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I would recommend this book for starters: "Trackside in the Albany, NY, Gateway 1949-1974 with Gerrit Bruins" by Len Killian and Jim Odell. It will give you a super look at NYC and D&H activity in this area. I think you will find that by the late 70's most of the local freight traffic ...

Yes, that is a dynamite picture and I have it as my current desktop image. It just smells and feels like a rail yard should. Well that confirms where Richards Bridge was and helps me make sense out of some of the yard layout. My 1958 ETT lists the following as tracks under that bridge (for clearance...

Thanks Eric. That does seem to confirm what I thought. It surprises me that both Richards Crossing and Glens Bridge have disappeared from the maps (as names anyway). Should I assume they are both the same? Still looking for a better sense of how the yards were laid out. Anybody have a picture of the...

When I visited Oneonta back in the 70's, I never got further than FA tower. Was the General Yard Office in the throat by Lutz feed? Was that also known as Glens Bridge? And how about the hump? Was that near the GYO? I have an employee timetable that mentions the "Carbondale lead." Any idea...