Motorcar Excursion on the Adirondack Railroad | Oct. 1-2, 2022 | NARCOA | NEREX | Railcar | Speeder

Any day is a good day to ride the rails of the historical Adirondack Railroad!

In 1892, Dr. William Seward Webb had built the Mohawk and Malone Railway through the Adirondack region in northern New York. Within 18 months, Dr. Webb had completed the rail line from Herkimer to Malone. He later extended the rail into Canada.
We are so thankful that we got the opportunity to run our motorcar on a portion of the historical railroad. We began at the Remsen Depot and travelled north up to our turnaround point at Tupper Lake Junction. The video highlights many of the stations we passed along the way.

Endless thanks to:
Railroad usage and organization of the excursion:
Adirondack Railroad
Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad
NARCOA
NEREX

For the vintage photos, maps and schematics, these organizations have my endless gratitude and appreciation for being keepers of our rich railroad history. Most all photographs are circa 1900-1920.

Museum on Blue Mountain Lake - Museum in the Adirondacks
https://www.theadkx.org/

The Woodgate Free Library
http://www.woodgatelibrary.org/

Library of Congress
https://www.loc.gov/

New York Heritage
https://nyheritage.org/

Utley-Williams Collection
Myers Collection
Fallon Collection
Harter Collection
Denio Collection
Tim Mayers Postcard Collection

Mac-A-Mac photos at Brandreth Station: Goff-Nelson Memorial Library, Tupper Lake Public Library
https://tupperlakepubliclibrary.org/

Tupper Lake rail yard photo provided by: Western Connecticut Chapter – National Railway Historical Society, Henry Wilhelm negative collection https://nrhs.com/

Nehasane Firefighters provided by: The New York State Archives https://digitalcollections.archives.n...

Additional video footage used with permission:

Railroading Rambler
   / @railroadingrambler218  

16grrr whipple
   / @16grrr  

Recommended reading:
https://nycshs.org/2008/10/15/the-adi...
https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/tags/...
https://www.remsendepot.com/rr_remsen...
https://cnynrhs.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirond...
https://adirondackrr.com/history/
https://www.mylonglake.com/

Recommended books:
Fairy Tale Railroad by Henry A. Harter
https://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Tale-Rai...
Tupper Lake by Jon Kopp
https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Pro...

Music credits:

Long Road Ahead B by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/

All other music licensed:
https://www.epidemicsound.com/
https://elements.envato.com/audio
https://www.shutterstock.com/music

Map Credits:
Google Maps
Apple Maps
Microsoft Maps

Other Adirondack videos to enjoy:
   • Alcos in the Adirondacks! First Run i...  
   • "1st Revenue Run in 42 Years!" Utica-...  


Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:15 History of the Mohawk and Malone Railway
00:57 Remsen Depot
03:26 Forestport Station
05:12 Woodgate Station
06:52 McKeever Station
09:06 Thendara Station (Fulton Chain)
11:52 Carter Station
13:22 Entire consist (high angle)
15:52 Big Moose (station converted into a restaurant)
18:59 Entire consist (eye level view)
21:22 Beaver River Station
23:12 Brandreth Station
25:09 Nehasane Station
27:39 Sabattis Station
29:14 Horseshoe Lake
31:16 Piercefield Flow
31:43 Raquette Pond
32:07 Tupper Lake Junction
33:41 Excursion Details
33:46 Photo Montage
35:19 Dedication to our friend and mentor Scott Fuller

Thanks for watching!