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eightyeightfan1 Wrote:Apparently, there were two of them. According to what I found hereSad<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.kinglyheirs.com/AbandonedRR/CatskillMountain1.html#CatskillMountain">http://www.kinglyheirs.com/AbandonedRR/ ... llMountain</a><!-- m -->), the Stoney Cove & Catskill Mountain, and the Kaaterskill Railroad. According to the article, both were absorbed by the Ulster and Delaware, and the tracks were converted to standard gauge before 1940.

Nice find Ed. There was also a Catskill Mountain RR that competed with the Stoney Cove and Catskill Mt. These 3 foot gauge roads were built as competition for passenger service to mountain resorts heated up.

The now out of print book "The Ulster and Delaware...Railroad Through the Catskills" by Gerald M. Best is a great resource with lots of photos of vintage equipment.
Ralph
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