It would be a great loss to have the Lake Placid branch tracks taken up. Rails form a significant part of the town's history. According to NYC Equipment Folder No. 1 (Effective June 23, 1929), one could board a through-service Pullman sleeping car at Grand Central Terminal at 7:10 pm (NYC Train No. 55) and arrive at Lake Placid the following morning at 7:10 am. While you slept your car would have been switched at Utica unto the NYC Adirondack Division (Train No. 5). On Fridays in the summer no less than 11 through-Pullmans left Grand Central Terminal in No. 55 bound for Lake Placid. In the same train there were also through-Pullmans to Clayton (2), Malone (1), Loon Lake (1), Tupper Lake (1) Raquette Lake (1), Thendara (1), and Montreal (1). No. 55 must have departed New York in more than 1 section. Keep in mind that this was summer service (May 24 - September 6). What a great summer getaway weekend that would have been!
Where is the court case a and who is the Judge?
Larry, when did regular service end? Were there any fall color runs? Trees acros the ROW seems like it may have been a while.
tree68 It was a long, slow, sad trip.
It was a long, slow, sad trip.
Condolences Larry. Thanks for all you did to keep it going.
tree68 Even being fall, with all the colors gone, the scenery is spectacular.
Even being fall, with all the colors gone, the scenery is spectacular.
I second that.. we go hiking there and never tire of the scenery.. nothing short of spectacular any time of year.
Ironically, I help run what may have been the last train of passenger equipment out of Lake Placid yesterday. It was a long, slow, sad trip.
Because most of the track is OOS, the speed for most of the trip was just 10 MPH, with our average speed reduce significantly by numerous trees across the track which, of course, had to be removed before we could pass.
We'll find out in early November whether it was, indeed, the final trip. That's when the judge is supposed to decide the fate of the rails from Tupper Lake to Lake Placid - railroad or trail?
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Morgan and Hastings were able to put into words and pictures the incredible changes that were unfolding rapidly. I feel very fortunate to be able to share and experience what they did ...and to see, hear and smell the last of those years.
You simply cannot lose that historic route. It's ridiculous.
Thanks for the article and information about the author. Hoping to model part of the Adirondack Division some day.
Learning a little bit more about the author.
“Philip Ross Hastings was a celebrated railroad photographer with a much copied, innovative style. He was born in 1925 in Bradford, Vermont. As a child, Hastings accompanied his father to the local railroad station. He took his first railroad photo before age 10.
Hastings' plan to become a locomotive engineer was foiled by his bad eyesight. He enlisted in the Army in 1943. While a student at Tufts, Fordham, and New York Universities and the University of Vermont, Hastings studied both medicine and photography. He graduated from the University of Vermont as an M.D. in 1950. After college, Hastings re-enlisted in the Army and was posted in New York State, Maryland, Texas, and Washington as part of his medical training. He was certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in March of 1959. Hastings received many awards as a practicing psychiatrist, and became president of the Iowa Psychiatric Society in 1971.
“He and his wife, Marian and their five children, Pamela, Stephen, Hugh, Doug and David settled in Waterloo, Iowa in 1959 where Hastings continued to develop his interest in photography. Hastings became a staunch supporter of the Mid-Continent Railway Historical Society in North Freedom, Wisconsin and served as its board chairman during the 1980s.
“During the 1950s and 1960s, Hastings wrote for TRAINS magazine. He and David Morgan, editor of TRAINS, documented the end of the steam era in a series of articles. In 1985, Hastings won the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society's annual Photography Award in recognition for a lifetime of outstanding achievement in his field.
“Many of Hastings' photos are prominently featured in railroad books and publications. His images were compiled and printed in THE MOHAWK THAT REFUSED TO ABDICATE AND OTHER TALES (1975). Another book, PHILIP ROSS HASTINGS: THE BOSTON & MAINE: A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY was published posthumously in 1989.
“Hastings died on February 20, 1987 in Waterloo, Iowa. In 1997, the Hastings family selected the California State Railroad Museum as the permanent home for Hastings' photograph collection, consisting of over 46,000 plus black and white negatives, 4,000 prints, and 32,000 35 mm color transparencies.”
AWARDS, CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMAS
Includes awards, certificates, diplomas, plaques, and a gavel presented to Hastings over the course of his education, his stint in the U.S. Army, his career as a psychiatrist, and his work as a railroad photographer.
BOX LIST
Box 16 National Guard of Vermont and the National Guard of the United States. Honorable Discharge. Not dated.
