After a lovely couple of days upstate (bike riding and partying at a high school reunion) I headed home via North Chatham.
My first destination was the lovingly-preserved North Chatham Trolley Station. I was debating whether to ride again but it was still freaking cold and windy so I just sniffed around the station and opted instead to drive the "back way" home.
North Chatham Trolley Station
This was on the Albany Hudson line - now a rail trail.
It was closed but the views through the windows were great!
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| Now a private residence |
At Chatham, I was blessed with a CSX freight train - I think there were four locomotives (I forgot to count)!
The Long Way Home
As mentioned, I didn't jump on my bike at North Chatham but decided to enjoy the autumn colors on a longer but charming way home...
NY - Spencertown, Austerlitz
MA - Egremont, Sheffield
CT - North Canaan, Winsted, New Hartford, Farmington, etc.
...it was gorgeous!
At Collinsville, I snapped a photo of the old railroad station as I drove by. I will revisit his area to ride the Farmington bike path and sniff around to document it's rich railroad history.
