The Ulster And Delaware: Railroad Through The Catskills

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The Ulster and Delaware...Railroad Through the Catskills presents the complete story of all the railroads of the Catskill region and describes the great hotels the railroads served. In pictures and text it tells about the railroads construction early operation the famous passenger trains and the steam locomotives. Included are descriptions of the Catskills the sights along the line special trains the rolling stock freight service and the workings of the unique Otis Elevating Railway. The author relates many unusual personal experiences and happenings about the Cornells the Coykendalls the railroads and the hotels. This is an intensely human story of struggle and triumph in the New York tradition.