Monday, January 21, 2019

Doubleheader on the Walkill Valley





 Doubleheader on the Wallkill Valley Railroad between Kingston and Montgomery (with trackage rights on the Erie down to Campbell Hall).  It was owned by the NYC, and  they frequently ran ex-U&D locomotives on it -- possibly due to weight restrictions on the Rosendale trestle. 
[Steamtown National Historic Site]

Train Wreck at Seneca Falls

 Bad Railroad Accident in Seneca Falls By Richard Palmer    Prior to the merger of the Auburn and Rochester and Auburn and Syracuse railroad...