Railroads near or in sight of the NYS Thruway

[chvjillson]

>>>>(b)A stone bridge abutment next to a road crossed by the Thruway
via overpass, near MP301. Would this have been the old West Shore,
or an interurban?


That would be the West Shore Railroad that crosses Bonta Bridge Road. When traveling west, you'll see that ROW curl to the south a bit and cross the current CSX line.

If you were to travel east, you'll see the ROW on the south edge of I90 ... starting at MP 301 to MP 315 or so.

Clark

[scharnhorst]

The West Shore was on the North Side of Port Byron and cossed over RT90 near Centerport Road and crossed over 31 on the west side of Weedsport over them abutments and came into Weedsport where the West Shore train station was on Weedsport-Sennett Road the Westshore crossed over RT31 then over Bonta Bridge Road. The sideing that is used by that Grain elavator in Jordon, NY is a section of the West Shore Main Line or was at leased part of the intechange track that connected to he NYC Yard that was there. The last Station Agent and Fraght Agent last name was Welch They were the last to work out of the NYC Yard Offfice in Jordon, NY there grand daughter was my 5th grade teacher.

[chvjillson]

Thanks for the information! And the Route 31 crossing were actually over the Erie Canal.

About when was the last station and freight agent position held? Would this be in the mid 1950's?

The West Shore was on the North Side of Port Byron and cossed over RT90 near Centerport Road and crossed over 31 on the west side of Weedsport over them abutments and came into Weedsport where the West Shore train station was on Weedsport-Sennett Road the Westshore crossed over RT31 then over Bonta Bridge Road. The sideing that is used by that Grain elavator in Jordon, NY is a section of the West Shore Main Line or was at leased part of the intechange track that connected to he NYC Yard that was there. The last Station Agent and Fraght Agent last name was Welch They were the last to work out of the NYC Yard Offfice in Jordon, NY there grand daughter was my 5th grade teacher.

[joe k]

about one hour south of Albany passing under the NYST is a LONG covered structure.....
What is this covering?? pipes or quarry conveyer system??

[RussNelson]

You mean this conveyor?
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=42.49300,-73.80001&z=16&t=O

[greenwichlirr]

Down near (just north of) where the CSX/West Shore crosses under the Thruway south of Albany, there are two stone abutments parrelling the thruway as it crosses over the cement plant conveyor. If indeed this was some kind of track at one time, the trestl would have been huge, but I honestly can't think of any inetrurban building a bridge that big.

These things are on the west side of the road, on each side of the massive cut in the land for the conveyor. Easier to see in the winter, but still visible in the "green" season if you look carefully.

Any ideas?

[RussNelson]

Found another Interurban crossing, west of Oriskany Rd in Whiteboro. I have seen it labelled as "New York State Railways". Not *exactly* sure of the crossing point, but from staring at the topo, it seems to be right here:
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=43.12958,-75.30218&z=15&t=H
If you switch to the topo view, you can see some sort of ROW heading north from there.

If anybody has any route information about that interurban line, I'd appreciate it. It's not on any map I've found. (update) It's on this map, however the map lacks the detail I want: http://hometown.aol.com/metrafan/maptijny.html

[RussNelson]

Down near (just north of) where the CSX/West Shore crosses under the Thruway south of Albany, there are two stone abutments parrelling the thruway as it crosses over the cement plant conveyor.

Sounds like remains of this NYC track:
http://rutlandtrail.org/gmaps.cgi?nyc-s ... y.ny.track
It's covered by these two entries:
42.499899,-73.796465,NYC Albany-Selkirk (parallel to south),,
42.485251,-73.808110,NYC Albany-Selkirk (parallel to north),,

[RussNelson]

Here's the current list. All corrections gladly appreciated! The first few up to the blank line is the Berkshire Spur.

