Rondout was the first station built on the
Ulster and Delaware Railroad
The Ulster and Delaware Railroad (U&D) was a railroad located in the state of New York. It was often advertised as "The Only All-Rail Route to the Catskill Mountains." At its greatest extent, the U&D extended from Kingston Point on the Hudson R ...
(U&D). The station was located on East Strand in
Rondout,
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(now a section of
Kingston
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), constructed in 1868, and demolished in the 1970s.
The station was on the site of the headquarters and maintenance facility of the U&D and was one of the busiest stations on the line. The
roundhouse and
locomotive
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repair shops portions of the site are now the location of the Kingston Water Treatment plant. The remainder of the site is currently used by the
Trolley Museum of New York
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.
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Trolley Museum of New York
Railway stations in the Catskill Mountains
Former Ulster and Delaware Railroad stations
Railway stations in Ulster County, New York
Former railway stations in New York (state)
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1868
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