DELAWARE, ULSTER, GREENE & SCHOHARIE COUNTY N.Y.

RAILROAD INFORMATION

courtesy of
P. M. GOLDSTEIN

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RR Information & Data:

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Dates of Service &
Station / Route List

(interchanges with other railroads are listed in parenthesis next to village where apllicable)

Andes & Delhi
1898 - 1899
(a/k/a Delaware Valley RR)
(never built)

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Andes & Middletown

(never built)

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Cairo Railroad
1885 - 1919
(branch of Catskill Mountain Railway)

South Cairo  -  Cairo

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Canajoharie & Catskill
1830 - 1842

Catskill   -  Third Bridge  -  South Cairo  -  East Durham  -  Oak Hill  -  Cooksburg

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Catskill Mountain Railway  & Catskill Mountain RR
               1885 - 1916                       -    1880 - 1885  & 1916 - 1919

(including:  Cairo  and  Catskill  &  Tannersville  branches)

Cairo:   Cairo Jct   -   Cairo

Catskill Mountain Railway:   Catskill Landing  -  Catskill  -  West Shore Station (WS)  -  Third Bridge Siding  -  Leeds  -  South Cairo
Cairo Jct. (C)  -  Lawrenceville  -  Mountain House  -  Otis Jct. (O / C&T).  -  Palenville

Catskill & Tannersville:   Otis Summit  -  Laurel House  -  The Antlers  -  Haines Falls (U&D)  -  Tannersville

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Catskill & Tannersville
1892 - 1898?
(branch of Catskill Mountain Railway)

Otis Jct.  -  Otis Summit  -  Laurel House  -  The Antlers  -  Haines Falls (U&D)  -  Tannersville

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Delaware & Eastern
1904 - 1910

East Branch (NYO&W)  -  Harvard  -  Shinhopple  -  Gregorytown  -  Colchester  -  Downsville  -  Pepacton  -
Shavertown  -  Andes Jct.  -  Union Grove  -  Arena  -  Dunraven  -  Margaretville  -  Arkville  (U&D)

Andes Branch:   Andes Jct.  -  Pleasant Valley  -  Kaufman's  -  Andes

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Delaware & Northern
1910-1942

East Branch (NYO&W)  -  Harvard  -  Long Flat  -  Shinhopple  -  Gregorytown  -  Corbett  -  Colchester  -  Downsville  -  Pepacton  - Shavertown  -  Andes Jct.  -  Union Grove  -  Arena  -  Dunraven  -  Keeney's  -  Margaretville  -  Arkville (U&D)

Andes Branch:   Union Grove  -  Pleasant Valley  -  Wolf Hollow  -  Kaufman's  -  Andes

(Andes branch discontinued in 1925)

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Delaware & Otsego
1887 - 1891
(leased, absorbed into to Ulster & Delaware)

Cooperstown Jct.  -  Colliersville  -  Davenport Ctr.  -  Harpersfield  -  Cooksburg  -  Bloomville

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Delaware Valley & Kingston
1899 - 1901
(stock issued, not built;
bought out by New York, Ontario & Western,
and reorganized into Ellenville & Kingston)

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Delhi & Middletown
1871 - 1873
(not built)

Delhi  -  Andes  -  Union Grove  -  Margaretville  -  Dean's Corners (R&O)

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Ellenville & Kingston
1901 - ?
(former D. V. &K.)

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Hancock & Wilkes-Barre Extension
1906 - 1910?
(a/k/a Hancock & East Branch)
(not built)

Wilkes Barre  -  Moscow  -  Honesdale  -  Equinnok  -  Hancock (Erie)  -  Fishs Eddy  -  East Branch (NYO&W)

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Hobart Branch
1884-1931
(absorbed into Ulster & Delaware)

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Kaaterskill
1883-1893
(absorbed into Ulster & Delaware)

Katterskill Jct. (SC&CM)  -  Tannersville  -  Haines Falls  -  Laurel House  -  Kaaterskill

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Kingston & Lake Katrine

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Kingston & Rondout Valley
1899 - ?
(organized as competition to the Delaware Valley & Kingston RR)

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New York, Kingston & Syracuse
1872-1875
(former Rondout &Oswego) (reorganized into the Ulster & Delaware)

Rondout  -  Kingston  -  West Hurley  -  Beaverkill  -  Olive Bridge  -  Shokan  -  Boicville  -  Mt. Pleasant  -  Phoenicia (SC&CM)  -
Fox Hollow  -  Shandaken  -  Big Indian  -  Pine Hill  -  Summit  -  Griffin's Corners  -  Dean's Corners  -  Kelly's Corner's  -  Halcottville  - Stratton's Falls  -  Roxbury  -  Moresville  -  Stamford

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New York & Oswego Midland
1868 - 1884?
(reorganized into the New York, Ontario & Western)

Walton - Delhi Branch
(built after NYO&W reorganization)

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Otis Elevating
1885-1918
(funicular /cable railway)

base (Otis Junction)  -  summit (C&T)

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Rondout & Oswego
1866-1872
(reorganized into the New York, Kingston & Syracuse)

Rondout - Stamford

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Schenectady & Margaretville
1906-1910
(organized, stock issued, grading started, not completed)

Arkville (D&E) (U&D)  -  Grand Gorge  -  Breakabeen  -  Delanson  -  South Schenectady  -  Schenectady

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Stony Clove & Catskill Mountain
1881 - 1893
(absorbed into to Ulster & Delaware)

Hunter  -  Katterskill Jct. (Katterskill RR)  -  Stony Clove  -  Edgewood  -  Lanesville  -  Chichester  -  Phoenicia

