OverlordXenu t1_ixmxc6r wrote on November 24, 2022 at 5:46 PM

Reply to comment by Shortthelongs in A Railroad Strike Could Lead to a Literal Shitshow in NYC by arrogant_ambassador

We’ll all I can find is the Brooklyn transfer Llc at 115 thames, can’t tell if that’s by rail or not, but you do know there’s an active freight rail line in bushwick, right? There are… rail bridges and stuff. And the city just reopened the train barges… https://nynjr.com/

Wowzlul t1_ixogcd9 wrote on November 25, 2022 at 1:01 AM

How the freight rail connections with upstate all fit together is kinda mysterious. The car float is very limited, but it might carry the garbage. The only other way out of East Williamsburg is via Queens and the Hell Gate, and that would of course involve sharing track with Amtrak's passenger trains.

Hunts Point is connected to the broader freight network, though, so I'm reasonably certain there's a connection between the NYA (LIRR freight operations) and the outside world that doesn't involve the car float. Operationally it might be kinda limited, tho.