What’s Left of New York’s Central Railroad | LOST FOREVER

Support the channel by visiting and using promo code SOCASH to protect your privacy. Chapters: 00:00 - When Train Tracks Ran on the Road - The New York Central Railroad 01:13 - The Unification of the New York Rails | The Birth of New York Central Railroad 03:27 - How Cornelius Vanderbilt Built a Rail Empire | The Age of the Commodore 06:20 - The Wild West Side & The St. Johns Train Terminal 10:00 - Why Running Trains on Street level is a horrible idea | New York’s “West Side cowboys” 11:56 - When New York moved their Railroad above street level | The High Line 12:39 - The Peak of New York Central Railroad 14:28 - When the U.S. seized the New York Central Rail Road. 15:39 - The Demise of New York Central Railroad 17:25 - The Legacy of New York Central Railroad IT’S HISTORY - Weekly Tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash. Submit your episode idea here. 👉