Thursday, May 10, 2012

the Gulf Curve, Little Falls, NY


How about this - four "broad way" tracks and another railway track above (seen better in the second postcard).  This was the sharpest curve on the New York Central system's "Water Level Route" and was the scene of one of its worst wrecks when the westbound "Lake Shore Limited" derailed in 1940, killing 31. This curve has since been reduced, and the tracks reduced to three, probably for ease of maintenance.

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