Portion of the former Erie Railroad in New York State
Graham Line
The Otisville Tunnel carries the Graham Line under Otisville
Overview
Status
Operational
Owner
Norfolk Southern Railway
Locale
Orange County
Termini
Otisville
Harriman
Stations
4
Service
System
Norfolk Southern Railway Metro-North Railroad
Services
Port Jervis Line
Operator(s)
Metro-North Railroad
History
Commenced
1904 (1904)
Opened
January 1909 (1909-01)
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
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Legend
Port Jervis Line
to Port Jervis
Otisville Tunnel
73.8 mi
118.8 km
Otisville
Erie Main Line
NY 17
Howells
71.6 mi
115.2 km
Middletown–Town of Wallkill
Middletown
Main Street, Middletown
I-84
Wallkill River
New Hampton
Goshen
65.6 mi
105.6 km
Campbell Hall
Chester
NYSW | L&HRR
Greycourt
55.5 mi
89.3 km
Salisbury Mills–Cornwall
Moodna Viaduct over Erie Newburgh Branch
Oxford
Moodna Viaduct over Moodna Creek
Monroe
Harriman
Newburgh Junction
44.9 mi
72.3 km
Harriman
Port Jervis Line
to Suffern
The Graham Line (also known as the Guymard Cutoff) is the portion of the former Erie Railroad in New York State from Highland Mills (at about 41°20′35″N74°07′12″W / 41.343°N 74.120°W / 41.343; -74.120) to Guymard (at about 41°25′44″N74°35′42″W / 41.429°N 74.595°W / 41.429; -74.595), constructed from 1906 to 1909 as a high-speed freight line. The Graham Line bypasses the original Erie Main Line through Monroe, Chester, Goshen and Middletown. Grade on the Graham Line was not to exceed 0.2% eastward or 0.6% westward, while the original Main Line built in the 1840s had grades up to 1.25%. There were three places where freight trains needed a helper on the old line and none on the new, but just west of the cutoff the grade up from Port Jervis to Guymard could not be improved, and remained unchanged as the only place in the area needing a helper. The sharpest curve on the old line was 7 degrees and on the new was 1 deg 30 min. The Graham Line has no grade crossings: a rarity on the Erie. The downside of the improved grade and curvature is that the Graham Line is seven miles longer than the original mainline. Maintaining the desired grade required two notable engineering features: the Moodna Viaduct and the Otisville Tunnel.
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