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I'm also interested in the Chateaugay Branch, though in an earlier era. There isn't a wealth of photos available specific to this branch, especially from the early 1900's, which is all I've collected. At its peak, the line ran as far as Lake Placid but the far end was abandoned in the 1940's, leaving service only as far as Lyon Mountain & Standi***o serve the mine & furnace. The mine closed in the late 1960s & trains were occasionally run up to the mines for salvage operations. I'm not familiar with the traffic after that. Perhaps it still served the prison in Dannemora for a while? Michael Kurdish has a book "Railroads of the Adirondacks" which as I recall has a few photos of the branch, though I'm not sure if there are any of the later years. The only "modern" photo I have is a scan showing the last dump truck being shipped on an Erie flat car in the late 60's. A good D&H site is http://www.bridge-line.org/ You may find some info there or contact info to find more info. There are also a couple of D&H groups on Yahoo, though I've had little luck with my Chateaugay Branch info requests there, likely because of my time period interest. I'm doing the initial research for a section of a layout based on the mine & furnace at Lyon Mountain. I've found few photos showing railroad equipment serving the mines & those I've found are very hard to see. I'm particularly interested in learning what type of ore cars used here ca. 1917. Keep in touch with your research results. Wayne
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