Mountain Railroads of New York State, Volume Two: Where Did the Tracks Go in the Central Adirondacks? - Softcover

Michael Kudish

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1930098812 ISBN 13: 9781930098817

Publisher: Purple Mountain Press, 2007

Synopsis

This is the second of a four-volume set on Mountain Railroads of New York State. It includes railroads which diverged from the New York Central Main Line into the Adirondacks from the south, concentrating on the Adirondack Division, its branches, and its connecting shortlines. The major objectives of Volume Two, as well as for the other three volumes of Mountain Railroads of New York State, are: locate as precisely as possible abandoned and extant railroad grades, with their associated industries and facilities, on maps based on topographic quadrangles, i.e. an atlas. To present both the opening and closing years for these railroads and industries.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Kudish received his PhD at the New York State College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse. His dissertation, on the history of Catskills forests, was the beginning of a lifelong study; in 2000, Purple Mountain Press published The Catskills Forest: A History. Before his retirement, he was a professor in the Division of Forestry at Paul Smith s College. He has written three books of railroad history and four books on the vegetation of the Adirondacks and a number of articles on forest history of both the Catskills and Adirondacks. Now living in the Catskills, he continues to research mountain bogs and write about railroad history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Purple Mountain Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1930098812
• ISBN 13: 9781930098817
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 565