Track Car at Blooming Grove

It's 1982, and service on the Newburgh Branch is coming to a close. Russell Hallock and the enterprise tracker crew stop to take a picture at the Tuthill road. This was once the sight of much action as the old station was here. That was over sixty years ago and it will only be two more years until the branch itself will be only a memory. The building behind if the former Sheffield creamery, which would be torn down in ten years. Photo taken by Russell Hallock.

The NYO&W Bridge

Erie Lackawanna 447 (Ex Erie 447) pulls the "Newburgh Haul" over the former New York, Ontario and Western Right of Way. This is the only known picture of this bridge with a train, but the bridge still exists and looks the same as here. Photo from the Denis Carpenter collection.

The Salisbury Mills Flats

A shot of the Newburgh Local at the flats in Salisbury Mills, 1972. It would not be even ten more years when the last freight would travel over the Newburgh Branch and just over ten years before the last piece of railroad equipment would travel over the branch. Credits to Russ Hallock.

The Ski Trains

This is a "Ski Train" (as they were called) standing just short of the Moodna Viaduct. This is usually where the train unloaded, then ran into Newburgh to be turned and serviced. Engine 2753 is a K-4b Pacific (built by Badlwin in 1923 as a K-4a, rebuilt by Hornell in 1929 as a K-4b. These are not USRA Pacifics, they were the K-5's); note it has received a secondhand Berkshire tender. The date is March 10, 1940 and the photographer is Bob Collins.

Mantrap at Salisbury Mills

Probably the most iconic picture on the Newburgh Branch, this shot shows Erie Lackawanna 8431 (Ex Lackawanna 8431) pulling the 1964 rail fan trip over the Orrs Mills Rd. crossing in Salisbury Mills NY. There are many other shots similar to this but none are as great as this one. Credits to the Russ Hallock collection.

Central Valley Square

A look at town square in Central Valley NY just after the Graham Line was completed. You can see that the station has now been moved up the hill and a concrete wall takes it's place. Today, the scene looks the same except for the tree in the center which was recently removed. Credits to the Woodbury Historical Society.

The Dupont Branch

Here is a shot of Erie Lackawanna RS-2 829 midway on the Dupont branch in Newburgh NY. This was called the Dupont branch because it once served the Dupont plant at the other end of Newburgh. At it's height, the branch serviced about 13 industries in northern Newburgh and the last one closed in 1988 leaving the siding intact but abandoned. Photo refits to Russ Hallock