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By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1977 - 11/17/2012
Album Info:I spent the first almost 50 years of my life in the New York City area, and later in Endicott NY, during which time I accumulated many photos of stations.
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Buffalo Central Terminal
Title:  Buffalo Central Terminal
Description:  In 1929, NYC opened a grand station at Buffalo, one of the largest on its system. Trouble was, it was about two miles too far east. By the late 70s, it was a shadow of its former self, and Amtrak quit using it in favor of a new station out at Depew, with a downtown stop at Exchange St. The building itself has remained mostly intact, though the ravages if time, weather, and vandals have taken their toll. Several renewal plans have started, sputtered and died in the intervening years. Its unlikely to ever again see its glory as a major passenger station. Here we see it as it looked, still impressive from a distance, in May of 1994.
Photo Date:  5/27/1994  Upload Date: 9/17/2014 11:30:50 AM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Erie milepost
Title:  Erie milepost
Description:  MP 231(from Jersey City) stands between Campville (MP 229) and Owego (MP 236) alongside NY 17C. Looks like it just got a coat of paint. It would last there til 2012 when NS single tracked the line.
Photo Date:  6/29/1995  Upload Date: 8/14/2014 2:29:42 AM
Location:  Campville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal
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D&H station
Title:  D&H station
Description:  The former D&H station and freight house in Worcester were looking a little worse for wear when this shot was taken in 1995
Photo Date:  8/12/1995  Upload Date: 8/13/2014 3:14:03 AM
Location:  Worcester, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Christmas time
Title:  Christmas time
Description:  Well, not exactly. Woodard is on the ex NYC line to Watertown, in the Syracuse area. Snow comes early there, as it did this year. Woodard was the base for a local that worked the branch to Oswego, usually with a B23.
Photo Date:  11/14/1995  Upload Date: 8/6/2014 3:03:57 AM
Location:  Woodard, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CN 6002(SD40-2Q)
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Going gone
Title:  Going gone
Description:  The Erie freight house in Binghamton was torn down during January of 1999, here seen from the DLW side of the tracks. The D&H station, which would later be restored for the NYSW, is seen in the background
Photo Date:  1/1/1999  Upload Date: 3/8/2014 2:26:11 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Tumbling down
Title:  Tumbling down
Description:  The Erie freight house in Binghamton during its demolition in January 1999. The DLW station is in the background. The Erie passenger station was out of the photo to the right, on the other side of the Chenango St viaduct.
Photo Date:  1/1/1999  Upload Date: 3/8/2014 2:29:24 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Classic Art Deco
Title:  Classic Art Deco
Description:  This is not really rail related, but the building is so attractive I had to put it in. This is the Greyhound station on Chenango St in Binghamton. Im not sure of the date it was built, but some time in the 1940s would make sense, though I could see it as a 1930s structure. In 2003 it was still in daily service, with not only Greyhound, but Shortline(by then a subsidiary of Coach America) buses as well. Shortlines territory was mostly in the NY Metro area and the Southern Tier, and they ran schedules from here to Port Authority and Long Island, as well as Corning, Olean, and Jamestown. The early morning sun lights up the building on a June morning.
Photo Date:  6/15/2003  Upload Date: 3/7/2017 5:12:19 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Lehigh Valley station
Title:  Lehigh Valley station
Description:  Rochester is thought of mostly as a New York Central town. This is understandable, as the Centrals Main Line came through the city hosting the Great Steel Fleet, as well as its extensive freight traffic. Lesser known are the minority players: B&O, Erie and LV, all of which had stations here. This is the LV station, which is now the Rochester location of the Dinosaur Bar B Que. If its as good as the original in Syracuse, its well worth the visit.
Photo Date:  10/12/2003  Upload Date: 11/2/2017 4:19:08 AM
Location:  Rochester, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Cool overpass
Title:  Cool overpass
Description:  The Erie overpass at South Main St in Jamestown NY is one of the more informative bridges youll ever see. Almost 50 years after the Erie was merged with the Lackawanna, the overpass still carries the Erie name.
Photo Date:  11/9/2003  Upload Date: 6/18/2016 3:56:19 AM
Location:  Jamestown, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge
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Main entrance
Title:  Main entrance
Description:  The main entrance of the Erie station in Jamestown, an attractive building that will see restoration to its original glory in another dozen years.
Photo Date:  11/9/2003  Upload Date: 6/18/2016 3:58:58 AM
Location:  Jamestown, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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From track level
Title:  From track level
Description:  A view of the track side of the Erie station from platform level shows where the passenger overpass once left the building. In Erie and EL days, the green structure extending from the building led to an overpass, crossing the westbound track(now just ties, seen in the foreground), and a stairway to the platform, which was between tracks 1 and 2. It was removed by Conrail in the first year of their operation of the EL lines.
