Bergen Subdivision - Popular & Photogenic Route

Popular & Photogenic Route

The River Subdivision especially offers many photographically pleasing locations, opportunities and vantage points:

  • Low and High Trestles
  • Thru Truss, Plate Girder & Box Girder Bridges
  • River & Inlet Crossings
  • Shoreline Running
  • Tunnels
  • Rock Cuts
  • Urban, Suburban and Rural settings
  • Overgrade and undergrade automobile crossings
  • Grade Crossings
  • Reverse 'S' curves
  • Local Industry
  • Yards and
  • Old Stations.

Many of these locations can be accessed for railfan photography without the need for trespassing on either railroad or individually owned private property.

Several websites such as http://photos.greatrails.net/ and http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/default.aspx cater to hosting railfan photo archives, and have many images posted by those railfans who frequently visit parts of the line.

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