***Hi all- it was nice to reunite with my old RR pals ( both NYC and U&D Societies) and get to meet some 'email' folks in person ! THX to Dick Makse for an...
Hi Gents! While waiting for my membership to be approved for this group (thanks Dick!) I took the time to read all the posts since this groups inception. I am...
Hello, I have started a new yahoo group dedicated to the New York Centrals Troy and Schenectady Branch. All discussion related to the Branch and surrounding...
Thought you all might enjoy what traces of the Katterskill Branch can be found today. These pictures are from a trip I made out to the Catkills back in July...
Did any train registers survive? I'm curious to know what a day's worth of traffic would have looked like in any given decade. I've gleaned what I can from...
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Burr, have you contacted Lonnie Gale at the Empire State Museum in Phoenicia? Al ... From: UDRRHS@yahoogroups.com [mailto:UDRRHS@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
Burr - You want to be a bit careful about what you ask for. This is one of those little nit-picking details: A "train register" in the strict sense will only...
Gordon & all: I have never seen a "completed" Dispatcher's Record of Movement of Trains but do have a blank dispatcher's sheet from pre-1951 (it's NYC CMB...
Chris: Thanks a million for sharing these views of the Mountaintop. It is still fun exploring this area--there's so much history up there. Of interest is the ...
Kingston: City on the Hudson<http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=28797&cgi=product&isbn=1585677329> Alf Evers The Overlook Press, November 2005,...
***Since Dick makse and I traipsed around the wallkill vally bridges back before the U&D Dinner, I found this site= www.gorailtrail.org/history.htm interesting...
Hi everyone, I've just created a new Yahoo Group dedicated to the Delaware Otsego System. Here you can discuss the CACV, CNYK, FJ&G, LASB, RVRR, Staten Island...
***Hi all- while cleaning my desk ( once a year..) I found a note that involves two of my many RR groups = "Ulster & Delaware RR locomotive #25 ( typical 4-6-0...
***I finally found my photo chip, and uploaded the pix that I took at Our Dinner Meet in November, in the Photos area. ( accessible via the home page). A good...
Just found this great picture of O&W bobber on the Historical Society of Middletown and the Wallkill Precinct, Inc. site. http://thrall.org/photos/189z3.htm ...
***HI all- In a MS NYC "picture book", one caption said = "The U&D was acquired by a very reluctant NYC as (sic) condition to another acquisition". I was not...
Bill - This is the story, off the top of my head as related to me, and with some but not all of the documentation that I would like. The NYC controlled the...
***wowowo, and as usual, THX GAD !!!!! Strange how a federal authority cared about preserving a little short line in the catskills, tying that in to much...
Gordon, Thanks for the great post, as usual! Let's not miss a significant point in Gordon's message: The U&D was NOT a "little short line." It was a Class 1...
... ***Hi Harold !!! OK, pls forgive me... that was strictly in comparison - not limited by definition, but- to THE BIG FOUR, I won't go into the heavy duty ...
Bill, Yep, not as long, but just as wide, or as I like to say, the U&D was listed along with all the other Class 1's, just ahead of Union Pacific! The Dauner...
This article can also be seen online at: http://www.dailyfreeman.com/site/printerFriendly.cfm? brd=1769&dept_id=74969&newsid=15985980 From today's Kingston...
This may be a better link to the rail trail story. http://www.dailyfreeman.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15985980&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=74969&rfi=8 Burr Hubbell...
I guess we had better get organized to weigh in on this issue. What I know so far is that an RFP was issued last year seeking someone to investigate the...
Burr: Agreed. But who started this ball rolling? I 100 percent doubt this originated in the County. That being said, how did CMRR let this happen? Sounds like...
Didn't the CMRR just open more trackage? I was down there, I saw the new crossing put in and other work. You're telling me this isn't ROW improvement? Gino...
