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136: 25: 257: 229:'s sons to build a cable railroad. This railroad was completed in 1892. 7,000 feet (2,100 m) in length, it raised passengers 1,600 feet (490 m) in 10 minutes - saving a one-hour stage ride. At the summit, 1-mile (1.6 km) of track was laid to connect with the terminus of the Kaaterskill Railroad. 236:
was constructed to run from the Otis to Tannersville. This line paralleled the existing Katterskill one as far as Tannersville. Hastily built, this line had curves as sharp as 20 degrees and a maximum speed of 7 miles per hour. Locally, it was affectionately known as the "Huckleberry" for the fruit
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During a 1904 reconstruction of the Otis, a switch was installed to connect with the C&T permitting through freight to operate from Catskill to Tannersville. Because of the slanted seats necessary on the Otis, passengers still had to change cars.
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A great boon to the CMRR was the development of the shale brick in 1888 by the Elmira Shale Brick Company. By 1898, raw material mined on the Cairo branch for the Catskill Shale brick company comprised, by tonnage, 95% of the freight carried.
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Unlike most railroads, the CMRR was built primarily for the purpose of transporting passengers and was intended to operate seasonally. Most people using the line were summer tourists who travelled by steamboat from points along the
221:. These narrow gauge railroads brought passengers much closer to their final destinations, saving them the difficult stage trip CMRR patrons had. To counter the competition, the 201:. While the railroad served its purpose of bringing passengers closer to the mountain top resorts, it still left them with an arduous hour-long stage trip up the face of the 1652: 209:, with the intent to carry bluestone, hay and fruit, and was run year round. That same year, the CMRR was reorganized as the Catskill Mountain Railway. 1667: 1647: 181:(CMRR) in 1880, it was built in 1881 and 1882. The principals had interests in shipping on the Hudson and in hotels in the Catskill Mountains. 1662: 217:
Competition soon arose, in the form of the Stony Clove & Catskill Mountain and the Kaaterskill railroad companies, both controlled by the
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The train route ran from Cairo, southeast to Catskill and then Catskill Landing. Catskill provided a connection to the
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By 1897 connecting service on the Kaaterskill Railroad had become so bad, that a new railroad, the
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Catskill Mountain RR's route is on the northeast edge of the Catskills region on the map
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22 feet long. Built for interchange with Otis Ry. and Catskill & Tannersville Ry.
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22 feet long. Built for interchange with Otis Ry. and Catskill & Tannersville Ry.
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22 feet long. Built for interchange with Otis Ry. and Catskill & Tannersville Ry.
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Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York
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Bond of the Catskill Mountain Railway from the 2nd July 1885
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railroad, 15.73 miles (25.31 km) long, running from
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Their final destinations were 23: 16:Railroad in New York (1882–1918) 1010: 34:needs additional citations for 1532: 1517:"The Otis Elevating Railway", 1511: 291: 212: 1: 1580:. New York State Legislature. 1483: 391:Dickson Manufacturing Company 361:Dickson Manufacturing Company 331:Dickson Manufacturing Company 1201:31 feet (9.45 m) long. 1057:30 feet (9.14 m) long. 422:Schenectady Locomotive Works 219:Ulster and Delaware Railroad 7: 1490:Helmer, William F. (1970). 58:"Catskill Mountain Railway" 10: 1684: 1605:Poor's Manual of Railroads 237:which grew along its way. 179:Catskill Mountain Railroad 123:Catskill Mountain Railroad 120: 1602:; Poor, Henry W. (1895). 1478:Catskill Mountain Railway 935:longitudinal bench seats 907:longitudinal bench seats 879:longitudinal bench seats 145:Catskill Mountain Railway 1608:. H.V. and H.W. Poor Co. 1492:Rip Van Winkle Railroads 386:Charles T. Van Santvoord 251: 1560:Helmer (1970), p. 137. 1494:. 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Catskill Mountain Railroad

3 ft
narrow gauge
Catskill
Palenville
Greene County
New York
Catskill Mountain Railroad
Hudson River
hotels
boarding houses
Catskill Mountains
Catskill Escarpment
Cairo, New York
Ulster and Delaware Railroad
Otis Elevating Railway
Elisha Otis
Catskill and Tannersville Railway

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