Newburgh Branch

Newburgh Branch
Overview
Owner	New York and Newburgh Railroad (1850–1869) Erie Railroad (1869–1976) Conrail (1976–1984)
Termini	Greycourt, New York Newburgh, New York
History
Opened	1850
Closed	1937 (passenger service ended) 1977 (fully abandoned) 1984-85 (tracks and infrastructure removed)
Technical
Line length	19 mi (31 km)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map v t e Newburgh Branch Legend Erie Main Line/Orange Heritage Trail NYS&W Main Line (former L&HR mainline) Greycourt Yard Greycourt Erie Main Line/Orange Heritage Trail Craigville Route 94 Blooming Grove Moodna Creek Washingtonville Moodna Creek Salisbury Mills Moodna Viaduct/Graham Line/Port Jervis Line Interstate 87/New York State Thruway Newburgh Shortcut Line to Newburgh Junction Vails Gate Junction Route 300 Vails Gate New Windsor Route 32 West Newburgh West Newburgh Yard West Shore Railroad/River Subdivision Newburgh West Shore Railroad/River Subdivision

The Erie Railroad Newburgh Branch is a mostly abandoned branch line that travels across the center of Orange County, New York. It survives as the CSX Vails Gate Spur between Newburgh and Vails Gate, but is abandoned between Vails Gate and the end of the line in Greycourt. When it opened in 1850, it was Newburgh's first railroad and remained the only line serving the city for over three decades until the first train operated from Newburgh along the West Shore Railroad in 1883.^[1]