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New York, Westchester and Boston Railway

Index New York, Westchester and Boston Railway

The New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Company (NYW&B, also known to its riders as "the Westchester" and colloquially as the "Boston-Westchester"), was an electric commuter railroad in the Bronx and Westchester County, New York from 1912 to 1937. [1]

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Abutment

In engineering, abutment refers to the substructure at the ends of a bridge span or dam whereon the structure's superstructure rests or contacts.

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Bankruptcy in the United States

In the United States, bankruptcy is governed by federal law.

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Baychester Avenue (IRT Dyre Avenue Line)

Baychester Avenue is a station on the IRT Dyre Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Baychester and Tillotson Avenues in the Bronx.

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Brewster, New York

Brewster is a village within the town of Southeast in Putnam County, New York, United States.

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Clinton L. Bardo

Clinton L. Bardo (1868 – 1937) was an American industrialist whose career included stints as general manager of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and president of New York Shipbuilding.

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Cos Cob, Connecticut

Cos Cob is a neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Greenwich, Connecticut.

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Cross Bronx Expressway

The Cross Bronx Expressway is a major freeway in the New York City borough of the Bronx, conceived by Robert Moses and built between 1948 and 1972.

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Danbury, Connecticut

Danbury is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately northeast of New York City, making it part of the New York metropolitan area.

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Degree of curvature

Degree of curve or degree of curvature is a measure of curvature of a circular arc used in civil engineering for its easy use in layout surveying.

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East 180th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)

East 180th Street (originally East 180th Street–Morris Park Avenue) is an elevated express station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway.

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Eastchester (town), New York

Eastchester is a town in southern Westchester County, New York, United States.

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Eastchester–Dyre Avenue (IRT Dyre Avenue Line)

Eastchester–Dyre Avenue (signed as simply Dyre Avenue) is the northern terminal station of the IRT Dyre Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, at Dyre Avenue and East 233rd Street in the Bronx neighborhood of Eastchester.

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Elmsford, New York

Elmsford is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States.

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Fiorello H. La Guardia

Fiorello Henry La Guardia (born Fiorello Enrico La Guardia) (December 11, 1882September 20, 1947) was an American politician.

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Girl Scouts of the USA

Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA), commonly referred to as simply Girl Scouts, is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad.

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Grand Central Terminal

Grand Central Terminal (GCT; also referred to as Grand Central Station or simply as Grand Central) is a commuter and intercity railroad terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States.

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Greenburgh, New York

Greenburgh is a town in the western part of Westchester County, New York, United States.

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Gun Hill Road (IRT Dyre Avenue Line)

Gun Hill Road is a station on the IRT Dyre Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Gun Hill Road and Seymour Avenue in the Baychester and Allerton sections of The Bronx.

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Harlem Line

Metro-North's Harlem Line, originally chartered as the New York and Harlem Railroad, is an 82-mile (132 km) commuter rail line running north from New York City into eastern Dutchess County.

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Harlem River

The Harlem River is an tidal strait flowing between the Hudson River and the East River and separating the island of Manhattan from the Bronx on the New York mainland.

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Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad

The Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad (HR&PC) was chartered in 1866 as a branch line railroad between New York City and Port Chester, New York.

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Harrison station (Metro-North)

The Harrison Metro-North Railroad station serves Harrison, New York via the New Haven Line.

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Harrison, New York

Harrison is a coterminous town-village located in Westchester County, New York, approximately northeast of Manhattan.

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Herbert H. Lehman

Herbert Henry Lehman (March 28, 1878 – December 5, 1963) was a Democratic Party politician from New York.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States, with a census-estimated 2017 population of 2.312 million within a land area of.

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IND Eighth Avenue Line

The IND Eighth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line in New York City, United States, and is part of the B Division of the New York City Subway.

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Independent Subway System

The Independent Subway System (IND or ISS), formerly known as the Independent City-Owned Subway System (ICOS) or the Independent City-Owned Rapid Transit Railroad, was a rapid transit rail system in New York City that is now part of the New York City Subway.

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Interstate 95 in New York

Interstate 95 (I-95) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Miami, Florida, to the Canada–United States border near Houlton, Maine.

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IRT Dyre Avenue Line

The IRT Dyre Avenue Line is a New York City Subway rapid transit line, part of the A Division (IRT).

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IRT Third Avenue Line

The IRT Third Avenue Line, commonly known as the Third Avenue El and the Bronx El, was an elevated railway in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City.

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IRT White Plains Road Line

The White Plains Road Line is a rapid transit line of the IRT division of the New York City Subway serving the central Bronx.

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J. P. Morgan

John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and banker who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation in the United States of America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Larchmont station

The Larchmont station is a Metro-North Railroad stop on the New Haven Line in Larchmont, New York.

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Larchmont, New York

Larchmont is a village located within the Town of Mamaroneck in Westchester County, New York, approximately northeast of Midtown Manhattan.

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Lewis B. Stillwell

Lewis Buckley Stillwell (March 12, 1863 – January 19, 1941) was an American electrical engineer and the president of American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) from 1909 to 1910.

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Liberty ship

Liberty ships were a class of cargo ship built in the United States during World War II.

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List of villages in New York

This is a list of villages in New York, which includes all 539 villages in the U.S. state of New York.

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Mamaroneck station

The Mamaroneck Metro-North Railroad station serves Mamaroneck, New York, via the New Haven Line.

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Mamaroneck, New York

Mamaroneck is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States.