East-West Section mostly by O-6-O
North-South Section mostly by RussNelson
GPS && CSV formatting from nessman
LAT,LONG,ORIGINAL,CROSSING,LOCATION,T-WAY MP,STATUS,CURRENT USE,NOTES
42.506567,-73.764583,CSX Hudson Line Amtrak ( nyc water level),ug,,B1.4,active
42.487085,-73.696827,CSX Post Rd Br. Amtrak,ug,,B5.2,active
42.482114,-73.628991,Albany-Hudson Fast Line,ug,,B9.4,long gone
42.442596,-73.556997,NYNH&H? Old Chatham
42.410777,-73.534879,CSX Boston Line ( nyc b&a),oh,,B16.3,active

42.412500,-79.426000,NYC Mainline,OG,btw 59 and 60,,active,CSX ,
42.412500,-79.425300,NKP,OG,btw 59 and 60,,active,NS,
42.459800,-79.324200,NYC,?,btw 58 and 59,,abandoned?,,
42.485400,-79.255000,Erie Dunkirk,?,btw 58 and 59,,abandoned,,
42.764400,-78.819600,Erie,UG,btw 56 and 57,,active,Buffalo & Southern,
42.808200,-78.806000,BRP,OG,btw 55 and 56,,active,Buffalo & Pittsburgh,
42.819700,-78.791300,NYC,UG,btw 55 and 56,,abandoned,,Gardenville Yard
42.820200,-78.791400,PRR,UG,btw 55 and 56,,active,NS ,
42.855600,-78.791400,PRR,UG,at exit 54,,active,NS Buffalo Line,
42.876200,-78.792600,LV,OG,just west of Exit 53,,abandoned,,trestle gone
42.895200,-78.767300,DL,UG,btw 52 and 53,,active,NS/DLWR,
42.893400,-78.767400,Erie,UG,btw 52 and 53,,active,NS Southern Tier,
42.894600,-78.767300,LV,UG,btw 52 and 53,,abandoned?,,
42.903000,-78.767000,NYC Mainline,OG,just south of 52,,active,CSX,
42.914900,-78.766500,West Shore,UG,just north of 52,,abandoned,,public road
42.951800,-78.741000,LV,UG,btw 49 and 50 at airport,,abandoned, ,filled in
42.948300,-78.681000,West Shore,UG,btw 48a and 49,,out of service,RJ Corman,to be abandoned
43.003900,-78.412300,NYC Peanut,UG,48a,401.7,abandoned,,public road / utility
43.018700,-78.118900,NYC Mainline,OG,btw 47 and 48,386.6,active,CSX,
43.045300,-77.747900,B&O Rochester,UG,btw 46 and 47,367.6,active,Roch & Southern,
43.044000,-77.732600,PRR Rochester,UG,btw 46 and 47,366.6,abandoned,,rail trail
43.044700,-77.680400,Erie Rochester,UG,btw 46 and 47,363.9,active,LAL,
43.048200,-77.636000,LV Rochester,UG,btw 45 and 46,362.6,abandoned,,golf cart access
43.014300,-77.469600,NYC Auburn,UG,btw 45 and 46,352.8,abandoned,,rail trail
42.971500,-77.080600,PRR Sodus,UG,btw 42 and 43,332.3,abandoned,,filled in
42.954900,-76.974300,NYC Corning,UG,just east of 42,326.8,active,NS/FGLK,
43.028876,-76.660744,RS&E,OH,,310,abandoned,,
43.036597,-76.637383,RS&E,OH,,308.5,abandoned,,
43.042700,-76.625800,West Shore,UG,btw 40 and 41,307.6,abandoned,,
43.050100,-76.612500,NYC Mainline,UG,btw 40 and 41,306.8,active,CSX,
43.063600,-76.553100,LV,OG,just east of 40 (Weedsport),303.6,abandoned,,
43.071900,-76.515700,West Shore,n/a,parallels Thruway,,abandoned,,
43.086000,-76.415400,RSE ,OG,btw 39 and 40,296.5,abandoned,,
43.086800,-76.406800,West Shore,n/a,parallels Thruway,,abandoned,,
43.088340,-76.390953,RSE,OG,,,abandoned
43.090460,-76.31896,NYC,,Warners Travel Plaza,292,abandoned,,A siding that served a brickyard in hillside just north of Warners Travel Plaza
43.112400,-76.260400,DLW Oswego,UG,just east of 39,288.1,active,CSX ,RS
43.109100,-76.197600,NYC / RWO,UG,btw 37 and 38,284.7,active,CSX,
43.093600,-75.745000,LV Camden,n/a,at exit 34,261.3,abandoned,,Abandoned pre-tway
43.112100,-75.659100,NYOW Main,UG,btw 33 and 34,256.8,abandoned,Durhamville,
