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| Metrotrails added Historic postcard image at the turntable in the former Maybrook rail yards, Orange County NY. The rail yard was first developed here in 1889 by the Hudson Connecting Railroad, and then taking over by the Central New England. The Maybrook Line over the Hudson was purchased by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford in 1904, and the yards were dramatically expanded in 1912. The yard was 3 Mi long, with six separate yard areas, an icing plant for refrigerator cars, a 10 stall Roundhouse and 95 ft turntable to replace and earlier one, later expanded to 27 stalls. At its peak, the yard had 177 tracks with a total of 71 miles of track! Rail traffic dwindled through the 20th century, and the yard had already closed by the time the Poughkeepsie Bridge burned over the Hudson in 1974. Today, only the former Erie Railroad Track remains active serving area businesses in Maybrook. None of this is official trail, but unofficial trails tie into adjacent Stewart State Forest, so the area gets quite a lot of visitation. Tyler Mathis: I'd date this between 1915-1920 by the primitive electric headlights on the locomotives. John Mapguy: that old Erie line is serviced by [I think] the M&NJ out of the Campbell Hall Yard. |
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| Alexander Hamilton commented on Tyler's comment Yup and the front engine is a 2-10-2 and the New Haven had some of the powerful built. The same engine in the photo with a modern and big chungus look |
Normally, roundhouses are marked on the topo maps, but I don't see one here.
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| 1957/58 Walden and 1957/59 Maybrook Quads @ 24,000 |
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