Photo Date:  11/9/2003  Upload Date: 6/18/2016 4:06:47 AM
Location:  Jamestown, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Track
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Overhead view
Title:  Overhead view
Description:  Some of the details in the platform view are seen better here in this view from Washington St. We see the track side of the station, and the remnants of the platform. The existing track was EL track 2, the eastbound main. There was a small yard here to support local industry, the busiest of which was the power plant just out of the photo to the left, which received coal daily. The access to the passenger overpass is seen in the middle of the building, leading to the now removed overpass.
Photo Date:  11/9/2003  Upload Date: 6/18/2016 4:13:59 AM
Location:  Jamestown, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Track
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Loading docks
Title:  Loading docks
Description:  Erie must have had a busy local delivery business in LCL and express. We see the loading dock area of the station from 2nd St, showing six doors for loading trucks.
Photo Date:  11/9/2003  Upload Date: 6/18/2016 4:17:14 AM
Location:  Jamestown, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Erie station
Title:  Erie station
Description:  The Erie station at Salamanca was one of their large stations, as the town was a division point between the Allegany and Mahoning Divisions. Later revisions abolished the Allegany Division, extending the Mahoning Division to Hornell, where it joined the Susquehanna Division at Cass St. Salamanca remained an important point, as the the Mahoning third and fourth subs met here. A yard and engine facility was maintained here until the end of the EL. Sadly, the station burned to the ground in a spectacular arson fire in 2014.
Photo Date:  11/9/2003  Upload Date: 1/12/2018 4:59:39 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Full frontal
Title:  Full frontal
Description:  A look at the full scope of the Erie station. It was quite an elegant building. The station was opened in 1932, replacing an older structure. It was acquired by the City of Jamestown in 2000, and subsequently restored, and now serves as the bus station, with Coach USA and Amtrak Thruway connections from Buffalo calling there.
Photo Date:  11/9/2003  Upload Date: 6/18/2016 4:23:24 AM
Location:  Jamestown, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Mystery station
Title:  Mystery station
Description:  For years, I would drive west on NY 17, and see this building from the highway when passing Anglelica. Finally, I got off to take a look. The building looks like something the Lackawanna would build, but the nearest DLW line was a lot closer to Buffalo. After some research, I found out it was built by one of New Yorks lost roads, the Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern, a regional that ran in northern PA and western NY, abandoned in 1942. Its now a private residence.
Photo Date:  11/9/2003  Upload Date: 6/18/2016 4:27:40 AM
Location:  Angelica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Down by the station
Title:  Down by the station
Description:  Early in the morning. The DLW station in Binghamton has had one of the more successful post railroad careers for a station cast off by its owners. When I first saw it, in 1978, it was still in use by Conrail, and the famous newsstand was still open. Conrail eventually moved to an office in a building on Court St, with crew functions moving to the old Erie freight house. The building was sold several times over the years. It is presently in use by several firms, though ten years after I left the area, Im not sure who any more. In 2003, when this was taken, I recall there was some kind of design company there. They renovated the interior for their use, and made repairs so the building was sound. The last train left here almost 34 years prior to the date of this photo, Jan 6, 1970.
Photo Date:  12/28/2003  Upload Date: 4/7/2017 2:00:30 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Heritage
Title:  Heritage
Description:  The previous ownership of the station is readily apparent in the brickwork on the tower.
Photo Date:  12/28/2003  Upload Date: 4/7/2017 2:01:52 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Kilmer Building
Title:  Kilmer Building
Description:  Not strictly a railroad structure, anyone who has seen a photo of Binghamton looking west will recognize it. The building stands to the west of the DLW station, partially in view at right, on the opposite side of Chenango Street. It once had tracks leading to it, as the DLW handled cars to the facility. Kilmer was famous for making Snake Oil. The building had been recently renovated. Not sure what purpose it is serving at this time.
Photo Date:  12/28/2003  Upload Date: 4/7/2017 2:07:51 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard
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Erie milepost
Title:  Erie milepost
Description:  I have another shot of this elsewhere in the album, but from a different angle. Here we see it with the tracks adjacent, looking east toward Campville.
Photo Date:  5/4/2004  Upload Date: 5/6/2017 3:48:23 AM
Location:  Campville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Track
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Historic
Title:  Historic
Description:  This marker stands outside the former D&H station in North Creek. It notes the place where Theodore Roosevelt started his trip to inauguration after William McKinley was assassinated in 1901.
