This volume, unlike its companion which covers Binghamton to Oneonta, does not present a history of the D&H but consists solely of a tour of the stations west of Oneonta to Mechanicville and down to Albany. There are main line images in the vicinity of Oneonta plus photographs at Colliers, Cooperstown Jct., Schenevus, Worcester, East Worcester, West Richmondville, Richmondville, Richmondville Hill, Cobleskill, Howe’s Cave, Central Bridge, Esperance, Delanson, South Schenectady, Schenectady, Scotia, Mohawk Yard, Carman, Elnora, Ushers, Coons, Mechanicville, Cohoes, Watervliet, Colonie, Albany and Kenwood Yard. A number of photographs depict the Adirondack with PA power as well as RS3’s and RS11’s. Passenger equipment is significantly recorded at Colonie as are old cabooses at Mechanicville and Colonie.
A number of photographs depict PA’s on the Adirondack. Passenger equipment is significantly recorded at Colonie as are old cabooses at Mechanicville and Colonie. EL, LV and B&M power appears on run-throughs.
All locations, including those without photographic coverage, are described with historical text including a 1922 customer roster and more modern customer information as available. Locations along the Albany Main, from Albany via Voorheesville to Delanson are also covered by text in the same manner as the stations between Oneonta, Mechanicville and Albany. Photographs are presented for Slingerlands, Voorheesville, Altamont and Duanesburg.
In the era of this book, much of the freight traffic to/from Albany moved to Mechanicville via the south end of the Saratoga Division and then headed to Binghamton. Therefore, we have included the segment between Mechanicville and Kenwood Yard in our coverage.
Photographers include: Curt Carlough, Gene Collora, Jerry Dziedzic, Mike Galessi, Jim Gerofsky, Bob Pennisi, Rich Pennisi, Gordon Smith, Rich Taylor and the author.
194 pages, indexed, 161 color images, 30 black and white images, 15 maps/track/diagrams, 30 illustrations and 15 examples of railroad paper.