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Ulster & Delaware
1875-1932

(before Ashokan reservoir - 1912)

Kingston Point  -  Rondout  -  Kingston (WSRR)  -  Fair Street  -  Stony Hollow  -  West Hurley  -  Olive Branch  -  Browns Station  -  Brodhead's Bridge  -  Shokan  -  Boiceville  -  Cold Brook  -  Mount Pleasant  -  Phoenicia (SC&CM RR)  -  Fox Hollow?  -  Shandaken  -
 Big Indian  -  Pine Hill  -  Grand Hotel (Bel Aire)  -  Fleischmanns  -  Arkville (D&N)  -  Kellys Corners  -  Halcottsville  -  Stratton's Falls  - Roxbury  -  Moresville  -  Grand Gorge  -  South Gilboa  -  Stamford  -  Hobart  -  South Kortright  -  Bloomville  -  Kortright  -  East Meredith - Davenport Center  -  West Davenport  -  Oneonta

(after Ashokan reservoir - 1913)

Kingston Point  -  Rondout  -  Kingston (WSRR)  -  Fair Street  -  Stony Hollow  -  Woodstock [West Hurley]  -  Ashokan  -  Cold Brook - Mount Pleasant  -  Phoenicia (SC&CM RR)  -  Fox Hollow?  -  Shandaken  -  Big Indian  -  Pine Hill  -  Grand Hotel (Bel Aire)  -  Fleischmanns  -  Arkville (D&N)  -  Kellys Corners  -  Halcottsville  -  Stratton's Falls  -  Roxbury  -  Moresville  -  Grand Gorge  -  South Gilboa  -  Stamford  -  Hobart  -  South Kortright  -  Bloomville  -  Kortright  -  East Meredith - Davenport Center  -  West Davenport  -  Oneonta
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West Shore - Catskill Mountain Branch
1931 - 1968
(passeneger service terminated 1954, see: Ulster & Delaware)
(freight service to continue until 1976, see below: Penn Central - Catskill Mountain Branch)
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Penn Central - Catskill Mountain Branch
1968 - 1976
(freight only)

Kingston Point  -  Kingston (PCRR)  -  Woodstock [West Hurley]  -  Mount Pleasant  -  Phoenicia  -  Big Indian  -
 Grand Hotel   -  Fleischmanns  -  Arkville  -  Roxbury  -  Grand Gorge  -  Stamford  -  Hobart  -  South Kortright  -  Bloomville

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Wallkill Valley
1866 - 1881

Kingston  - Red Rock Siding  -  Binnewater  -  Rosendale  -  New Paltz  -  Gardiner  -  Wallkill  -  Walden  -  Montgomery.

West Shore RR - Wallkill Valley Branch
(passenger service terminated 1937)
1881-1968

Penn Central RR - Wallkill Valley Branch
1968-1977

Kingston  -  Rosendale  -  New Paltz  -  Gardiner  -  Wallkill  -  Walden  -  Montgomery

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Ulster & Delaware Station Mileage

Westbound from Kingston Point to Oneonta,
before construction of Ashokan Reservoir in 1913
(in station order from left to right)
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Westbound from Kingston Point to Oneonta,
after construction of Ashokan Reservoir in 1913  
corrected mileage  (-1 mile) starting from Cold Brook
(in station order from left to right)
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Grades for Ulster & Delaware Railroad

Main Line / Right Of Way
Westbound from Kingston Point to Oneonta
(in station order from left to right)

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Stony Clove Branch
Northbound from Phoenicia to Hunter and Kaaterskill
(in station order from left to right)

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Presidents & Officers

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reorganized into the Catskill Mountain Railway, 1885

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** = reorganized into Ulster & Delaware Railroad

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* = reorganized into the New York,  Kingston & Syracuse

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For the most part, the Stony Cove & Catskill Mountain was administered by the Ulster & Delaware RR
The above information was taken from an 1889 Report to the NY Board of Commissioners,
and this report shows who held the various offices at such time.

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..d = died in office

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Years of Incorporation;
(for unbuilt or incompleted railroads)

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Mergers, Acquisitions & Reorganizations:
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¶  =  construction / grading started, never completed
*  =  converted to standard gauge this year, consolidated with parent division
µ  =  passenger service terminated 1954,  freight service only 1954 - 1976
» =  passenger service terminated 1937,  freight service only 1937 - 1977
¤ =  freight service only

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Locomotive Specifications

DELAWARE & EASTERN

all Delaware & Eastern locomotives were purchased used from the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
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DELAWARE & NORTHERN

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CATSKILL MOUNTAIN - CAIRO

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CATSKILL & TANNERSVILLE

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STONY CLOVE & CATSKILL MOUNTAIN

ng = narrow gauge (36")

[1]  =	Is listed in Best's "The Ulster & Delaware" as: 0-4-4.  Secondhand, probably from Worchester & Shrewsbury R.R. No. 4, sold in 1886. Could have been a 4-4-0.
	Rhode Island Locomotive Works builders records shows the following: Built June 1878 Sold from Worchester & Shrewsbury #4  "Bigelow" in May 1881 to Stony Clove & Catskill Mountain, became their SC&CM #1. Renumbered to #2 on unknown date. Sold from Stony Clove & Catskill Mountain in 1886 to unknown.
[2] =	Rhode Island Locomotive Works builders records shows the following: Only on road May - November 1882
[3] =	Rhode Island Locomotive Works builders records shows the following: name change 1894 sold 1/1900

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KAATERSKILL

ng = narrow gauge

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ULSTER & DELAWARE

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Chronological List of Railroad Accidents

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