• Authors to Speak on “A Century Ago, Electric Trains Roamed the Hudson, Mohawk, & Susquehanna Valleys” at Empire State Railway Museum

    Authors Wes Coates and John Ham will present a 90-minute presentation on their new collaboration titled “A Century Ago, Electric Trains Roamed the Hudson, Mohawk, & Susquehanna Valleys." The book tells the stories of the Albany Hudson Fast Line, the United Traction Company, which crisscrossed Albany and Troy; Schenectady Railways, Hudson Valley Railway, Fonda, Johnstown, […]

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  • Enslavement in the Hudson Valley: African Lives and Legacies

    Empire State Railway Museum 70 Lower High Street,, Phoenicia, NY, United States

    Ulster County Historian Ed Moran and Ulster County Archivist Jonathan Palmer will present a joint lecture titled “Enslavement in the Hudson Valley: African Lives and Legacies,” with an emphasis on Ulster County. This lecture hallmarks a new venture for the Empire State Railway Museum as it is not specifically about railroads and railroading. It concerns […]

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