RAILS ALONG THE EAST BRANCH: Delaware & Northern Railroad, Out of Print NEW BOOK For Sale

RailsAlong the East Branch:TheDelaware & Northern RailroadbyJohn Ham & Robert Bucenec

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This hardbound book is Out of Print and no longer available from the publisher.
This seller has a NEW book in original shrinkwrap in stock.Abrief early history traces its beginnings as the Delaware &Eastern.
Then the journey continues through reorganization as theDelaware & Northern on to its eventual abandonment.Thisbook includes the planned extension to Schenectady; the PepactonReservoir project; the local milk and lumber industries; acidfactories; early tourism; connections to the U&D and NYO&W;steam rosters; and the towns served.

From the Preface:
"Time has a way of passing us by, and the older one becomes, the quicker it seems to go. Just yesterday it was 1906 and a small Catskill Mountain short line railroad began running its trains up and down the valley of the East Branch of the Delaware River in New York State. It is now 2006 and I cannot envision a more opportune time to present a book about the Delaware & Northern Railroad and her predecessor, the Delaware & Eastern, than on the occasion of her one-hundredth birthday.
"The Delaware & Northern is not widely known in the grand scheme of railroad history, but it has created many fond memories for those who remember it. For nearly forty years the small steam locomotives and the Brill doodlebug, affectionately called the "Red Heifer," ran up and down the valley carrying passengers and freight for the communities that lay along the river's banks. It originally was envisioned as a major coal hauler from the Pennsylvania coalfields to the capital district of New York State, but for many reasons it was a vision that never materialized. Instead, it became a trunk line of 38 miles in length connecting the New York Ontario & Western at East Branch with the Ulster & Delaware at Arkville in the Catskills. A branch line also ran nine miles up the hill to the village of Andes. The entire railroad lay within the confines of Delaware County. The Delaware & Northern came to an end in 1942 when the city of New York decided to build the Pepacton Reservoir, which eventually inundated nineteen miles of the railroad."

This is not an in-depth technical analysis of the railroad, but rather a profusely illustrated look at the Delaware & Northern and its predecessor.Contents:
Ch.1: The Delaware & Eastern Railroad
Ch. 2: The Construction
Ch.3: Scenes Along the Main Line
Ch. 4: The Andes Branch
Ch. 5:The Schenectady & Margaretville Railroad
Ch. 6: ConnectingRailroads (U&D and NYO&W)
Ch. 7: The Delaware &Northern: End of the Line
Ch. 8: The Pepacton Reservoir
Ch. 9:Steam Locomotives
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