Photo Date:  9/5/2005  Upload Date: 11/18/2017 5:17:00 AM
Location:  North Creek, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Museum station
Title:  Museum station
Description:  The former D&H station at North Creek is now base for the Upper Hudson River RR, and also a museum.
Photo Date:  9/5/2005  Upload Date: 11/18/2017 5:20:44 AM
Location:  North Creek, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Flooded
Title:  Flooded
Description:  The record rain of June 2006 capped off a rainy spring. The Susquehanna went over its banks in places no one had seen before, and even the Southern Tier Line had water over it between Johnson City and Endwell. A less remarked segment of railroad was close to being flooded as well, not as well noted because it was served only twice a week, though once the line carried the Phoebe Snow. This is the DLWs bridge across the Susquehanna from Johnson City to Vestal. The swollen river is right up to the bottom beams of the truss. This is the only time I ever saw the water this high in the 18 years I lived in the area.
Photo Date:  6/12/2006  Upload Date: 6/20/2016 4:47:10 AM
Location:  Vestal, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge
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Erie freight house
Title:  Erie freight house
Description:  The freight house at Closter fared better than some others, having been sold to private owners, who have kept up the structure, which is used for storage. This is the north end.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 10/7/2016 5:26:02 AM
Location:  Closter, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Now a home
Title:  Now a home
Description:  The Erie station at Closter is now a private home. We see it from the "street side," the side away from the tracks. It was one of several stations still standing on the Northern Branch, a line that had not seen a commuter train since 1966.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 10/7/2016 5:35:39 AM
Location:  Closter, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Commuters eye view
Title:  Commuters eye view
Description:  The track side of the Erie station at Closter, now a private home. The last train to stop here was in 1966, though freight service continues under CSX. This is the Northern Branch, which once went all the way up to the original Erie terminal at Piermont.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 10/8/2016 4:00:38 AM
Location:  Closter, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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South view
Title:  South view
Description:  The view of the south end of the Erie freight house.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 10/7/2016 5:29:47 AM
Location:  Closter, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Erie station on the Northern Branch
Title:  Erie station on the Northern Branch
Description:  This is the station at Demarest, a much more elegant structure than at Closter. The stations seemed to get more elaborate as I got closer to Jersey City. Wait til you see Tenafly-the station, not the TV show.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 10/8/2016 4:03:57 AM
Location:  Demarest, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Stained glass too
Title:  Stained glass too
Description:  The Demarest station had dormer windows. This is the detail of one of them. Apparently the Erie spared no expense in that era.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 10/8/2016 4:19:13 AM
Location:  Demarest, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
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View from the street
Title:  View from the street
Description:  The Erie station at Demarest, seen from the street side.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 10/8/2016 4:13:11 AM
Location:  Demarest, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Opulence
Title:  Opulence
Description:  The station at Tenafly on the Erie Northern Branch is quite the building. I believe it is now a restaurant. It sits right in the middle of downtown, and makes a good centerpiece for the community.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 10/8/2016 4:43:21 AM
Location:  Tenafly, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Track side view
Title:  Track side view
Description:  The Tenafly station seen from the track side.
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 10/8/2016 4:44:36 AM
Location:  Tenafly, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Big station
Title:  Big station
Description:  Like most of its division points, Erie had a large station at Port Jervis. It looked a lot like the stations at Binghamton, Salamanca, and Kent. At one time, it had all the crew facilities youd expect at a division point, though by the time CR was into its first decade, crews reported at a storefront downtown. The exterior has been restored, and it looks a lot better now than it did when I first encountered it in the early 1980s.
Photo Date:  5/25/2013  Upload Date: 10/6/2016 4:37:27 AM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Looks good from the street
Title:  Looks good from the street
Description:  The Erie station at Port Jervis had its exterior restored, and is now a much more attractive building than in recent years. Its doubtful Metro North will use it as a station, since they have built a bus shelter type station just to the west of this location. Its much cheaper to maintain, Im sure, but has none of the grandeur.
Photo Date:  5/25/2013  Upload Date: 10/6/2016 4:40:55 AM
Location:  Port Jervis, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Its a station, but...
Title:  Its a station, but...
Description:  Youd never know there were once tracks here. The station at Goshen has had just about every shred of evidence removed that there was ever a railroad here. Theres one signal in place as a display, otherwise, not a rail or even a spike. The station sign is still on the building, though its now the police station here.
Photo Date:  5/25/2013  Upload Date: 10/6/2016 4:47:44 AM
Location:  Goshen, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Street side
Title:  Street side
Description:  The street side of the Goshen station shows cars parked as if it were still in operation. Too bad no tracks.
