Particularly interesting is the tidbit in the middle of the article that there is no freight rail crossing of the Hudson River south of Selkirk[0], near Albany. So any freight train that wants to travel between NYC (except Staten Island) and points west must go almost 150 miles North of the city.<p>[0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkirk_hurdle" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkirk_hurdle</a>