43.125300,-75.598600,NYC Mainline,UG,btw 33 and 34,253.5,active,CSX,
43.127500,-75.430100,NYOW Rome,UG,btw 32 and 33,244.8,abandoned?,,
43.131200,-75.297200,NYC Mainline,UG,btw 31 and 32,238.0,active,CSX,
43.125300,-75.243700,NYC,OG,btw 31 and 32,235.0,active,MA&N ,
43.129580,-75.302180,New York Railways?,,btw 31 and 32
43.017600,-75.007900,NYC Mainline,UG,btw,,active,CSX,
43.017622,-74.993599,UnMV
43.014864,-74.977180,West Shore herkimer,ug,,219.25,gone
43.011925,-74.793607,West Shore (parallels to east)
42.937938,-74.623564,West Shore fort plain,ug,,198.3,gone
42.930890,-74.288778,West Shore schoharie crossing,ug,btwn 28 and 29,178.4,gone
42.890096,-74.083477,West Shore,,parallels east,
42.841805,-74.015614,West Shore,OG,parallels west at 26,,abandoned
42.791743,-74.016383,D&H main (cp),oh,,158.9,active
42.774555,-73.986853,CSX Selkirk Br ( west shore),ug,,156.9,active
42.756557,-73.938558,SnHR Fullers-Athens Jct,OG,just west of 25,,gone
42.625845,-73.778787,Norman Kill Bridge D&H Albany main to Kenwood Yd.,,,138.??,
42.551714,-73.782401,D&H Albany Sec. ( cp ) Selkirk to Kenwood,ug,,136.1,active
42.514610,-73.789159,Selkirk-Schodack Landing,UG,at 21A,,active
42.499899,-73.796465,NYC Albany-Selkirk (parallel to south),,
42.485251,-73.808110,NYC Albany-Selkirk (parallel to north),,
42.466993,-73.806924,NYC Ravena (parallel to south),,
42.452375,-73.811020,NYC Ravena (parallel to north),,
42.405621,-73.818441,NYC West Shore,ug,south of New Baltimore,,
42.243373,-73.892792,CnC,ug,south of 21,
42.072673,-73.974652,NYC Saugerties (visible to east),,south of 20,
41.940529,-74.034893,UnD,ug,south of 19
41.939920,-74.035312,NYO&W,ug,south of 19
41.881081,-74.058229,NYC Waulkill,ug,,,abandoned
41.691068,-74.077805,NH Maybrook Line,ug,btn 18 and 17,,abandoned
41.454936,-74.064516,Erie Newburgh,,,,abandoned pre-tway?
41.453035,-74.063357,Erie (Newburgh Short Line),,parallels south,,abandoned
41.435163,-74.067600,NYO&W,ug,,,abandoned
41.430260,-74.067192,Erie (Newburgh Short Line),,parallels north,,abandoned
41.402618,-74.084216,Erie (Newburgh Short Line),,intersects south,,abandoned
41.395996,-74.091989,Erie (Newburgh Short Line),,intersects north,,abandoned
41.395996,-74.091989,Erie Newburgh,,high on hill parallels south,,abandoned
41.362888,-74.103951,Erie,,two lines switch places and closely parallel on west,,abandoned
41.349103,-74.115113,Erie,,both lines move away to west,,abandoned
41.339120,-74.117209,Erie,,both lines visible across wetland to west,,abandoned
41.312005,-74.123906,Erie,ug,interchange ramp of 16 parallels south
41.299530,-74.137117,Erie,,Newburgh Junction,
41.172582,-74.187662,Erie,,parallels north
41.152346,-74.189557,Erie,,parallels south
41.139726,-74.170552,Erie,UG,north of 15
41.117934,-74.156723,Erie,UG,south of 15 moves away to south
41.116125,-74.114938,Erie,,parallels to south/east
41.112594,-74.098621,Erie,,parallels to north/west
41.104044,-74.076849,Erie,ug,
41.103688,-74.018453,Erie,ug,
41.102405,-73.999180,NJ&NY New City,,Just West of Palisades Parkway,,abandoned
41.100746,-73.964409,NYC,og,west of 12,
41.080906,-73.92227,Erie Nyack,at 10,,,abandoned
41.067419,-73.867025,NYC Water Level,ug,Tappan Zee Bridge toll gates,
41.042572,-73.835922,NYCnH Putnam,ug,parallels to the south.

