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PASSENGERS STAND ON THE CABOOSE AS THE STEAM TRAIN
PASSES THROUGH SMALL MOUNTAIN TOWNS. POV FOLLOWING BEHIND THE TRAIN |
| 00:12:12 135.2 |
STEAM TRAIN ON THE LINE FROM CAIRO JUNCTION TO
PALENVILLE, RAN SUMMERS ONLY FOR THE TOURISTS. TRAIN CROSSING BRIDGE POV BEHIND TRAIN. 1906 NARROW GAUGE TRAIN, PASSENGERS STAND ON THE BACK OF THE TRAIN ON THE CABOOSE, TRAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS |
| 00:13:06 189.2 |
AT PALENVILLE, THE C.M. RY. CONNECTED WITH THE OTIS
ELEVATING RAILWAY. POV ON TRAIN PASSING UNDER ELEVATED TRAIN TRACKS |
| 00:13:22 205.2 |
BY MEANS OF A CABLE OVER A MILE IN LENGTH THE CARS
WERE DRAWN UP THE STEEP MOUNTAIN WALL TO THE SUMMIT ABOUT 1600 FEET. POV ON NARROW GAUGE TRAIN THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS |
| 00:14:05 248.2 |
POV ON NARROW GAUGE TRAIN IN THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS,
CIRCA 1906. LARGE WHITE BUILDING ON THE LEFT IS CATSKILL MOUNTAIN HOUSE BUILT IN 1823, THE BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED IN THE LATE 1950s. POV PASSING TROLLY CAR ON NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY |
| 00:15:28 331.2 |
POV PULLING INTO OTIS SUMMIT. CARS WERE HOISTED HERE
USING A HUGE STATIONARY ENGINE AT OTIS SUMMIT THE CARS WERE EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC CLUTCHES IN CASE OF A CABLE BREAK |
| 00:15:59 362.2 |
POV ON TRAIN THROUGH THE HUDSON VALLEY CIRCA 1906
TRAIN GOING DOWNHILL INTO THE VALLEY |
| 00:16:56 419.2 |
POV ON TRAIN PASSING THROUGH COVERED BRIDGE. STATION
AT THE FOOT OF THE OTIS ELEVATING RAILWAY, CATSKILL MOUNTAIN TRAIN SEEN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PLATFORM |
| 00:17:07 430.2 |
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Year: 1906
Color: Black & White
Genre: RAILROADS & TRAINS
Specialty CollectionGenre: RAILROADS & TRAINS
Description: 1906 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE. NARROW GAUGE TRAIN. 3-FOOT GAUGE LINE FROM CATSKILL LANDING ON THE WEST BANK OF THE HUDSON RIVER, SOME STOPS IT MADE WERE LEEDS, CAIRO JUNCTION AND PALENVILLE, THE LEGENDARY HOME OF RIP VAN WINKLE. CATSKILL MOUNTAINS, UPSTATE NEW YORK.
Keywords: covered bridge
