In the 50's there were two very sizable station relocations coupled with grade crossing eliminations on the Harlem: Mt. Kisco (1955 - 56?) and couple of years later Pleasantville (1958-59?). I have a couple of question about where the stations were previously.
Pleasantville: I am told that fieldstone building (which has had several reincarnations at a restaurant) sits right at its original location. After being moved during the construction it was put back. Is that right?
Mount Kisco: This has clearly been moved considerably. Was it originally on the corner of Kirby Plaza and East Main St., i.e., right across from Chase Bank? Or farther south on Kirby Plaza, sort of directly west of its current location?
I never had any personal contact with the Harlem Div. until the 1960's --- except at Brewster, where my dad took me to a few times in the early 50's to see steam in action (We lived in Danbury CT, which the New Haven had dieselized before my train-watching days, when I was still in a playpen. (I remember that Harlem steam as if it were yesterday even though it was nearly 70 years ago!)
Pleasantville: I am told that fieldstone building (which has had several reincarnations at a restaurant) sits right at its original location. After being moved during the construction it was put back. Is that right?
Mount Kisco: This has clearly been moved considerably. Was it originally on the corner of Kirby Plaza and East Main St., i.e., right across from Chase Bank? Or farther south on Kirby Plaza, sort of directly west of its current location?
I never had any personal contact with the Harlem Div. until the 1960's --- except at Brewster, where my dad took me to a few times in the early 50's to see steam in action (We lived in Danbury CT, which the New Haven had dieselized before my train-watching days, when I was still in a playpen. (I remember that Harlem steam as if it were yesterday even though it was nearly 70 years ago!)
