When the City of Kingston, NY, undertakes to build a rail-trail, - TopicsExpress



          

When the City of Kingston, NY, undertakes to build a rail-trail, they spare no expense. First, the rails are removed, then the ties, then a proper base is built, with drainage ditches on both sides. Then filter fabric is laid down, and either rock dust or asphalt is applied and rolled. This is what you can expect to see if the county gets away with ripping up the Catskill Mountain Railroad tracks. This is the Delaware Avenue tunnel. The rails are, by the way, removed from the right-of-way by NYS-DOT when they built US-9W through the Ulster & Delaware right-of-way. Because they still had a customer down the hill on the river, the state built a bridge over the highway. Before the bridge was finished, that customer went out of business, so the rails were never put back. If they were, the Trolley Museum of New York could operate all the way up the hill to and through this tunnel.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:24:23 +0000

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