• D&H Chateguay Branch abandonment

  • Pertaining to all railroading subjects, past and present, in New York State.
Pertaining to all railroading subjects, past and present, in New York State.

Moderator: Otto Vondrak

  by nydepot
 
When was the 22 miles from Plumadore to Lake Clear Jct abandoned? Pre-65 sometime? Thanks.

Charles
  by Cactus Jack
 
Lyon Mountain to Plumadore was abandoned in 1946 and the Saranac Lake to Lake Placid section sold to NYC. Earlier, in 1940 D&H got rights on NYC from Plumadore to Lake Clear Jct via a new connector and over the NYC branch to Saranac Lake allowing them to abandon from Plumadore to Saranac Lake.