Any day is a good day to ride the rails of the historical Adirondack Railroad!

In 1892, Dr. William Seward Webb had built the Mohawk and Malone Railway through the Adirondack region in northern New York. Within 18 months, Dr. Webb had completed the rail line from Herkimer to Malone. He later extended the rail into Canada.
We are so thankful that we got the opportunity to run our motorcar on a portion of the historical railroad. We began at the Remsen Depot and travelled north up to our turnaround point at Tupper Lake Junction. The video highlights many of the stations we passed along the way.

Endless thanks to:
Railroad usage and organization of the excursion:
Adirondack Railroad
Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad
NARCOA
NEREX

For the vintage photos, maps and schematics, these organizations have my endless gratitude and appreciation for being keepers of our rich railroad history. Most all photographs are circa 1900-1920.

Museum on Blue Mountain Lake - Museum in the Adirondacks
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The Woodgate Free Library
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Library of Congress
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New York Heritage
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Utley-Williams Collection
Myers Collection
Fallon Collection
Harter Collection
Denio Collection
Tim Mayers Postcard Collection

Mac-A-Mac photos at Brandreth Station: Goff-Nelson Memorial Library, Tupper Lake Public Library
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Tupper Lake rail yard photo provided by: Western Connecticut Chapter – National Railway Historical Society, Henry Wilhelm negative collection [ Ссылка ]

Nehasane Firefighters provided by: The New York State Archives [ Ссылка ]

Additional video footage used with permission:

Railroading Rambler
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16grrr whipple
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Recommended reading:
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Recommended books:
Fairy Tale Railroad by Henry A. Harter
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Tupper Lake by Jon Kopp
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Music credits:

Long Road Ahead B by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. [ Ссылка ] Source: [ Ссылка ] Artist: [ Ссылка ]

All other music licensed:
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Map Credits:
Google Maps
Apple Maps
Microsoft Maps

Other Adirondack videos to enjoy:
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:15 History of the Mohawk and Malone Railway
00:57 Remsen Depot
03:26 Forestport Station
05:12 Woodgate Station
06:52 McKeever Station
09:06 Thendara Station (Fulton Chain)
11:52 Carter Station
13:22 Entire consist (high angle)
15:52 Big Moose (station converted into a restaurant)
18:59 Entire consist (eye level view)
21:22 Beaver River Station
23:12 Brandreth Station
25:09 Nehasane Station
27:39 Sabattis Station
29:14 Horseshoe Lake
31:16 Piercefield Flow
31:43 Raquette Pond
32:07 Tupper Lake Junction
33:41 Excursion Details
33:46 Photo Montage
35:19 Dedication to our friend and mentor Scott Fuller

Thanks for watching!

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