I lived in Poughkeepsie, NY (home of Vassar, one of IBMs plants, and a long history) for almost 5 years. It was an reasonable place to raise a family, met a lot of great people. This page of pictures is from my last few days in the Hudson Valley including one last trip to Scranton, PA, home of Steamtown National Historic Site (a great place to go with kids!)
View from Fox Point, 100 feet from my house...on the right, across the river, a train is approaching the Milton siding of the CSX River Line. On the left back (east) is the Hudson Line (Metro North, CSX, CP/D&H, and Amtrak). I rode almost 175,000 rail miles on the Hudson line as a commuter from Poughkeepsie (POK) to New York City's famous Grand Central Terminal.
The Last Amtrak Turbo Train I saw, Early Summer 2004
Scranton, PA is great, Delaware Lackawanna, NS and CP/Delaware & Hudson trains, here with 3 SOO SD60 units!
On Bridge 60, 4 Delaware Lackawanna ALCOs
L160 with UP 2001 stuck after a derailment near the Cement plant at MP 100 6/27/04
Rare CSX 8954 (SD45-2) and exConrail 7140 (C36-7) combo here in Kingston on W097 6/16/04
Bear Mountain Bridge, Spring 2004
Q271 with BNSF power, Roseton, NY
Many hours spent with Bruce K. at this spot...
BNSF power at my kids favorite spot, the playground at West Park, NY
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All images and information (c) 2004 ALAN SCHENKEL
