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Situated on the west bank of the Hudson River,the city of Newburgh was connected by the Erie Railroad to seven other towns and the Erie's own mainlne. Only five miles of this once bustling rail line remain in service today. "A walk along the Erie's Newburgh branch" takes a look at the fourteen miles of this rail line that was abandoned in 1984.
For over 130 years, the Erie Railroads Newburgh branch was a key factor in the economic and social life of the city of Newburgh, New York, and the towns that had stations along its 19-mile route between Newburgh and the Erie main line. Only five miles of this once vital rail link survive today. Looking at this lightly used rail spur today, the casual passerby would have no hint of the rich history that can be seen for only a moment from the car window. Erie Railroads Newburgh Branch will take both dedicated and new railfans back to the days when rail travel was every towns modern mode of transport as well as its economic lifeblood. It was a simpler time, before the age of air travel and Americas love affair with a new invention called the automobile.