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The DL&W station at Wallace, NY in June 1955 (?) Original photographer not identified. This was the Hoboken-Buffalo main of the Lackawanna, today only one track remains and sees little or no traffic. Reportedly the depot still exists but has been moved off line to a site near Rochester, NY. This is one of the few surviving DL&W depots (early 1980s onward) which I have not as yet photographed.Related content
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Oooh ... an atlas! Is it out of publication? Name and author? Pretty please.
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'Steam Powered Video' has published a series of railroad atlases covering the US and Canada. Their web address is www.spv.co.uk Let me know what you think, if you wish. They have updated at least some of their atlases over the years.
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I did get the atlases and they are a good start at looking at the current and abandoned roadbeds from 20,000 feet. That is when you need to go to the U.S. Geological maps (esp. the 7.5" versions) to see what the elevation, intersecting roads, towns and known obstacles are. The atlases are of value to me. Thanks for the info.
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You're welcome! I have a fair-sized collection of USGS topo maps, mostly 7.5 min. You can also order online vintage maps of many places, to see how much some areas have become built up, or rail lines abandoned. For example I have 7.5 maps of the Anaheim, CA quadrangle from 1949 (mostly orchards, with lines labeled Pacific Electric) and 1965 (mostly built up, in only 16 years! PC now gone).
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The rail lines of New York were a veritable spider web of routes going everywhere. I still have federal maps from the 1940's that identify the rail lines of the New York Central, Erie Lackawanna, Pennsylvania and so many others. I used to ride the abandoned rail beds with friends on our motorcycles but it was so sad to know that mighty steam engines trod where we gaily drove. More than anything, Mother Nature played a huge role in eliminating so many of the lines with washouts.
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I have an atlas of New York showing the various intact and abandoned rail lines, and have photographed several HUNDRED railroad depots across the state, including some that have since been razed.
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Gad, I wonder how empty upstate New York is these days.
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Upstate New York is certainly not the most prosperous of places, though I think its rural areas have depopulated far less than some of its cities (especially Buffalo) or the rural counties of the Great Plains that have not been touched by the fracking boom (A mixed blessing in various ways, but that is another story).
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