Capital Region Rails, Volume 2: South and West of Albany, 1960s-1990s

By Tim Stockwell with Aaron Keller and John Sesonske

Publisher: The Garbely Publishing Company
ISBN: TBA
Pages: ~80
Format: 8.5"x11" softcover

Since the railroad era began, New York State's Capital Region has been an area of convergence -- most famously for the New York Central, Delaware & Hudson, and the Boston & Maine. However, from the 1960s through the 1990s, this area underwent a lot of change. Mergers and abandonments left the Capital Region railroad scene scaled back at the end of this era. Author Tim Stockwell -- who was a child in the 1980s and 1990s -- witnessed a lot of this change but had not yet picked up a camera. Through the lenses of photographers like Jim Connor, Jeff Plant, Jeremy Plant, John Sesonske, Gordy Smith, and Jack Wright, Tim takes us on a journey through the Capital Region, with special attention paid to lines that no longer exist.

Volume 2 starts in Albany, then takes a geographical tour south and west of the city.