Sorry this one is rather faint. But these are all rarities in the RR paper collecting world. I do mean rare! Montgomery, New York: Boxcab E50
Well, that wraps up my nostalgic little trip. Rare items, from a company few people recall ever existed. And a type of railroad work few hobbyists ever paid attention to..... Truly an art form! Telegraphy and train orders! Boxcab E50
Wow, Ken, I'm impressed. Where on earth did you find those? The New York Central and Hudson River, a name that of course preceded the NYC System. Don't you love the names of those towns? I have been to many of them.
Jim- I've been collecting train orders for a while. This is my forth decade of doing so. A lot of searching is involved! It's an aspect of this hobby, which most RRdiana collectors have foolishly overlooked! But, that leaves more for me! Boxcab E50
Ken, thanks for posting those TO's. I guess growing up in Bedford Hills on the NY&HRR (Harlem Div.), We always believed that the NYC's "insignificant" Hudson Division about 15 miles to our west didn't rate any of our attention....Oh, Silly Us! Hey, we did have a real treat in 1944 when a freight derailed and lodged a 16" naval gun barrel across all four tracks in the tunnels at Cold Spring, NY. We had all of the Central's Grand Steel Fleet, including both Centurys, come through town for most of a day......Whoopee!
Hank, do you know where Palatine Bridge is? My old stomping grounds in the Mohawk Valley. I guess I didn't realize that the NYC&HR went up through where the Adirondack Division would be, with places like Saranac Inn and Tupper Lake Jct. Fonda was on the Mohawk Division. Oh, to go back to those times.
Jim- What I would like to see, is a map of the NYC&HR system, when they were independent. Pre-1914. Does such an item exist? Boxcab E50
Jim, I have no idea where Pallatine Bridge is, sorry. Although we were in Fonda September 2004. The remnants of Hurricane Frances flooded Schoharie Creek which in turn blocked the Barge Canal, preventing our cruise boat from going any further east than Fonda. So we had to take a cab to Albany airport. Small World. [ November 20, 2005, 02:48 PM: Message edited by: Hytec ]
Hank, Palatine Bridge is 12 highway miles west of Fonda, so you actually passed it. Ken, I'm sure such a route map exists, and I may even have it in one of my books. I'll have to look.
Jim, I do remember that we had a neat experience going under the four-track truss bridge that the Central built to cross the Canal somewhere between Rome and Fonda. The water was so high that the skipper stopped the boat just before it touched the bridge bottom. He then had the passengers move forward which lowered the bow just enough that we had two (2) inches clearance under the rivets. He then moved the boat forward very slowly while he asked us to walk aft, staying directly under the bridge. This way the boat actually tilted just enough to clear the rivets. Damndest experience my wife and I had ever had, and we have been sailing for over 60 years...... By the way, that's the first time I had ever seen that bridge from the bottom, although I had passed over it many times over the years....of course always on the Central, never PC or AMTK!!!!
