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Viewing Album:  Adirondack Railway July 1980
 
By:Bob Krug
Dates:7/15/1980 - 7/17/1980
Album Info:After opening up all the way to Lake Placid for the Olympics in February, 1980, the Adirondack Railway offered a daily round trip from Thendara up to L.P, serving all intermediate stations enroute. They also allowed us to bring our canoe and backpacks aboard the open air coach. On the northbound leg, we de-trained with the canoe at Lake Lila, (Nehasane Station on the old Mohawk & Malone). We camped two days and two nights on Lake Lila, then caught the northbound train on the third day to complete our round trip up to L.P. and back to Thendara. For someone who loves trains, canoeing, and the Adirondacks, it was a dream vacation - probably never again to be repeated. The Adirondack Railway had repeated troubles with beaver flooding along that lengthy right of way, and they went bankrupt shortly after our trip. Years later, the succeeding tourist operation scaled back to a more sustainable operation out of Thendara. From Thendara up to Lake Clear Junction it was heavyweight rail, hearkening back to the old NYC Mohawk and Malone Division. The final miles across to Lake Placid from Lake Clear Jct was lighter rail, and slower running.
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Big Moose Station from the rear car of the northbound train
Title:  Big Moose Station from the rear car of the northbound train
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Photo Date:  7/15/1980  Upload Date: 6/13/2010 8:19:19 PM
Location:  Big Moose, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Station
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Views:  579   Comments: 0
The northbound train crosses the fill over Stillwater Reservoir
Title:  The northbound train crosses the fill over Stillwater Reservoir
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Photo Date:  7/15/1980  Upload Date: 6/13/2010 8:20:10 PM
Location:  Stillwater, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger
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Views:  359   Comments: 0
Dad and my wife on the rear of the train prior to departure
Title:  Dad and my wife on the rear of the train prior to departure
Description:  My Dad and my wife join me for a two day canoeing and railroading adventure in the Adirondacks. Note canoe inside the open air coach. What a great way to get your canoe to a remote lake!
Photo Date:  7/15/1980  Upload Date: 6/13/2010 8:18:03 PM
Location:  Thendara, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  464   Comments: 0
Looking back across Stillwater Reservoir from the rear of the train
Title:  Looking back across Stillwater Reservoir from the rear of the train
Description:  Looking south, with the track looking pretty good.
Photo Date:  7/15/1980  Upload Date: 6/13/2010 8:20:55 PM
Location:  Stillwater, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
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Views:  395   Comments: 1
Adirondack Railway northbound train to Lake Placid
Title:  Adirondack Railway northbound train to Lake Placid
Description:  Dad and my wife Amy are waiting with the canoe. On this first day, we'll de-board the train with canoe at Lake Lila, then flag the northbound train two days later to complete our round trip.
Photo Date:  7/15/1980  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 7:57:56 PM
Location:  Thendara, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  ADIX 29(RS3)
Views:  1025   Comments: 0
About to embark on the northbound day train : destination Lake Lila
Title:  About to embark on the northbound day train : destination Lake Lila
Description:  For an extra $5, we were allowed to load the canoe onto the rear car of the train.
Photo Date:  7/15/1980  Upload Date: 6/13/2010 8:15:49 PM
Location:  Thendara, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Station
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Views:  429   Comments: 0
Our northbound train crosses the Twitchell Creek bridge
Title:  Our northbound train crosses the Twitchell Creek bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/15/1980  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 7:58:30 PM
Location:  Big Moose, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge
Locomotives:  ADIX 29(RS3)
Views:  1185   Comments: 1
Unloading the canoe at Nehasane
Title:  Unloading the canoe at Nehasane
Description:  We got off at Nehasane, near the shore of Lake Lila in the Adirondacks.
Photo Date:  7/15/1980  Upload Date: 6/13/2010 8:21:40 PM
Location:  Nehasane, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  402   Comments: 0
Dr Webb's "Cottage" : Nehasane Lodge on Lake Lila
Title:  Dr Webb's "Cottage" : Nehasane Lodge on Lake Lila
Description:  Dr Webb, the builder and owner of the Mohawk and Malone built a millionaire's "cottage" on the south shore of Lake Lila in the Adirondacks. He was able to access the place via a private siding on his railroad, which passed just to the west of the lake. Nehasane Lodge was abandoned, but still standing when we visited in the summer of 1980. It was burned to the ground by the New York State D.E.C. as a "nonconforming structure" in a designated wilderness area.
Photo Date:  7/16/1980  Upload Date: 6/13/2010 8:23:02 PM
Location:  Nehasane, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
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Passing the southbound train
Title:  Passing the southbound train
Description:  On our northbound leg, we passed the southbound train at Saranac Lake Station, where there was a passing siding. The section of the railroad from Lake Clear Junciton over to Lake Placid was in poor shape; it had been a branchline over to Lake Placid, and was laid with lighter rail than the mainline, which continued north at Lake Clear Junction toward Malone, NY. Of course at that time, the old M&M north of Lake Clear Jct. had been lifted.
Photo Date:  7/17/1980  Upload Date: 6/13/2010 8:24:48 PM
Location:  Saranac Lake, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger
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Views:  1416   Comments: 0
Our train arrived at Lake Placid
Title:  Our train arrived at Lake Placid
Description:  We had a two hour layover in Lake Placid while the engine was turned to the rear of the train for the southbound leg back to Thendara
Photo Date:  7/17/1980  Upload Date: 6/13/2010 8:26:36 PM
Location:  Lake Placid, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  ADIX 29(RS3)
Views:  1213   Comments: 1
Arrived in Lake Placid
Title:  Arrived in Lake Placid
Description:  Here's my wife Amy and my father on the open air coach shortly after the train's arrival on the third day of our adventure. We had flagged the northbound day train out of Thendara at Nehasane Station, loaded our canoe and camping stuff on the rear-end open air coach, and completed our round trip up to Lake Placid, then back to the car at Thendara.
Photo Date:  7/17/1980  Upload Date: 6/13/2010 8:24:05 PM
Location:  Lake Placid, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  1494   Comments: 2
Adirondack Railway Locomotive #29
Title:  Adirondack Railway Locomotive #29
Description:  We had a several-hour layover in Lake Placid before completing our round trip back to Thendara
Photo Date:  7/17/1980  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 7:56:36 PM
Location:  Lake Placid, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ADIX 29(RS3)
Views:  1018   Comments: 1
Adirondack Railway RS-3 #29 at Lake Placid Station
Title:  Adirondack Railway RS-3 #29 at Lake Placid Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/17/1980  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 7:57:16 PM
Location:  Lake Placid, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  ADIX 29(RS3)
Views:  801   Comments: 0
Train departing southbound
Title:  Train departing southbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/17/1980  Upload Date: 6/13/2010 8:47:43 PM
Location:  Saranac Lake, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
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Views:  1024   Comments: 0

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