by RussNelson
This is the route of a trolley line.
http://rutlandtrail.org/gmap.cgi?sarato ... y.ny.track
It's drawn as going to Saratoga Lake with no branches here:
http://rutlandtrail.org/mapview.cgi?lat ... 4&height=3
and yet when you look at the modern topographic and aerial photos, it seems to follow a different route. The topographic map doesn't label it as a railroad, but it so closely follows here
http://rutlandtrail.org/mapview.cgi?lat ... 4&height=3
that I have to assume that they could see something. And indeed, when you look at the aerial photos:
http://rutlandtrail.org/mapview.cgi?lat ... 4&height=3
it surely looks like the trolley line had a switch west of Lake Lonely.
BTW, I looked today for the trolley line east of I-87 and found it! I also found some blackberry bushes and stinging nettle, so my legs don't look so good right now. In addition to two sets of fences lining the ROW, I also found a fallen catenary pole.
Also found it crossing a creek very close to what the topo map labels 9P.
http://rutlandtrail.org/gmap.cgi?sarato ... y.ny.track
It's drawn as going to Saratoga Lake with no branches here:
http://rutlandtrail.org/mapview.cgi?lat ... 4&height=3
and yet when you look at the modern topographic and aerial photos, it seems to follow a different route. The topographic map doesn't label it as a railroad, but it so closely follows here
http://rutlandtrail.org/mapview.cgi?lat ... 4&height=3
that I have to assume that they could see something. And indeed, when you look at the aerial photos:
http://rutlandtrail.org/mapview.cgi?lat ... 4&height=3
it surely looks like the trolley line had a switch west of Lake Lonely.
BTW, I looked today for the trolley line east of I-87 and found it! I also found some blackberry bushes and stinging nettle, so my legs don't look so good right now. In addition to two sets of fences lining the ROW, I also found a fallen catenary pole.
Also found it crossing a creek very close to what the topo map labels 9P.