| The backwater of the B&O system was the Staten Island Rapid Transit, a part of the line no one really knew about. Even New Yorkers would be hard pressed to identify it as the B&O. By the time I happened on it in high school in the mid 70s, it had been taken over by the MTA, and had transit service from the ferry at St George to Tottenville. The other, unremarked part of the line extended from St George to Cranford NJ, via AK draw. At one time there were active stations on this part of the line, though by the time I got there, passengers were a long ago memory. At least a couple of the stations still existed in the 70s, among them this one, which I believe is in the Port Richmond section. Despite having been abandoned long before this date, the stairs are still intact. |