Box 16 Community Mental Health Centers Association of Iowa Inc. And the Iowa Mental Health Authority. "Special Recognition for a Unique and Sustaining Contribution to the Community Mental Health Center Movement in Iowa." Not dated. [framed]
Box 16 The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College. Bachelor of Science Degree. June 16, 1947.
Box 16 The College of Medicine of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College. Degree of Doctor of Medicine. June 12, 1950. [framed]
Box 16 The President of the United States of America. Appointment of Philip R. Hastings as a Reserve Commissioned Officer, Grade of First Lieutenant, Medical Corps, in the Army of the United States. October 18, 1950.
Box 16 Deaconess Hospital, Spokane, Washington. Diploma. June 30, 1951. [framed]
Box 16 Vermont State Board of Medical Registration. Registration as a Practioner of Medicine. July 15, 1952.
Box 16 The President of the United States of America. Appointment of Philip R. Hastings as a Reserve Commissioned Officer, Grade of First Lieutenant in the Army of the United States. October 16, 1952.
Box 16 The President of the United States of America. Appointment of Philip R. Hastings as a Reserve Commissioned Officer, Grade of Captain in the Army of the United States. November 20, 1953.
Box 16 American Group Psychotherapy Association. Election to Membership of the Association. October 26, 1956.
Box 16 Veterans Administration. Certificate of Completion of 36 Month Residency in Psychiatry at Veterans Hospital, Albany, New York, July 7, 1953 - July 6, 1956. January 27, 1957. [framed]
Box 16 New York State Education Department. Registered Physician in the State of New York, January 1957-December 31, 1958.
Box 16 University of the State of New York Education Department. A License to Practice Medicine and Surgery in the State of New York. March 15, 1957.
Box 17 The President of the United States of America. Appointment of Philip R. Hastings as a Reserve Commissioned Officer, Grade of Major in the Army of the United States. April 15, 1958.
Box 17 The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Certification to Practice the Specialty of Psychiatry. March, 1959.
Box 17 State of Iowa. Certificate of License, Medicine and Surgery. July 21, 1959. [framed]
Box 17 "Philip R. Hastings, President, Iowa Psychiatric Society". 1971. [gavel]
Box 17 State of Iowa Executive Department. Appointment and Commission of Philip Hastings as A Member of the Mental Hygiene Committee. September 9, 1974. [framed]
Box 17 U.S. Department of Justice. Drug Enforcement Agency. Controlled Substances Registration Certificate. October 2, 1986 and State of Iowa. Controlled Substances Registration Certificate. no date. [framed together]
Box 17 Allen Memorial Hospital, Waterloo Iowa. In Recognition of His Generous Contributions and Loyal Support. February 3, 1987. [framed]
Box 17 Iowa State Board of Medical Examiners. Renewal of License to Practice Medicine and Surgery. April 1, 1985 - March 31, 1987. [framed]
Box 18 Railway & Locomotive Historical Society. The Railroad History Award Photography Award For Significant Contribution to the Photographic Interpretation of North America's Railroading History. May 4, 1985. [framed]
Box 18 Photograph album compiled by Dr. Hastings when he was a young boy.
Classic Trains photo of the day caption: “Longtime Trains magazine Editor David P. Morgan takes notes inside Canadian National’s roundhouse at Riviere du Loup, Quebec, during his fall 1953 “Steam Safari” with friend and photographer Philip R. Hastings. Philip R. Hastings photo”
"Nailed it."
https://akronrrclub.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/on-photography-nailing-it/
Philips has 4 photos in "Trail vs. Rail" article, Trains July 2016.
http://trn.trains.com/~/media/files/pdf/2016/trnc0716.pdf
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wanswheel Philip R. Hastings (1925-1987) “who started taking railroad pictures in 1937, was widely published in books and magazines. He is remembered especially for his teamwork with David P. Morgan, Trains editor, which resulted in the magazine’s twilight of steam series from 1954 to 1958, republished as The Mohawk That Refused to Abdicate and Other Tales (Kalmbach Books, 1975). Hastings received the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society’s national railroad photography award in 1985.”
Philip R. Hastings (1925-1987) “who started taking railroad pictures in 1937, was widely published in books and magazines. He is remembered especially for his teamwork with David P. Morgan, Trains editor, which resulted in the magazine’s twilight of steam series from 1954 to 1958, republished as The Mohawk That Refused to Abdicate and Other Tales (Kalmbach Books, 1975). Hastings received the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society’s national railroad photography award in 1985.”
Does anyone know where I can read the article "Pacifics to Placid" in the September 1950 issue of "Trains Magazine" currently out of print?
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