Photo Date:  5/25/2013  Upload Date: 10/6/2016 4:54:52 AM
Location:  Goshen, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Time takes its toll
Title:  Time takes its toll
Description:  The end of the NYO&W station in Middletown, once the roads headquarters, is showing the effects of 55 years of exposure to the elements, becoming almost as grown over as the right of way, parts of which can still be seen along NY 17 in Sullivan County.
Photo Date:  6/1/2013  Upload Date: 10/6/2016 5:01:06 AM
Location:  Middletown, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Elegance in stone
Title:  Elegance in stone
Description:  A closer look at the O&W station shows some flair in the masonry. Its a nice touch from a road that was always on the edge of poverty.
Photo Date:  6/1/2013  Upload Date: 10/6/2016 5:13:39 AM
Location:  Middletown, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Track side view
Title:  Track side view
Description:  The track side of the O&W station still has tracks!! There were a few parts of the system that are still in service, a short segment near Utica, served by the NYSW, and this short stretch in Middletown. Dont know how often it sees trains-rather infrequently, but NS uses it to reach the M&U for the few cars they get.
Photo Date:  6/1/2013  Upload Date: 10/6/2016 5:05:57 AM
Location:  Middletown, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
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L&HR station
Title:  L&HR station
Description:  One of the more obscure northeastern roads was the Lehigh & Hudson River, which ran from Bethlehem PA to Maybrook NY, across west Jersey and into lower NY state. Not exactly high population density. They were a bridge route, handling traffic to and from New England via a hand off to the New Haven. First the PC merger, then the Poughkeepsie bridge fire dried up the traffic, and by 1976, L&HR was no longer viable. It was included in Conrail, but its days as a through route were over, and most of it was abandoned. The segment from Sparta north to Maybrook found new life when the NYSW reopened their line from the NY metro area, and used it as part of their stack train route to Binghamton. Despite being in the hinterlands, the town of Warwick had a very attractive station, remarkable considering the line did not have much of a passenger base. Its now a real estate office, and still looks good.
Photo Date:  6/1/2013  Upload Date: 10/6/2016 5:26:40 AM
Location:  Warwick, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Relic
Title:  Relic
Description:  This water tank base still stands at Addison on the ex Erie, a long time after the last Berk went to scrap. Interestingly, there are still a few of these left, more than you would think 60 years after steam quit.
Photo Date:  7/18/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:20:39 AM
Location:  Addison, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard
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Erie station
Title:  Erie station
Description:  The Erie station at Addison still stands, and is in pretty good shape. About two weeks after I took this photo, the station at Salamanca, once a division point, burned.
Photo Date:  7/18/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:24:49 AM
Location:  Addison, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
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DLW station north side view
Title:  DLW station north side view
Description:  The DLW station at Nichols NY has been several incarnations of a restaurant in recent years, and is presently operating as one. It spent several years following the end of service in 1965 on a remnant of the DLW reached from Waverly. Its encouraging to see the building still in good repair and in use.
Photo Date:  7/18/2014  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 2:16:47 AM
Location:  Nichols, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
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South side view
Title:  South side view
Description:  A view of the south side of the DLW station at Nichols.
Photo Date:  7/18/2014  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 2:18:40 AM
Location:  Nichols, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
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PRR station
Title:  PRR station
Description:  The former Pennsy station at East Aurora is now a restaurant, and appears to be busy, a good sign. This was once the PRR Buffalo Line
Photo Date:  7/19/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:30:52 AM
Location:  East Aurora, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
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East Aurora station sign
Title:  East Aurora station sign
Description:  The restaurant in the PRR East Aurora station pays tribute to its origin.
Photo Date:  7/19/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:36:36 AM
Location:  East Aurora, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
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NJ & NY station
Title:  NJ & NY station
Description:  This is the station at Emerson on the NJT Pascack Valley Line, once the ELs New Jersey and New York to Pearl River.
Photo Date:  8/18/2015  Upload Date: 9/28/2015 2:59:58 AM
Location:  Emerson, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Paved paradise
Title:  Paved paradise
Description:  And put the station in a parking lot, to paraphrase Joni Mitchell. The DLW station in Vestal, unused since the 1959 consolidation of facilities with the Erie, which moved all the DLW trains to the Erie side through Endicott, is now in the parking lot of the Vestal Library, where it remains as a museum. The right of way from just west of here to Town Square Mall is now a trail; west of Vestal, much of it is part of NY 17 as far west as Elmira.
Photo Date:  6/2/2018  Upload Date: 6/18/2018 5:22:03 AM
Location:  Vestal, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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