Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Vestal, NY: 1882 Museum/DL&W Depot

Original: (Satellite, a hardware store has reused the depot's land.)
Current: (Satellite)

DL&W = Delaware, Lackawanna & Western

I.e. Xam posted
Vestal NY, DL&W-1882
Dennis DeBruler: The depot has been moved, https://maps.app.goo.gl/4CeddfnduhyG3kns7.
Huckleberry Mathew Ingles: Dennis DeBruler it was supposed to be moved but it has not been.

It looks like the depot was in the southwest quadrant of the tracks and an old alignment of Bridge Street.
1956/56 Endicott Quad @ 62,500

Thanks to Huckleberry's comment, I got an aerial photo and discovered that the topo map is wrong.
Dennis DeBruler commented on Huckleberry's comment
 Normally, a depot is next to, and parallel to, the railroad tracks. Since the tracks would have been on today's Vestal Rail Trail, I investigated the original location. It appears that it was in the southwest quadrant of the tracks and main street, https://maps.app.goo.gl/ak5oWtA2d4YmXQss8. Note the bright white stripe between the building and the tracks. That would have been the platform. 1944 aerial photo

Judging from some of the other photos, this space is used for music performances.
Alex Krentsel, Nov 2018

It is not just a railroad museum.
Alex Krentsel, Nov 2018

Alex Krentsel, Nov 2018

Alex Krentsel, Nov 2018

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