[BEDT 14]

Gents,

There is and old right of way the parallels the New York State Thruway on the west side from MM 55 for a few miles south.

It appears to cross from the west side to the east just south of the "Star Mountainville" plant, and appears to have been a spur to this property.

Once south of this "crossing" it's a graded embankment with cast concrete bridges over culverts and streams. You can see real well heading south.. It varies between road level to about 20 feet higher than the Thruway.

I once learned what railroad this was, but long since forgot. I wouldn't mind a refresher!

Phil

[RussNelson]

It's the Erie, Phil. These entries:

41.430260,-74.067192,Erie (Newburgh Short Line),,parallels north,,abandoned
41.402618,-74.084216,Erie (Newburgh Short Line),,intersects south,,abandoned
41.395996,-74.091989,Erie (Newburgh Short Line),,intersects north,,abandoned
41.395996,-74.091989,Erie Newburgh,,high on hill parallels south,,abandoned

You can trace it on the map here:
http://rutlandtrail.org/list.cgi?vails- ... n.ny.track

[lvrr325]

I clipped some out of this and added some notes.

Here's the current list. All corrections gladly appreciated! The first few up to the blank line is the Berkshire Spur.

East-West Section mostly by O-6-O
North-South Section mostly by RussNelson
GPS && CSV formatting from nessman
LAT,LONG,ORIGINAL,CROSSING,LOCATION,T-WAY MP,STATUS,CURRENT USE,NOTES

43.063600,-76.553100,LV,OG,just east of 40 (Weedsport),303.6,abandoned,,

Can be located by small green billboards on each side. South grade obliterated except one rise by t/way.

43.071900,-76.515700,West Shore,n/a,parallels Thruway,,abandoned,,
43.086000,-76.415400,RSE ,OG,btw 39 and 40,296.5,abandoned,,
43.086800,-76.406800,West Shore,n/a,parallels Thruway,,abandoned,,
43.088340,-76.390953,RSE,OG,,,abandoned

One of these RS&E overpasses crossed the NYC and West Shore and the center pier and south/rr west abutments are visible, but it was gone pre-Thruway and I think the grade and abutment north of the tracks were obliterated for the Thruway construction. But the parallell Route 31 to the north bows out to go around the end of the grade.

43.090460,-76.31896,NYC,,Warners Travel Plaza,292,abandoned,,A siding that served a brickyard in hillside just north of Warners Travel Plaza
43.112400,-76.260400,DLW Oswego,UG,just east of 39,288.1,active,CSX ,RS
43.109100,-76.197600,NYC / RWO,UG,btw 37 and 38,284.7,active,CSX,
43.093600,-75.745000,LV Camden,n/a,at exit 34,261.3,abandoned,,Abandoned pre-tway

You'd probably need a GPS with the ROW data entered in to find this one, I haven't searched very hard but I've only located one trace north of Canastota... this was abandoned 1938 -

43.112100,-75.659100,NYOW Main,UG,btw 33 and 34,256.8,abandoned,Durhamville,
43.125300,-75.598600,NYC Mainline,UG,btw 33 and 34,253.5,active,CSX,
43.127500,-75.430100,NYOW Rome,UG,btw 32 and 33,244.8,abandoned?,,
43.131200,-75.297200,NYC Mainline,UG,btw 31 and 32,238.0,active,CSX,
43.125300,-75.243700,NYC,OG,btw 31 and 32,235.0,active,MA&N ,

Amusingly labeled on bridge "Adarondack RR"

43.129580,-75.302180,New York Railways?,,btw 31 and 32
43.017600,-75.007900,NYC Mainline,UG,btw,,active,CSX,
43.017622,-74.993599,UnMV
43.014864,-74.977180,West Shore herkimer,ug,,219.25,gone
43.011925,-74.793607,West Shore (parallels to east)
42.937938,-74.623564,West Shore fort plain,ug,,198.3,gone

Unless this was filled in very recently, it was still there - but this one was a strange construction. It seems to have been a concrete culvert, or tunnel, underneath. Riding in a car if you look the south side (RR east) can be seen particularly when there's little or no snow and the grass is down. The ROW underneath is used as a snowmobile trail, although I think it's a power line access ROW from here going west and a public trail going east.

42.930890,-74.288778,West Shore schoharie crossing,ug,btwn 28 and 29,178.4,gone

May have shared the undergrade NY 5s bridge.

