Twenty-five Years on the ND&C: A History of the Newburgh, Dutchess & Connecticut Railroad
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.25 (879 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1930098383 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 207 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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The author is the current president of the Hopewell Junction Depot Restorataion, Inc.
Both books compliment each other nicely. Purchased this book with the Railroads: Dutchess County, NY, 18Both books compliment each other nicely. Kathy Purchased this book with the Railroads: Dutchess County, NY, 1848-1907. Both books compliment each other nicely.. 8-1907. Both books compliment each other nicely.. "25 years of the nd&c" according to mike deangelis. helped in gathering info on this railroad. excellent info that came from Bernard in his writings along with letters that described the railroad.
The first eight years of east-west railroad operations in Dutchess County saw turmoil, conflict, and multiple financial failures. Recently discovered ND&C record books now in the possession of the Beacon Historical Society (33,000 pages in 48 volumes) are a window into the everyday events and problems of running a railroad in the late 1800s. With that success as an incentive, an east-west railroad was chartered and built. The ND&C Railroad under the leadership of John Schultze and Charles Kimball established an operation that survived through good times and bad for over twenty-five years until it was absorbed into the Central New England Railway later becoming part of the New Haven Railroad. These routes were relatively stable and successful. Still later, eleven miles of the
About the Author The author is the current president of the Hopewell Junction Depot Restorataion, Inc.