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Railroad mergers and shifting traffic pattens were just some of the factors that contributed to the dramatic decrease in volume which caused the hump to close in 1974. Some switching and staging was still need- ed for locals and unusual situations but weeds took over in the late 1980s...


by many years of oil spills in and around the former engine servicing fa- cilities. No development could take place until it was cleaned up. All the rails had been salvaged, leaving the vast B&M and D&H yards vacant with only a single main track running through the whole area. In July 2008, Norfolk Southern and


Pan Am Railway announced they would build a $40 million intermodal


yard on the ashes of the original yards to help facilitate the movement of in- termodal and automobile traffic. After considerable delays in obtaining per- mits, it was opened for business on Au- gust 11, 2012. While a far cry from the old days, the new Pan Am Southern agreement has breathed new life into this old railroad town. Once again, the dot that marks Mechanicville on the rail- road map has gotten a little bigger.


OPPOSITE: A trio of new EMD GP9s bring Boston & Maine train BM-3’s buggy back from Mechanicville Receiving Yard on March 24, 1957. ABOVE: B&M westbound freight power passes a Lehigh Valley C628 in pool service in the D&H yard in Mechanicville. The D&H train will soon head south towards Binghamton. LEFT: Amtrak’s northbound Adirondack with newly delivered Rohr Turboliner equipment crosses the B&M dia- mond by XO Tower in Mechanicville on March 19, 1977.


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