CATSKILL MOUNTAIN RAILROAD (CMRR) DISCUSSION - 2022

The CMRR's 2022 season will open Saturday, April 9th.

Our ridership results for 2021 can be found at this link:

https://catskillmountainrailroad.com/wp ... 011822.pdf

An updated version of our plan to extend our track to Basin Road can be found here:

https://catskillmountainrailroad.com/wp ... y-2022.pdf

The new crossing gates and flasher project for the Route 209 crossing can be found here, with bid documents:

https://catskillmountainrailroad.com/ro ... mentation/

Our operating permit was recently extended by our Landlord, Ulster County, until December 31, 2023:

We are looking forward to a great year for 2022.

EH

Following. I hope you guys have a great year!

Here is a photo of CMRR 401 at our current end of our ride at MP 8.1:

http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=270286

We are still lobbying to get permission to renovate the next two miles of track to build a terminal at MP 10.01 adjacent to Ashokan Reservoir.

EH

29 is for sale.

https://ozarkmountainrailcar.com/railEq ... Uq-X167DdY

Look here at the location of the washed out Boiceville bridge:

https://goo.gl/maps/1dKeZ1ty2a8CZv1d8

Has the new trail bridge been opened?

CMRR Fall Foliage Train crossing the C9 bridge west of Kingston, NY:

https://youtu.be/YvgSS8ScJfs

EH

Here are my pics of the new rail trail bridge at Boiceville:
http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=272618
http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=272619
http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=272620

It was washed out by Hurricane Irene in 2011:
http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=192748

2008 pics:
http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=115029
http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=113542

Great photos, Chris!

Recent videos from the CMRR's Polar Express:

https://youtu.be/nwMoyWUpl68

https://youtu.be/LG0bR43au5w

https://youtu.be/3uKmIBOWHqw

EH

The CMRR concluded its 2022 season on Wednesday December 28th with its last Polar Express train. The CMRR carried over 28,000 customers for Polar this year, as well as an additional 18,000 for the rest or the year. Our total ridership of over 46,000 was our best ever.

We were able to get all five of our Kingston coaches back into service this year - one of the P72s was renovated during Covid, and another is slated to be renovated in 2023. We also had new flashers and gates installed at the Route 209 crossing, a huge safety improvement, with the same scheduled for installation at Washington Avenue in 2023.

We also completed interior finish out and electric in our Westbrook Station which is now a full-fledged all-weather ticket office for the CMRR.

We are still working to get approval to extend the line to Basin Road in 2023.

All in all, it was a very successful year for the CMRR, and marks our full return to normal operations after the pandemic.

EH