Maybe I'm not getting it right, but using the connection south
Of A/R would be a straight shot down to the
Hudson Line.
Of A/R would be a straight shot down to the
Hudson Line.
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east point wrote:If this service could start absolutely go by way of ALB but keep option by NY State for reopening the Chatham - Hudson line .That's interesting. I never thought of going by that route. The tracks were in as far as Claverack until not too long ago.
scoostraw wrote:The first ~3mi of the branch are intact and in-service to a big ADM facility between Hudson and Claverack. From Claverack to Chatham, though, the line has been gone for so long that it's tough to pick it out on an aerial view. Think it was abandoned in the mid-1950's. Not sure but I suspect the ROW has reverted to the adjoining property owners at this point. Think this line is in the same category as the B&M passenger main via Troy-- if it still existed it would be useful, but it's been dead so long that it will never return.east point wrote:If this service could start absolutely go by way of ALB but keep option by NY State for reopening the Chatham - Hudson line .That's interesting. I never thought of going by that route. The tracks were in as far as Claverack until not too long ago.
And it has been criticized as a naive dream.
But seasonal weekend passenger train service from New York City to Pittsfield might yet materialize, and within the next five years.