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[lestrangee]

Thank you.  I have long been interested in the The Putnam Railroad- THE OLD PUT-that runs through Van Cortlandt Park. In particular The Getty Square Spur that runs from a “station stop” called MOSHULU and goes North to Getty Square. The Moshulu train stop has always fascinated me. However, I have never seen a rendering or photo of same unlike the other stations along the spur.  Does any member have any visual information I can use in my study of The Moshulu Train Stop which I believe shut down in the 1930’s. Thank you, Philip LeStrange

[jbakerjonathan]

I seem to recall there being photos of the station in total disrepair…rusting away, in posts on this site.  I’m sorry that I can’t be more specific.  As a boy, I would on occasion in my wanderings in Van Cortlandt Park reach that area on the Putnam Trail and I can recall seeing the remains of the station, together with the stone samples that were placed there to see the effects of weather on the different types of stone.  I recall climbing on them, which was a challenge for a boy.  I didn’t know what they were or why they were there until I found out on this site.  They were the choices for the construction of the Grand Central Terminal, I believe.

[Thomas Casey]

I do not believe there was a MOSHULU Station on the Old Put. There was VC,  Caryl, Loweree & Park Hill and Yonkers

 

 

[Thomas Casey]

I guess from this report, the author stated there was a platform at the Mosholu overpass.  Also inside the park, at Mosholu Avenue, this was a minor station on the Getty Square branch that was gone well before the closing of the line. Walk in from Broadway along Mosholu Avenue to the site. The branch was on an embankment, and the stone abutments of its now-missing bridge over the street are easily found, but there is no trace of a station.

[jbakerjonathan]

Philip LeStrange,
Alan Lasky has posted some pictures of a Putnam train station that may be the one you are interested in. Search for 1468 and scroll down through the pictures until you reach the two that show the station.

[jbakerjonathan]

Philip LeStrange,

The station I referred to in my post 4897 was on the eastern, main line of the Putnam.

The photos I referenced in my post 4939 are, as Alan Lasky said, of the Van Cortlandt Station at the south end of VCP, before the track splits with a spur going toward Mosholu Ave and your station.

Perhaps this 1924 aerial view might show the location of the Mosholu Station.

The yellow line is Mosholu Ave that crosses Broadway and goes into VCP. The yellow circle may be the train station.

It looks as though one can drive into the Park on Mosholu Ave until reaching the stables, then there is a walking path that continues…perhaps all the way to where the station had been located.

[karlreinsons@gmail.com]

Jonathan

The well preserved RR trestle is right next to the horse stables

No remains of the station that I am aware of

[tmara2]

Brief history of the Putnam Line in VC Park (from https://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/arch_reports/1973.pdf):

[tmara2]

1921 Map of VC Park showing the Putnam Line & the Yonkers Line tracks. (from NYPL)

[tmara2]

Remains of the rail abutments for the Yonkers Line near the VC Park stables:

From: https://www.nyc.gov/assets/bronxcb8/pdf/parks/2022/Feasibility_Study_P-R_Oct_2022.pdf

[jbakerjonathan]

tmara2, thank you for all this information! I hadn’t realized how close to the stables the old railroad line was. The picture brings into focus quite well the description Karl gave.

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