In his song “My old School” he talks about taking the Wolverine up to Annadale but I only found 2 towns with that name one in MN and the other one in VA
I cant find a Annadale Michigan but I did find a Annadale Minnisota.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annandale,_Minnesota? Was there a Train called the Wolverine that ran in Minnisota? This seems likely.
The song is about things going on at Bard College in Annadale-on-Hudson, in New York. Nothing to do with Michigan.
First, it’s Annandale, not Annadale. Second, the New York Central’s Wolverine went from New York to Chicago via the Canadian Southern and Michigan Central.
The closest stop to Annandale on Hudson (the town? village?) is set back from the Hudson a half-mile or more–and has no railroad. However, Barrytown, which is on the Hudson was a stop for lesser trains. The Wolverine did stop in Rhinecliff (5.5 miles south of Barrytown) in 1953.
Give Becker & Fagen a break, it’s poetic license. I sure hope that the OP never analyzed the lyrics of “Wabash Cannon Ball” or “Orange Blossom Special”.
“The Wolverine did stop in Rhinecliff (5.5 miles south of Barrytown) in 1953.”
You mean to tell me that New York Central had a train from New York Grand Central dirctly to Upstate Michigan by way of the Hudson?
The stops on the River Line for Bard College are, and were, Rhinecliff and Poughkeepsie. To this day the college runs shuttle service to those stations on weekends.
No one is saying any such thing. Read what has been posted about Annandale on Hudson.
All NYC trains to the Midwest went up along the Hudson as far as Albany.
Just look out for Chino and Daddy G.
Not to mention the Grateful Dead’s “Casey Jones”
Candoforprogress2 wrote: You mean to tell me that New York Central had a train from New York Grand Central dirctly to Upstate Michigan by way of the Hudson?
New York Central had many fine passenger trains from Grand Central to Michigan and on to Chicago. The main line basically split at Buffalo- one route south of Lake Erie, one north. The Internet has lots of information on this.
The Wolverine ran through the southern part of the lower peninsula, not “Upstate Michigan.” The NYC did have sleeping car service to the northern tip of the lower peninsula. But absolutely nobody in Michigan ever uses the term “Upstate Michigan.”
Living Near Buffalo I forgot that the New York Central had a line in Southern Ontario that went from Black Rock to Detroit via London ON and Windsor ON.
Not London…St. Thomas, further South.
Something tells me the OP is well acquainted with the last part of the first line in the lyrics.
Bard College where Danial Fagan was in Annadale on the Hudson
CSAO?
Fagen and Becker met at Bard College
As has been pointed out, it is AnnaNdale, not Annadale.
Freeken east coast town names- Avon Ohio is pronouced Avan in NY and Reading PA is called Redding which is the actual name of a city in Redding CA…
The city in Pennsylvaaia was probably named for Reading in England–and the inhabitants there pronouce it “Redding.”
Have you considered Worcester in Massachusetts? It is pronounced “Wooster.”