42.890096,-74.083477,West Shore,,parallels east,
42.841805,-74.015614,West Shore,OG,parallels west at 26,,abandoned
42.791743,-74.016383,D&H main (cp),oh,,158.9,active
42.774555,-73.986853,CSX Selkirk Br ( west shore),ug,,156.9,active
42.756557,-73.938558,SnHR Fullers-Athens Jct,OG,just west of 25,,gone
42.625845,-73.778787,Norman Kill Bridge D&H Albany main to Kenwood Yd.,,,138.??,
42.551714,-73.782401,D&H Albany Sec. ( cp ) Selkirk to Kenwood,ug,,136.1,active
42.514610,-73.789159,Selkirk-Schodack Landing,UG,at 21A,,active
42.499899,-73.796465,NYC Albany-Selkirk (parallel to south),,
42.485251,-73.808110,NYC Albany-Selkirk (parallel to north),,
42.466993,-73.806924,NYC Ravena (parallel to south),,
42.452375,-73.811020,NYC Ravena (parallel to north),,
42.405621,-73.818441,NYC West Shore,ug,south of New Baltimore,,

[RussNelson]

43.093600,-75.745000,LV Camden,n/a,at exit 34,261.3,abandoned,,Abandoned pre-tway

You'd probably need a GPS with the ROW data entered in to find this one, I haven't searched very hard but I've only located one trace north of Canastota... this was abandoned 1938 -
[/quote]
Part of the problem is that it's RIGHT at Interchange 34, so there's been much reshaping of the land right there. But, if you have a GPS receiver, and a copy of gpsbabel (or other software which can handle a GPX file), then you can download this URL into your GPS receiver:
http://rutlandtrail.org/gpx.cgi?lv-cana ... n.ny.track

In Canastota, it's just to the east of the High School where the road bends to the northeast. It goes about two blocks to the south, crosses the highway and Old Erie Canal State Park and crosses the West Shore (I think) on a high fill.

Going north on 13 from Exit 34, the road curves to the right and then the left. Where the curve to the left starts is the railbed. It then crosses a bunch of back roads and heads up to the east shore of Lake Oneida and Sylvan Beach.

[RussNelson]

Here's the current list. All corrections gladly appreciated! The first few up to the blank line is the Berkshire Spur. I've added the Walden & Newburgh Trolley and a bunch of mile marker listings for the north-south section. I'm still missing a few, so if you're planning to drive the thruway, please print this out and get corrections.

East-West Section mostly by O-6-O
North-South Section mostly by RussNelson
GPS && CSV formatting from nessman
LAT,LONG,ORIGINAL,CROSSING,LOCATION,T-WAY MP,STATUS,CURRENT USE,NOTES
42.506567,-73.764583,CSX Hudson Line Amtrak ( nyc water level),ug,,B1.4,active
42.487085,-73.696827,CSX Post Rd Br. Amtrak,ug,,B5.2,active
42.482114,-73.628991,Albany-Hudson Fast Line,ug,,B9.4,long gone
42.442596,-73.556997,NYNH&H? Old Chatham
42.410777,-73.534879,CSX Boston Line ( nyc b&a),oh,,B16.3,active

