The run up to Christmas saw heavy tanker barge traffic on the North River, perhaps reflecting in part the cold start to winter and consequent demand for heating fuel. Sunday Dec 21 saw Kirby ATB Mount St Elias/ DBL 82 come through with a loaded tank barge heading for Newburgh. In the photo they are passing Guttenberg, NJ and the anchored Stephen Reinauer/RTC 61. A week later, Mount St Elias is back in NY Harbor after making another run up to Newburgh mid-week. Stephen Reinauer is with a barge unloading at the Sprague terminal in Port Morris on the Bronx East River shoreline. Janice Ann Reinauer is the only unit at anchor on the North River today.