While the Lackawanna was never provided significant intercity services it did field a small fleet of trains such as the Phoebe Snow, Owl, New Yorker, and Pocono Express serving Buffalo. There were other railroads which shared these facilities including the Baltimore & Ohio, Lehigh Valley, and Reading. Pennsylvania (before it built into Manhattan).Central Railroad of New Jersey (whose ornate Jersey City Terminal is the only other such facility still standing),.The most notable facilities were operated by: The former reached Manhattan thanks to the efforts of its president, Alexander Cassatt, who spent millions during the early 20th century to lay tunnels beneath the Hudson while the latter was born on the island.įor all other railroads the only way to provide service was via a waterfront terminal and ferries. The two exceptions here were the East's most powerful systems, the Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central.

For most railroads attempting to serve the country's most important port city the New Jersey waterfront would be as close as they would get.

Hoboken train station