42.412500,-79.426000,NYC Mainline,OG,btw 59 and 60,,active,CSX ,
42.412500,-79.425300,NKP,OG,btw 59 and 60,,active,NS,
42.459800,-79.324200,NYC,?,btw 58 and 59,,abandoned?,,
42.485400,-79.255000,Erie Dunkirk,?,btw 58 and 59,,abandoned,,
42.764400,-78.819600,Erie,UG,btw 56 and 57,,active,Buffalo & Southern,
42.808200,-78.806000,BRP,OG,btw 55 and 56,,active,Buffalo & Pittsburgh,
42.819700,-78.791300,NYC,UG,btw 55 and 56,,abandoned,,Gardenville Yard
42.820200,-78.791400,PRR,UG,btw 55 and 56,,active,NS ,
42.855600,-78.791400,PRR,UG,at exit 54,,active,NS Buffalo Line,
42.876200,-78.792600,LV,OG,just west of Exit 53,,abandoned,,trestle gone
42.895200,-78.767300,DL,UG,btw 52 and 53,,active,NS/DLWR,
42.893400,-78.767400,Erie,UG,btw 52 and 53,,active,NS Southern Tier,
42.894600,-78.767300,LV,UG,btw 52 and 53,,abandoned?,,
42.903000,-78.767000,NYC Mainline,OG,just south of 52,,active,CSX,
42.914900,-78.766500,West Shore,UG,just north of 52,,abandoned,,public road
42.951800,-78.741000,LV,UG,btw 49 and 50 at airport,,abandoned, ,filled in
42.948300,-78.681000,West Shore,UG,btw 48a and 49,,out of service,RJ Corman,to be abandoned
43.003900,-78.412300,NYC Peanut,UG,48a,401.7,abandoned,,public road / utility
43.018700,-78.118900,NYC Mainline,OG,btw 47 and 48,386.6,active,CSX,
43.045300,-77.747900,B&O Rochester,UG,btw 46 and 47,367.6,active,Roch & Southern,
43.044000,-77.732600,PRR Rochester,UG,btw 46 and 47,366.6,abandoned,,rail trail
43.044700,-77.680400,Erie Rochester,UG,btw 46 and 47,363.9,active,LAL,
43.048200,-77.636000,LV Rochester,UG,btw 45 and 46,362.6,abandoned,,golf cart access
43.014300,-77.469600,NYC Auburn,UG,btw 45 and 46,352.8,abandoned,,rail trail
42.971500,-77.080600,PRR Sodus,UG,btw 42 and 43,332.3,abandoned,,filled in
42.954900,-76.974300,NYC Corning,UG,just east of 42,326.8,active,NS/FGLK,
43.028876,-76.660744,RS&E,OH,,310,abandoned,,
43.036597,-76.637383,RS&E,OH,,308.5,abandoned,,
43.042700,-76.625800,West Shore,UG,btw 40 and 41,307.6,abandoned,,
43.050100,-76.612500,NYC Mainline,UG,btw 40 and 41,306.8,active,CSX,
43.063600,-76.553100,LV,OG,just east of 40 (Weedsport),303.6,abandoned,,between small green billboards
43.071900,-76.515700,West Shore,n/a,parallels Thruway,,abandoned,,
43.086000,-76.415400,RSE ,OG,btw 39 and 40,296.5,abandoned,,
43.086800,-76.406800,West Shore,n/a,parallels Thruway,,abandoned,,
43.088340,-76.390953,RSE,OG,,,abandoned,,Center pier and south/rr west abutments visible.
43.090460,-76.31896,NYC,,Warners Travel Plaza,292,abandoned,,A siding that served a brickyard in hillside just north of Warners Travel Plaza
43.112400,-76.260400,DLW Oswego,UG,just east of 39,288.1,active,CSX ,RS
43.109100,-76.197600,NYC / RWO,UG,btw 37 and 38,284.7,active,CSX,
43.093600,-75.745000,LV Camden,,at exit 34,261.3,abandoned,,Abandoned pre-tway
43.112100,-75.659100,NYOW Main,UG,btw 33 and 34,256.8,abandoned,Durhamville,
43.125300,-75.598600,NYC Mainline,UG,btw 33 and 34,253.5,active,CSX,
43.127500,-75.430100,NYOW Rome,UG,btw 32 and 33,244.8,abandoned?,,
43.131200,-75.297200,NYC Mainline,UG,btw 31 and 32,238.0,active,CSX,
43.125300,-75.243700,NYC,OG,btw 31 and 32,235.0,active,MA&N,Bridge labelled "Adarondack RR" oops.
43.129580,-75.302180,New York Railways?,,btw 31 and 32
43.017600,-75.007900,NYC Mainline,UG,btw,,active,CSX,
43.017622,-74.993599,UnMV
43.014864,-74.977180,West Shore herkimer,ug,,219.25,gone
43.011925,-74.793607,West Shore (parallels to east)
42.937938,-74.623564,West Shore fort plain,ug,,198.3,abandoned
42.930890,-74.288778,West Shore schoharie crossing,ug,btwn 28 and 29,178.4,gone (may have shared the NY5S bridge)
42.890096,-74.083477,West Shore,,parallels east,
42.841805,-74.015614,West Shore,OG,parallels west at 26,,abandoned
42.791743,-74.016383,D&H main (cp),oh,,158.9,active
42.774555,-73.986853,CSX Selkirk Br ( west shore),ug,,156.9,active
