are inside the tunnel. I’ve been through it a thousand times.
The last time this tunnel saw any action was back over 50 years ago since afterwards it was abandoned which currently is now.
in the old days there was two tracks running through, then when trains got bigger they made it one track. The water would drain out if they cleaned up the two side ditchs that were on the sides of the track ,mainly at the entrance area's .it was always dry in there just the drips but be warbed a boulder could drop any time from the ceiling in there due the water flowing through the rocks inside
If you look at old photos yes.
The brick air vent structure is off McKinley. My sister's friend growing g up in the early 60s lived in a house right next to the air vent for the tunnel. She told me once that she could hear the trains pass by underground in the night.
It takes a piece out of the backyards of four lots two on Kennedy Drive and two on McKinley
House I grew up in 380 Kennedy Drive is next to one that has vent in corner of backyard. Going over papers in my mother's estate I saw that there is an easement on the property for the tunnel going under it.
It was built by the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad in I believe 1892. It was used to transport coal from PA to the Hudson River waterfront docks. Was shut down in the late 60's.
It was open into the 80's
@@conservativethought1460 I used to ride my bicycle on the Edgewater side in the late 70s and it was closed at that time.
@@kevinlynch1227 they had the plastic pellet cars there into the early 80's before they were mover to westside ave in North Bergen. Not much action but it was open.
@@conservativethought1460 Wow, OK... I believe you but at the time it really appear to be closed. Thank you.
@@kevinlynch1227 No problem buddy. We use to go a little south of there in west new york with my buddies dirtbike and exploring the old railyards.
I worked for the NYS and W RR and been through and worked in this tunnel once nearly was killed in there when our tool wagon smashed into a bolder that droped from the ceiling in there we were doing about 20 mph ,it goes to edge water yard which is no longer there the oyther end is near or off theside of tunnely ave .
Where in Edgewater? Because Ive been up and down River Road and Ive never seen this. Thanks for this video! 😀
The tunnel entrance in Edgewater is under a small bridge across from what is now the shopping center known as Edgewater Commons. I’m not sure if the small bridge is still there.
Went through here 15 times. In the middle is a 20 foot wide airshaft that's in the middle of fairview 2 blocks from day avenue by Lincoln school where I graduated in 2002. Me and by 2 boys popped an m80 in the middle of the tunnel. Can you say sonic boom? Thought we were going to die... anyways it's always fun to go through it. Pitch black and bunch of bats but no ghosts no gouls unfortunately they don't exist. Abyss and total darkness does exist though... places where nobody will ever find you or give a fuck... this is one of those places. And makes me and a few of my friends feel at home.
Explore this tunnel back in 2020 with ma buddies but thru the other end of the side, it’s funny to see how people called it hole of hell but never knew about ts till I found about it thru yt, we went there multiple times & thru the abandoned train tracks, we didn’t get to get out to the edgewater side, almost
There is one under the FAirview Cemetary
Guess what...trains go through now the light rail to North Bergen dn go tony, pa etc
Bein there shit crazy
oh wow i know where this is at.
I cross the bridge on top of it many times
This tunnel is by the strip mall where I go to for shopping.
Take this OFF!🙅