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Re: (erielack) May calendar photo

I came to the Endicott area in 1953 and don't think there were any passenger 
trains that stopped at Appalchin even then. Mystery as to why the DL&W built 
that nice brick station there while retaining the old wood one at Vestal, 
which always had quite a bit of passenger traffic from Endicott, right 
across the river with a bridge right at the station.

There was a large lumber and millwork palnt at Appalachin but I can't even 
recall a siding by the station. other than that no industrya t Appalachin. 
Goog shot of orginal wood station in Taber. Campville, across the river, was 
abig stock laoding point on the Erie way back. Cattle, etc. were driven to 
Appalachin and then ferried across the susquehanna to the Campville 
stockyards....before DL&W was built through.

Chuck Y
Boulder CO
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com>
To: "EL Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 11:47 AM
Subject: (erielack) May calendar photo


> Turning the EL calendar over...
>
> This month's image is a little "blah" - it's the DL&W Apalachin, NY
> station taken in 1959, not too long after the last passenger trains
> stopped using it. This is the station that's still sitting there, right
> next to NY State 17 (or whatever Interstate highway number it is now).
> No trains in this image, and sadly, since this appears to be a mid-day
> shot, there is no sun to highlight the station walls (everything below
> the roofline is in very dark shadow).
>
> The details in the photo sre pretty interesting, though - the lumber in
> the background (was there a lumberyard here?) and the industrial
> building at the right. And the reinforced grade crossing in the
> foreground is a nice - and seemingly modern-looking - touch.
>
> The DL&W track standards around here are still pretty high, even at this
> late date.
>
> - Paul
>
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