42.756557,-73.938558,SnHR Fullers-Athens Jct,OG,just west of 25,,gone
42.625845,-73.778787,Norman Kill Bridge D&H Albany main to Kenwood Yd.,,,141.4,
42.551714,-73.782401,D&H Albany Sec. ( cp ) Selkirk to Kenwood,ug,,136.1,active
42.514610,-73.789159,Selkirk-Schodack Landing,UG,at 21A,132.4,active
42.499899,-73.796465,NYC Albany-Selkirk (parallel to south),,,132.0
42.485251,-73.808110,NYC Albany-Selkirk (parallel to north),,,131.8
42.466993,-73.806924,NYC Ravena (parallel to south),,,129.1
42.452375,-73.811020,NYC Ravena (parallel to north),,,126.9
42.405621,-73.818441,NYC West Shore,ug,south of New Baltimore,,125.5
42.243373,-73.892792,CnC,ug,south of 21,113.3
42.072673,-73.974652,NYC Saugerties (visible to east),,south of 20,100.4
41.940529,-74.034893,UnD,ug,south of 19,90.7,CMRR/out of service
41.939920,-74.035312,NYO&W,ug,south of 19,90.6,abandoned
41.881081,-74.058229,NYC Walkill,ug,,86.1,abandoned
41.765621,-74.132026,New Palz and Poughkeepsie trolley,,,76.3,abandoned
41.691068,-74.077805,NH Maybrook Line,ug,btn 18 and 17,72.8,abandoned
41.532160,-74.075850,Walden & Newburgh Trolley,,,61.6,abandoned
41.454936,-74.064516,Erie Newburgh,ug,,56.1,abandoned
41.453035,-74.063357,Erie (Newburgh Short Line),,parallels south,,abandoned
41.435163,-74.067600,NYO&W,ug,,,abandoned
41.430260,-74.067192,Erie (Newburgh Short Line),,parallels north,,abandoned
41.402618,-74.084216,Erie (Newburgh Short Line),,intersects south,,abandoned
41.395996,-74.091989,Erie (Newburgh Short Line),,intersects north,,abandoned
41.395996,-74.091989,Erie Newburgh,,high on hill parallels south,,abandoned
41.362888,-74.103951,Erie,,two lines switch places and closely parallel on west,,abandoned
41.349103,-74.115113,Erie,,both lines move away to west,,abandoned
41.339120,-74.117209,Erie,,both lines visible across wetland to west,,abandoned
41.312005,-74.123906,Erie,ug,interchange ramp of 16,parallels south
41.299530,-74.137117,Erie,,Newburgh Junction,,44.2
41.172582,-74.187662,Erie,,parallels north,,40.2
41.152346,-74.189557,Erie,,parallels south,,32.3
41.139726,-74.170552,Erie,UG,north of 15,31.8
41.117934,-74.156723,Erie,UG,south of 15 moves away to south,30.0
41.116125,-74.114938,Erie,,parallels to south/east,,27.9
41.112594,-74.098621,Erie,,parallels to north/west,,26.9
41.104044,-74.076849,Erie,ug,,,25.4
41.103688,-74.018453,Erie,og,,,22.3
41.102405,-73.999180,NJ&NY New City,,Just West of Palisades Parkway,21.3,abandoned
41.100746,-73.964409,NYC,og,west of 12,19.5
41.080906,-73.92227,Erie Nyack,at 10,16.6,,abandoned
41.067419,-73.867025,NYC Water Level,ug,Tappan Zee Bridge toll gates,
41.042572,-73.835922,NYCnH Putnam,ug,parallels to the south.

[scharnhorst]

Thanks for the information! And the Route 31 crossing were actually over the Erie Canal.

About when was the last station and freight agent position held? Would this be in the mid 1950's?

The West Shore was on the North Side of Port Byron and cossed over RT90 near Centerport Road and crossed over 31 on the west side of Weedsport over them abutments and came into Weedsport where the West Shore train station was on Weedsport-Sennett Road the Westshore crossed over RT31 then over Bonta Bridge Road. The sideing that is used by that Grain elavator in Jordon, NY is a section of the West Shore Main Line or was at leased part of the intechange track that connected to he NYC Yard that was there. The last Station Agent and Fraght Agent last name was Welch They were the last to work out of the NYC Yard Offfice in Jordon, NY there grand daughter was my 5th grade teacher.

correct the last agent that held the NYC Yard in Jordon, NY was in the 50's shortley after the building sat unused for a while. It became a bar during the PC Years. It then closed down again in the 90's where it then became a VFW for a bit before changeing hands again a year or 2 ago.