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Re: (erielack) Re: Phoenica, NY

The tourist operation was the Catskill Mountain
Railroad, which ran (runs?) excursions from Mount
Pleasant 3 miles west to Bridge Street in Phoenicia. 
The Delaware and Ulster Rail Ride operates out of
Arkville, NY, and runs excusions east to Highmount and
west to Halcottsville.  Both of these tourist
operations utilize the former Ulster and Delaware
Branch of the New York Central, as already pointed
out.  The Ulster and Delaware Railroad once extended
108 miles from Kingston Point on the Hudson River to
Oneonta, and it was intruumental in opening up the
Catskills to tourism and other development.  The
Ulster and Delaware was family held until being sold
to the NYC in 1932.  (Sorry there is no EL conent
here.  Interested person can e-mail me directly.) 

- --- "Gary R.Kazin" <"gkazin_@_netscape.net"> wrote:
> "STGCOMM_@_aol.com" wrote:
> > 
> > I realize it's a bit off topic, but the talk about
> the railroads crossing
> 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 shallow).
> 
> > 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 & Ulster. 
> 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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