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CONRAIL: Consolidated Rail Corporation
The break-up of Conrail to CSX and Norfolk Southern is just really a continuation of a drama that has gone on for about the last 80 years.
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Castleton Cutoff and Selkirk
New York Central's Castleton Cutoff, Hudson River Connecting Railroad, and the Selkirk Yard.
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Railroads in Oneonta
The Southern New York Railway: Interurban electric between Oneonta and Mohawk Valley. Railroad connections in Oneonta with the New York Central and the Delaware and Hudson. The Ontario & Western and the Unadilla Valley.
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Cedar Hill Rail Yard in New Haven
From 1844 to 1967, the New Haven RR was a force in New England. Driving north from New Haven, Cedar Hill yard cannot be overlooked. Its still used, but not to the extent it was 50 year ago. Imagine, over 9,000 cars handled on one day!
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Industrial Development on the Delaware & Hudson Railro
1920's story about how the Delaware & Hudson Railroad
helped develop the region it served. How coal played a role in the history of the D&H.
D&H Sales Offices. D&H to North Creek
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Since 1950
Over fifty years ago, Merle Armitage published a book called "The Railroads of America". In it, he listed the major railroads of the time. I took his list and tried to see where they all went. I also compared to a 1980 source of Class 1 railroads.
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Railroads to Newport
Newport, Rhode Island is located on Aquidneck Island. The Old Colony & Newport Railway was chartered in 1863 as that islands answer to a demand for a rail connection with the rest of the country. Today, a tourist line and a dinner train survive.
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New York Central's Catskill Mountain Branch
The Catskill Mountain Branch of the New York Central connected with the West Shore at Kingston, NY. It was once the Ulster & Delaware. Abandoned when Conrail was formed, sections of it are now tourist rail.
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Railroads from Albany to Connecticut
Railroads through the region East of the Hudson from Albany to Connecticut. Includes the rail junction of Chatham and the New York Central Harlem Division. The New York & Harlem Railroad Company, founded in 1831, is responsible for $7.8 million in bonds due in the year 2043. These bonds are legally secured by the 127-mile right-of-way from New York City to Chatham AND by GRAN
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New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
All about the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. The New York Central was created in 1853 by the merger of ten other railroads, spearheaded by Albany industrialist Erastus Corning. Commodore Vanderbilt brought it together with the the Hudson River and Harlem Railroads.
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