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Morris Park (IRT Dyre Avenue Line)

Morris Park is a station on the IRT Dyre Avenue Line of the New York City Subway served by the 5 train at all times.

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Mount Vernon, New York

Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States.

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Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to a part of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle.

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New Rochelle, New York

New Rochelle is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the southeastern portion of the state.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York Central Railroad

The New York Central Railroad was a railroad operating in the Northeastern United States.

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New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

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New York City Transit Authority

The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, The TA or simply Transit, and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public authority in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City.

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New York State Route 119

New York State Route 119 (NY 119) is an east–west state highway in Westchester County, New York, in the United States.

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New York State Route 125

New York State Route 125 (NY 125) is a north–south state highway located within Westchester County, New York, in the United States.

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New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad

The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, commonly known as the New Haven, was a railroad that operated in northeastern United States from 1872 to 1968, dominating the region's rail traffic for the first half of the 20th century.

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New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad Administration Building

The New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad Administration Building is a historic office building and railroad station in the Van Nest section of The Bronx, New York, New York.

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Northeast Corridor

The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railroad line in the Northeast megalopolis of the United States.

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Oakleigh Thorne

W.O.S. Thorne, more generally known as Oakleigh Thorne (July 31, 1866 − May 23, 1948), was an American businessperson, a publisher of tax guides, a banker, and a philanthropist.

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Overhead line

An overhead line or overhead wire is used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains.

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Panic of 1873

The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered a depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 until 1879, and even longer in some countries (France and Britain).

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Panic of 1907

The Panic of 1907 – also known as the 1907 Bankers' Panic or Knickerbocker Crisis – was a United States financial crisis that took place over a three-week period starting in mid-October, when the New York Stock Exchange fell almost 50% from its peak the previous year.

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Pasadena, Texas

Pasadena is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within the metropolitan area.

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Pelham Parkway (IRT Dyre Avenue Line)

Pelham Parkway is a station on the IRT Dyre Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.

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Pelham, New York

Pelham is a suburban town in Westchester County, New York, approximately 14 miles northeast of Midtown Manhattan.

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Port Chester station

The Port Chester Metro-North Railroad station serves Port Chester, New York via the New Haven Line.

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Port Chester, New York

Port Chester is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States.

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Port Morris, Bronx

Port Morris is a mixed use, primarily industrial neighborhood geographically located in the southwest Bronx, New York City.

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Pressed Steel Car Company

On January 13, 1899 the Pressed Steel Car Company was incorporated in New Jersey with an authorized capitalization of $25 million, for the stated purpose of “manufacturing passenger, freight and street railway cars and to make trucks, wheels, and other parts of cars”.

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Quaker Ridge station (NYW&B)

Quaker Ridge is a former railroad station on the White Plains branch of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway in the city of New Rochelle in Westchester County, New York.

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R36 (New York City Subway car)

The R36 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1964.

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Railroad electrification in the United States

Railroad electrification in the United States began at the turn of the 20th century and comprised many different systems in many different geographical areas, few of which were connected.

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Rolling stock

The term rolling stock in rail transport industry originally referred to any vehicles that move on a railway.

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Rye (town), New York

Rye is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States.

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Rye station (Metro-North)

Rye is a Metro-North commuter rail station that serves Rye, New York via the New Haven Line.

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Scarsdale, New York

Scarsdale is a town and village in Westchester County, New York.

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South Bronx

The South Bronx is an area of the New York City borough of the Bronx.

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Stan Fischler

Stan Fischler (born March 31, 1932) is a historian of hockey and the New York City Subway, as well as a broadcaster, author, and professor.

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Suburbanization

Suburbanization is a population shift from central urban areas into suburbs, resulting in the formation of (sub)urban sprawl.

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Tammany Hall

Tammany Hall, also known as the Society of St.

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The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York.

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The Westchester

The Westchester is a, shopping mall in downtown White Plains, New York.

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Throggs Neck

Throggs Neck (also known as Throgs Neck) is a narrow spit of land in the southeastern portion of the borough of the Bronx in New York City.

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Transformer

A transformer is a static electrical device that transfers electrical energy between two or more circuits through electromagnetic induction.

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Trustee in bankruptcy

A trustee in bankruptcy is an entity, often an individual, in charge of administering a bankruptcy estate.

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West Farms, Bronx

West Farms is a residential neighborhood in a west central part of The Bronx, New York City, also known as the northeast corner of the South Bronx.

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Westchester Avenue station (NYW&B)

Westchester Avenue is a former railroad station located in the borough of the Bronx in New York City, partially suspended over Amtrak's busy Northeast Corridor line.

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Westchester County, New York

Westchester County is a county in the U.S. state of New York.

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White Plains station

The White Plains Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of White Plains, New York via the Harlem Line.

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White Plains, New York

White Plains is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States.

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Whitlock Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)

Whitlock Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway.

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Willis Avenue (IRT elevated station)

Willis Avenue was an elevated rapid transit station of the Willis Avenue Spur that branched off of the IRT Third Avenue Line.

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Willson's Woods Park

Willson's Woods Park is a park located in Mount Vernon, New York.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Wykagyl (New Rochelle)

Wykagyl is a suburban community in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York.

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129th Street (IRT Third Avenue Line)

129th Street was a massive station on the IRT Third Avenue Line, shared by trains of both the Third Avenue Line and IRT Second Avenue Line in the New York City Subway system.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York,_Westchester_and_Boston_Railway

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