The 1986 independent film Combat Shock used the railway as a backdrop for many scenes and subplots.
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Part of singer Madonna's music video for "Papa Don't Preach" was filmed on the stairs and platform of the railway's Stapleton station.
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In October 1957, four years after North Shore Branch passenger trains ended, a train from Washington crossed the Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge carrying Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to the Staten Island Ferry for a state visit.
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