Our new documentary film, RAILS TO THE CATSKILLS will screen at the Skene Library in Fleischmanns on Saturday,
June 21 at 2pm.
"Romance of the Rails..." - Woodstock Times
"...an engrossing viewing experience."
- Chronogram
Railroading in the Northern and Southern
Catskill Mountains of New York State
RAILS TO THE CATSKILLS is a history of the dynamic railroad industry in the Catskills of New York State. Catskill railroads have roots in the canals of the 1820's and the post Civil War railroad boom.
RAILS TO THE CATSKILLS explores:
• For Love of Trains
• Before Railroads - The D&H Canal
• Canajoharie & Catskill Railroad
• New York, Ontario & Western Railway
• Electric Trolleys
• Ulster & Delaware Railroad
• Catskill Mountain Railway/Otis Elevating Railway
• Wallkill Valley Railroad
• West Shore Railroad
• Delaware & Ulster Railroad
• Catskill Mountain Railroad
• Rails & Trails ConflictRAILS TO THE CATSKILLS uses original footage, contemporary and vintage photographs, postcards, rare films, railfan-movies, newspapers and historic archives. Music is by Dick Staber and Paul Lounsbury. The film includes historians Eugene Dauner, Dale Flansburg, Robert Haines, John M. Ham, William Helmer, Evan Jennings, and Bob Mohowski.
Here is a photo of the Rails to the Catskills premiere in Hunter and a few photos from the Skene Library when we showed our film,The Catskill Mountain House and The World Around in October of 2010, plus two railroad related images.