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RIGHT: A mighty Delaware & Hudson 4-6-6-4 “Challenger” rolls past the joint D&H/Boston & Maine tower at Crescent, N.Y., on its way out of Mechanicville Yard. This southbound train is en route to Binghamton in this April 1947 scene. It should be noted that photogra- pher Jim Shaughnessy first pointed his cam- era towards trains in 1946 (at age 13).


BELOW: A westbound Boston & Maine freight behind a set of EMD FT’s passes “JV” Tower at Johnsonville, N.Y., in June 1958. “JV” is where the passenger line to Troy splits away from the freight main into Mechanicville. Once passenger service to Troy ended, the route was abandoned and removed. The freight main is busy as ever, thanks to succes- sor Pan Am Railways and partner Norfolk Southern, however the privately owned shell of the tower remains a silent sentinel.


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