(erielack) Re: Phoenica, NY

[Gary R.Kazin <"gkazin_@_netscape.net">]

"STGCOMM_@_aol.com" wrote:
> =

> I realize it's a bit off topic, but the talk about the railroads crossi=
ng
the NY Thruway made me think about this.  What railroad(s) used to serve =

Phoenica, NY?  While there this summer, I rode a tourist railroad that =

paralleled the Esopus Creek ( Really a river in breadth, but fairly shall=
ow).

> Whose line was that?  NY Central? NY O&W?
> They ran a small diesel switcher (I think) and open passenger cars with=
 =

wooden benches.  There is actually an old station by the creek that they =
use,
and it looked like they were traveling over part of an old line.
>  =

> Thanks...


That's the Ulster & Delaware branch off the New York Central (West Shore)=
,
which came out of Kingston.  The tourist operation is the Delaware & Ulst=
er. =

There is a web site; try this url for starters:

http://www.udrrhs.org/html/

Gary Kazin
Rockaway, New Jersey

New Jersey Transit - THE WAY TO GO!!!

(I have no affiliation with New Jersey Transit.)

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