Description: RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Railroads of the Adirondacks A History by Michael Kudish Hard Cover Railroads of the Adirondacks A History by Michael Kudish Hard Cover 496 pages Copyright 1996 CONTENTS Preface7 Acknowledgements9 Part One: By Discipline Chapter 1: Geography and the Maps (includes list of maps)13 Chapter 2: Railroads and Passengers26 Chapter Railroads and Forests30 Chapter 4: Railroads and Forest Fires45 Chapter 5: Railroads and Agriculture48 Chapter 6: Railroads and Mining52 Chapter 7: Railroads and Miscellaneous Industries59 Chapter 8: Unusual Railroads70 Chapter 9: Abandonment79 Chapter 10: Railroad Preservation83 Part Two: By Geography Section I: Into the Adirondacks from the Champlain Valley on the East Chapter 11: Delaware & Hudson Mainline from Whitehall to Rouses Point 99 Chapter 12: Adirondak Company's Railroad to North Creek131 Chapter 13: The Lake George Region154 Chapter 14: Baldwin Branch157 Chapter 15: Crown Point Iron Company's Railroad 159 Chapter 16: Lake Champlain & Moriah Railroad166 Chapter 17: Elizabethtown Terminal Railroad and the NY&P Railroad at Willsboro179 Chapter 18: Keeseville, Ausable Chasm and Lake Champlain Railroad182 Chapter 19: Ausable Branch185 Chapter 20: Chateaugay Railroad200 Chapter 21: Mooers Branch242 Chapter 22: Amtrak's Adirondack246 Section II: Into the Adirondacks from the North Chapter 23: New York & Ottawa Railroad265 Chapter 24: Bombay & Moira Railroad287 Chapter 25: Watson Page Lumber Company Railroad289 Chapter 26: Brooklyn Cooperage Company Railroad291 Chapter 27: Bay Pond Inc. Railroad301 Chapter 28: Oval Wood Dish Corporation's Railroad at Kildare304 Section III: Into the Adirondacks from the Saint Lawrence Valley on the Northwest and West Chapter 29: Hannawa Railroad325 Chapter 30: Clifton Iron Company's Railroad328 Chapter 31: Carthage & Adirondack Railroad331 Chapter 32: Six Short Railroads Connecting with the Carthage & Adirondack 355 Chapter 33: Three Peripheral Railroads: Adirondack & Saint Lawrence (DeKalb Junction to Hermon), Gouverneur & Oswegatchie, and the Lowville & Beaver River360 Section IV: Into the Adirondacks from the Mohawk Valley on the South Chapter 34: Jerseyfield Railroad383 Chapter 35: Fonda, Johnstown, and Gloversville Railroad387 Chapter 36: New York Central Adirondack Division389 Chapter 37: Raquette Lake and Marion River Carry Railroads429 Chapter 38: Mac-a-Mac and Whitney Industries Railroads at Brandreth439 Chapter 39: Grasse River Railroad443 Chapter 40: Paul Smith's Electric Railway453 Chapter 41: Horse Shoe Forestry Company and Wake Robin Railroads463 Chapter 42: Seven Short-Line Railroads along the New York Central Adirondack Division466 Chapter 43: The Adirondack Railway, 1979-1980472 Annotated Bibliography477 Index489 PREFACE WHEN THIS WRITER arrived at Paul Smith's College in 1971, he had wished fora single, convenient reference which would` provide a summary of railroad locations for the whole Adirondack region. None was available, although much had been written by many authors. This writer had to prepare such a reference for himself and hope that others would find it useful. Where did the Tracks Go (hereafter referred to as Tracks) was published by The Chauncy Press in 1985. Tracks went back to the printer several times but is now out of print. The present volume differs from it in three significant ways: First, much additional detail on those lines and stations included in Tracks is presented in this book on the scale-four maps of mines, mining processing facilities, sawmills, and pulp mills. Examples are at Lyon Mountain, Standish, Port Henry, Mineville, Witherbee, Fisher Hill, Benson Mines, Hammondville-Ironville, Crown Point, Tahawus, North Creek, Conifer, Cranberry Lake, Saint Regis Falls, Santa Clara, Corinth-Palmer, Ticonderoga, Wanak-ena, and Newton Falls. Many additional logging spurs are shown for the Rich Lumber Company, Oval Wood Dish Company, and Brooklyn Cooperage Company. Second, the geographic boundaries of Tracks have been expanded in this book. The eastern boundary is the Delaware & Hudson Mainline along Lake Champlain. The northern boundary is the Rutland Railroad, although this book provides detail on this line only where it crossed Adirondack regional lines at Rouses Point, Malone Junction, and Moira. The Saint Lawrence Division of the New York Central and the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg form the west boundary, but no detail is provided on these lines. The New York Central Mainline along the Mohawk River, not included, forms the south boundary. Additional chapters on railroad lines not included in Tracks are Chapter 11 on the Delaware & Hudson Mainline, Chapter 13 on the Baldwin Branch, Chapter 17 on the Elizabethtown Terminal Railroad and the New York & Pennsylvania Company Railroad at Willsboro, Chapter 21 on the Moo-ers Branch, Chapter 29 on the Hannawa Railroad, Chapter 25 on the Watson Page Lumber Company Railroad, Chapter 30 on the Clifton Iron Company Railroad, and Chapter 33 on Three Peripheral Railroads from the Saint Lawrence and Black River Valleys. Chapter 13 on the Lake George Region, Chapter 34 on the Fonda Johnstown & Gloversville Railroad, and Chapter 35 on the Jerseyfield Railroad provide only brief sketches of these lines with abundant references for further reading. Chapters 22 and 43 are on the recent history of passenger service on Amtrak's Adirondack and the Adirondack Railway of 1979-1980, respectively. The map of the Carthage & Adirondack Railroad (Chapter 31 here) terminated westward at Briggs in the 1985 edition. In this book the maps cover the line all the way to Carthage. Third, Tracks treated the railroads only geographically. This book also provides ten introductory chapters arranged by industrial topics for those researchers who study history by topicsa land-use history overview. Chapters 3, 5, and 6 deal mainly with commodities exported from the Adirondacks, while Chapters 2 and 7 deal mainly with commodities (including tourists!) imported. All pictures are of the actual item. There may be reflection from the lights in some photos. We try to take photos of any damage. If this is a railroad item, this material is obsolete and no longer in use by the railroad. Please email with questions. Publishers of Train Shed Cyclopedias and Stephans Railroad Directories. Large inventory of railroad books and magazines. Thank you for buying from us. 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