Depot: (
Satellite)
Turntable: (
Satellite, some remnants of the roundhouse foundation are still visible.)
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Ed Bacher posted The old Erie station at Port Jervis, NY (circa 1969). This station had a 24/7 agent. At one time the service to the west (Binghamton and beyond) ran thru Port Jervis; ultimately it was routed onto the Lackawanna via the cutoff (Photo by me.) John L Garcia shared
Eric Zeliff: The station is in use for commercial tenants. The station stop is now about two blocks west near the turntable with a short high level platform. |
Because of Eric's comment above, I looked for the turntable.
This map helped me find the depot and turntable.
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| 1953 Port Jervis South and 1969 Port Jervis North Quads @ 24,000 |
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History’s Mirror posted The Erie Railroad roundhouse and turntable at Port Jervis, New York, stood for well over a century as a vital center of railroad operations and mechanical skill. The original half-circle roundhouse, built in the mid-to-late 1840s, reflected the early growth of the Erie Railroad and its need to service steam locomotives at a key junction point. As locomotives grew larger and more powerful, the railroad expanded the facility, adding the full-circle roundhouse around 1875, creating the imposing structure remembered in later photographs. At the heart of the complex was the Erie turntable, an essential piece of infrastructure that allowed engines to be turned and routed efficiently, remaining in active use until 1987, long after steam had disappeared from regular service. The roundhouse was more than a building; it was a workplace where generations of railroaders maintained, repaired, and prepared locomotives that powered commerce and travel across the region. Its destruction by an arsonist’s fire in the 1980s marked the loss of a major historic structure, but not the end of its story. Today, the site lives on through redevelopment as the Port Jervis Transportation History Center, which includes the restored and operational Erie turntable, preserving a tangible link to the city’s deep railroad heritage. |
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