I'll let Ernie give the full details of today's cutting, but we got very close to the Holiday Inn. It was a great day. It was very hard work in places. We had...
Today we had a great turnout - a 12 person crew! In the morning, we cut west 450 feet from MP 4.9 to the Esopus bridge, MP 5.0. After completing this segment,...
Hello: Can someone provide the exact (or approximate) dates for (1) the closing of Kingston Union Station and (2) its demolition? I'm planning a trip to the ...
Kevin - It was open to the end of West Shore passenger service in 1958, and it was gone by the spring of 1960. NYCRR acted quickly to get it off the tax...
This may be a stupid question, but is there a connection of the present U&D trackage to the CSX River Main? If not, how does the present day ROW cross the...
Kevin: I'm not really sure when the office closed at Kingston but I do know, from Gene Dauner's slides, that the depot was demolished in March, 1966. Dick ... ...
Gino: There is no physical connection at Kingston. CMRR tracks run right up to the CSX mainline, but the switch has been removed. Connections cost money to...
Gino - Unless a miracle has occurred lately, the switch connection to the former U&D right of way from the CSX River Line has been removed and not replaced. I...
Gentlemen: Thank you for the information about KUS (and all the related information on the U&D/WS crossing, which is a great example of an "unintended...
According to the December 1996 edition of the The Messenger, produced by the Empire State Railway Museum, the switch was reinstalled in 1986 for $90,000 by the...
Freight service provided by the CMRR? That would be awesome! Speaking of freight service, the Delaware Otsego System planned on running freight on a stretch...
Yes, I remember that conversation. Boy, I miss that Steve Delibert. He was a great guy who I loved to email. Always wrote back and boy did he love the U&D....
... track. ... post ... Gino - The Kingston Terminal Railroad (Delaware Otsego Corp) started at the switch to the "east leg" and continued down the hill to...
The following link shows the track Gordon describes: http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=18&X=730&Y=5802&W=3&qs=%7ckingston%7cny%7c...
I downloaded a close-up satellite photo of the missing switch location in Kingston and posted it in a new photo album called "Satellite Images". I'll try to...
Thanks for posting the photo. It also shows the industrial building that was built on top of the old U&D right of way just to the east of where the diamonds...
... While we are on the topic, does anyone know what color the Kingston depot was painted, say in the 1920's, or at any other time? I plan to build a model of...
I learned from Freddie Rasmussen of the Trolley Museum, who helped us cutting brush in Kingston last weekend, that the Trolley Museum has a long-term plan to...
CMRR Brush Cutting – April 8th On Saturday, April 8th, we will meet just west of Cold Brook Station (MP 22.1), near the old iron bridge, about 9:45 am. We...
CMRR Brush Cutting – Sunday, April 9th Chris Bigham and I will be organizing a work party on Sunday to cut further in Kingston (this will be in addition to...
Today we cut 2100 feet on the reservoir, from MP 20.2 to 19.8. This makes one mile we have cut on the reservoir this year. We had a great turnout of 11-12...
Ernie, I got reminded that I have some chores to do tomorrow afternoon and that I spent my Railroad day today. So in the interest of domestic tranquility I'm...
Joe: You should remind Marie that she is a family member and that tomorrow, you were going to be kind enough to do HER share of the brush cutting. What did you...
Today we had a six man, 2 dog crew cutting east of MP 4.7 in Kingston. We cut about 1000 feet, to about MP 4.5, in about the middle of the Holiday Inn area. We...
On Saturday, April 15th, we will meet just west of Cold Brook Station (MP 22.1), near the old iron bridge, about 11:00 am. The reason for the late start is...
