Removal of Tracks on former Ulster & Delaware (Now Catskill Mountain Railroad)

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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Under the guise of an emergency bridge repair, without Catskill Mountain Railroad consent Ulster County (our landlord, who are separately trying to terminate our lease) removed 540 feet of track, ties, and even the subgrade pushing it into the creek to make a ramp. Removal of the subgrade will allow the fill to wash into the creek at the next rain. This is at MP 36.77 at Big Indian to MP 36.9 at Lasher Road. The Delaware & Ulster RR had expressed interest in restoring this section of the line, but were turned down by Ulster County who want trail only in this area.

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The CMRR is demanding that the tracks be restored after this work is complete.

If you want to help us fight this please contribute to our legal defense fund:

http://www.catskillmtrailroad.com/legaldefense.php

Ernest Hunt

Catskill Mountain RR

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Outrageous behavior by the County…I hope you have legal counsel to guide you in this…there should be no problem finding it now…

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Long term, is the Catskill RR ever going to be able to win here? Apparently the location they are in is not welcoming, and will do whatever it takes to thwart them.

Sucks, but I wonder if all the wasted time, money and effort will ever be worth it for the RR folks.

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It does not look like they shoved the track aside. I don’t see any rails and the ties that are visible at the sides do not seem like they represent the full amount of ties for track. Please clarify what was there before the grading work shown in the photos was done.

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Maybe it’s time to move someplace where there isn’t so many (fill in the blanks).

What a bunch of jerks.