West point (US Military Academy) narrow gauge rails?

BIGKID:

I just asked a friend who is very knowledgeable concerning the Hudson River Valley. He tells me that there is some construction going on at West Point that can be seen from the river and across it but there has never been a narrow gauge railroad on the property of West Point. This friend has been operating passenger and freight trains on both sides of the Hudson River for many years.

Ed G. (Along the New Haven Line Of Metro-North And Amtrak In Westchester County, NY)

From the look of it, it likely wasn't a 'real' narrow gauge railroad, maybe it was some sort of rail based cart or something to move goods and supplies delivered? I am only sorry I couldn't get a picture of it, the bus was bouncing and we were on the wrong side. 

I have a listing of Army-operated railroads and none were listed for West Point. Doesn't mean there couldn't have been a civilian-run construction project at some point, given that the site predates railroad use...

New York City water tunnel number three 6 BILLION DOLLARS due to finish in 2020

gunny posted:

New York City water tunnel number three 6 BILLION DOLLARS due to finish in 2020

What does THAT have to do with the question about West Point?????

that is what the narrow gauge trackage is for!!!

gunny posted:

that is what the narrow gauge trackage is for!!!

Really????   You mean they are building a tunnel under the Hudson River THAT far north of New York City, i.e. more than an hour north of the George Washington Bridge?

They already have TWO one to Delaware watershed PA. line and one to the Catskills. This one is 600 feet deep in some  places.

Some of these projects, like the New York water tunnel amaze me.  The time and money it takes to build them is mind boggling.  On the plus side, they create jobs.  I don't know if anyone is familiar with Kelly Drive (formally The East River Drive) in Philadelphia.  Up near where the old B&O crosses the Schuylkill River with the stone arch and plate girder bridges, some sort of water project was going on for quite a few years.  It seemed like the work was never ending and each day as I passed I would look for some change.  Well, by the time I retired in 2004, the work was still going on.  I hadn't been on the drive for a year or so and when I did drive it the work was finally complete.  I'm not sure what the project was for.  Sometimes I wonder if these projects are for more than civilian purposes.