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Re: (erielack) Re: Erie in Nyack

Vince & all;
 Great fotos of an old 900 class at Nyack............I don't know if u
caught the post I did on sleeping in the Nyack station in 1961 or 62. I'd
caught the job (one of 3 jobs) off the firemens xtra list for a week when
the regular man was on vacation. It was in the fall & pretty cool so I asked
the station agent if it's  OK for me to sleep in the station. He let me in &
then locked up. He woke me the nexxt morning & I checked the engine over &
worked the job to Hoboken & back. There was no diner or anything near the
station & the few bars even then were very 'yuppified' - I felt I'd be kind
of out of place in my denim jacket & work clothes. I think I got a sandwich
to go at Shaeffers in Hoboken & ate that in the old Nyack depot before
reclining on one of the benches in the waiting room.
       The first night as I said, I wandered around looking for a diner or
restaurant, & recall there being a Mrecedes dealership a block or 2 away.
That set the tone for the town. The Northern line was a neat job, but unless
u lived nearby, it was kind of lonely. Looking at the station foto, I
realize now how the mind plays tricks on u. I always had in my mind that the
NYACK depot had walls of fieldstone. It appears to be stucco.
       Other thoughts.........Happy New Year to all of u on the list. I had
my tinplate layout under the tree (0-27) with an EMD switcher painted in
ERIE colors & numbered 452 for one of the engines that rattled around the
Binghamton area & on which I spent many a cold night. The caboose is a DL&W
gray with the cupola toward the rear. Does this make it a Keyser Valley
caboose? I never really noticed the difference. I have several 'snow
village' lighted houses, church, business, but the only station looks like a
Lehigh Valley one. It's neat to put out the lights & see the little EMD
pulling a 6 or 7 car consist. Kind of reminds me of the 'over the river' job
as they called the  crew that left Conklin yard & & at West BD left the EL
mainline &  worked the industries on the former DL&W mainline as far as
Vestal.
      I wish u all a Happy & prosperous New Year.
Regards to all,
Walter E. Smith
employee #102156
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vincent Lee" <vincejlee_@_yahoo.com>
To: "Mailist ErieLackawnna" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 1:02 PM
Subject: (erielack) Re: Erie in Nyack


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> "Gary R. Kazin" <gkazin_@_yahoo.com> wrote:
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"http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=18&X=2953&Y=22746&W=
1
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> is the Terraserver satellite view of Nyack at closest
> resolution.  The building in the center is a shopping mall
> facing Main Street.  The station was a block or two south
> of there.  Depot Place begins three blocks south of the
> mall
>
> (Snip)
>
> The depot is long gone, from what I've read, and I don't
> see anything that looks 'train station' on the overhead
> view."
>
>
> I haven't been to Nyack in many years. The amount of change
> and gentrification visible in the satellite view is
> amazing. Here's how I prefer to remember Nyack, both views
> taken in the early 1960's:
>
> Vince Lee
>
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> Modelling the Erie Wyoming Divison in Pennsylvania and
> the Erie 28th Street Terminal in New York City
>
> East and West Railfanning Photos:
> http://www.eastwestrails.com/
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