Ken, Conrad & Bill Archie, Than ks for all the help and
replies. I do have the pictures and for fun see the one I have
posted. I was thinking the loco in the picture is a 4-4-0, but maybe
someone can say for sure. Several have speculated that the occasion was
the arrival of the first train in 1904. As a youth I played on the old
bridge many times and last year visited the station in Wellsville. Like
most kids I never gave one thought that I would even care about what was going
on around me at some future date!
I
have seen a photo of the tank at Hawk Point and as far as I know there were
stock pens and a sale barn in New Truxton. there was also a Granary, the
old type from when the grain was sacked and loaded in boxcars that way.
I have not been able to find a site plan with the layout of buildings &
facilities near the station but Locals tell me the pens and Granary were east
of the station I do have a photo of the station with the Granary in the
background.
Was
there a Burlington Bulletin on the short line? If so can anyone loan a
copy or let me know if I can buy a back issue for our museum?
Conrad,
I have very confusing information on the abandonment, one source said it was
1976 and another said 1985 but that is wrong for sure. I have tried to pin
things down more precisely by going to the government records with no
luck. There is supposedly a color picture of a BN GP-30 at New Truxton
with a crew pulling up the rails, but in years of searching I have never found
a copy. The dates you give of 1982 1983 make more sense and I am
wondering if you have any more details about it, or where I can find some
paper records for the museum. I did a search on the contractor but came
up with nothing there.
This
has turned out to be a lot of fun for me and I very much appreciate all
the replies and stories. I will await the story about the Belleville
station!!