D&H yard in Oneonta, NY

[Ulrich]

I vaguely remember taking the "Montrealer" with my mom and brother from NYC to Montreal in the late 1960s. As I was very young, the details escape me now, but I distinctly remember seeing a large classification yard shrouded in fog in the early morning hours. I'm thinking it must have been Oneonta, NY.. any other possibilities? 

[oltmannd]

Ulrich

I vaguely remember taking the "Montrealer" with my mom and brother from NYC to Montreal in the late 1960s. As I was very young, the details escape me now, but I distinctly remember seeing a large classification yard shrouded in fog in the early morning hours. I'm thinking it must have been Oneonta, NY.. any other possibilities? 

 

Oneonta is not on the route.  D&H had a number of flat switching yards along the route.  Mohawk (Schenectady),  Saratoga Springs, Whitehall, Plattsburg.  Maybe one of these?  

[Ulrich]

Could be one of those.. was a fairly large yard to my best recollection.. given that we left NYC late night and this was early morning, I figure it was likely Plattsburgh, NY.

[dmoore74]

Ulrich

I vaguely remember taking the "Montrealer" with my mom and brother from NYC to Montreal in the late 1960s. As I was very young, the details escape me now, but I distinctly remember seeing a large classification yard shrouded in fog in the early morning hours. I'm thinking it must have been Oneonta, NY.. any other possibilities? 

 

Train would actually be the Montreal Limited on the D&H.  My 1969 Official Guide shows it in Plattsburg at 6:30AM.  The Montrealer was a joint operation of the PRR, NYNH&H,B&M and CV.  It went from Washington to NYC and then New Haven, Springfield,MA and north to Montreal.  It was discontinued in 1966 but reincarnated by Amtrak.

[Ulrich]

That's right dmoore.. I keep getting them confused. 

[wanswheel]

http://cs.trains.com/ctr/f/3/t/74713.aspx

[MidlandMike]

I remember seeing Plattsburgh yard from Amtrak's Adirondack in the late 80's, and remembered how old-time the yard looked.  If you look at Google Earth images as late as 2003, the track is still there and you can even make out the outline of a former roundhouse.  I was in town a couple of years ago, and this too valuable lakeside real estate was now a park and marina.  There is a small yard south of town that was expanded about that time.

Oneonta is still a yard, but just a shadow of its former self.

[CandOforprogress2]

Whitehall NY is the CP Interchange yard to Vermont Railway and handles OMYA Limestone slurry tank cars and lumber cars to Vermont.