Comments on: Tuesday Tour of the Harlem Line: Wakefield https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2010/07/20/tuesday-tour-of-the-harlem-line-wakefield/ Art, history, railroad, & photography adventures from Harlem & beyond. Fri, 25 Dec 2020 17:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: Daniel https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2010/07/20/tuesday-tour-of-the-harlem-line-wakefield/comment-page-1/#comment-314505 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:14:20 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=3233#comment-314505 A good friend of mine lives near the Wakefield station. We went to Summer Camp together. Good guy.

]]> By: Marc https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2010/07/20/tuesday-tour-of-the-harlem-line-wakefield/comment-page-1/#comment-143635 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:39:57 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=3233#comment-143635 MAke that Woodlawn!!

]]> By: Marc https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2010/07/20/tuesday-tour-of-the-harlem-line-wakefield/comment-page-1/#comment-143630 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:30:34 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=3233#comment-143630 Growing up in the Bronx in the 60’s one of my favorite pasttimes was to go train watching at Wakefield Station with my Dad. This was the point were the New Haven locomotives would be powered by the third rail. I always thought (and still do) they had one of the best paint schemes of all railroads. On
E. 233rd Street ((W/B above the railroad tracks) there was a huge building with a ticket office (similar to the one at Fordham) that provided access to the stone stairs that you see on the downtown side. This building burned down to arson during the 70’s as the neighborhood started to change. There was a coal yard at the north end of the south bound platform (where I used to get coal for my model train cars). On the north side platform there was a huge freight elevator that was used to transport coffins with the deceased and their bereaving relatives streetside for transportation and burial in Woodlawn cemetery. The station platforms were built on wooden planks that were ground level with the tracks and S/B extended to the bridge over the underpass for the S/B entrance to the BRP. Any more facts? Just write back!

]]> By: Emily https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2010/07/20/tuesday-tour-of-the-harlem-line-wakefield/comment-page-1/#comment-143625 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:24:02 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=3233#comment-143625 In reply to Marc.

Hey there, thanks for sharing your memories with us! Love to hear old stories from the rails.

]]> By: Marc https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2010/07/20/tuesday-tour-of-the-harlem-line-wakefield/comment-page-1/#comment-143624 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:21:52 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=3233#comment-143624 Growing up in the Bronx in the 60’s one of my favorite pasttimes was to go train wathcing at Wakefield Station with my Dad. This was the point were the New Haven locomotives would be powered by the third rail. I always thought (and still do) they ahd one of the best paint schemes of all railroads. On
E. 233rd Street ((W/B above the railroad tracks) there was a huge building with a ticket office (similar to the one at Fordham) that provided access to the stone stairs that you see on the downtown side. This building burned down to arson during the 70’s as the neighborhood started to change. There was a coal yard at the north end of the south bound platform (where I used to get coal for my model train cars). On the north side platform there was a huge freight elevator that was used to transport coffins with the deceased and their bereaving relatives streetside for transportation and burial in Woodlawn cemetery. The station platforms were built on wooden planks that were ground level with the tracks and S/B extended to the bridge over the underpass for the S/B entrance to the BRP. Any more facts? Just write back!

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