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Dates:3/27/2022 - 3/27/2022
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Milepost 29
Title:  Milepost 29
Description:  We begin our hike just south of Snow Junction on the Mohawk Adirondack & Northern trackage at the spot where MP 29 was once located. This was H29 from Herkimer but is currently U22.66 from Utica on the MA&N
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 3:59:28 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Moving north from H29 to Snow Junction, visible in the distance.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 3:59:59 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Snow Junction
Title:  Snow Junction
Description:  Approaching the junction. The Conrail era telephone box is visible to the left.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:00:31 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  The switch at Snow Junction. To the left is the Mohawk Adirondack & Northern Railroad to Lyons Falls (once Carthage) and to the right is the Adirondack Railroad trackage (owned by New York State) to Tupper Lake (formerly Lake Placid, and at one time Malone and Montreal).
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:01:05 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  This junction point was the result of the New York Central removing parrallel trackage from the Remsen station to this point in the 1960s. The two rail lines used to run parallel from the station site where they connected. This switch saved two miles of duplicate track.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:01:45 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Moving north on the Adirondack Railroad trackage
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:02:15 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Snow
Title:  Snow
Description:  Snow is the name given to this point when Conrail inherited the line between Utica and Lyons Falls. At that point in time the Adirondack Division had been out of service for four years, last operating under Penn Central. When the NYC created this location it gave it the name "Remsen North" and stationed an operator in a shack here to oversee the connection of the two lines.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:03:00 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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End Trackage
Title:  End Trackage
Description:  Looking to the south (but north of this switch) at the sign that marks the end of New York State owned trackage. ADCX was the reporting marks the Adirondack Scenic Railroad used in the 1990's and early 2000's before changing to ADIX.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:08:13 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Moving to the north
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:12:47 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  A curve approaches
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:17:13 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Entering the curve
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:21:02 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Continuing north
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:27:19 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  The freshly rebuilt tracks are easy to see.
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Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Through the curve
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Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Continuing north
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:30:22 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Northward
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:31:48 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Leaving the curve
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:34:41 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  This area is relatively flat and used to be farm land. From here the railroad is straight as an arrow for a couple miles.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:33:59 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Northward
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:37:06 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Continuing north
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:37:36 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Different kind of snow
Title:  Different kind of snow
Description:  The weather changed on us very quickly going from grey to heavy snow flurries in a matter of minutes. Luckily I was dressed appropriately. My hiking friend was not this day.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:38:14 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Milepost 30 comes into view (sort of). We had planned to get to MP 32 this day but the weather had other plans.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:38:46 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Milepost 30
Title:  Milepost 30
Description:  MP 30 is the first marker north of Snow Junction. It is an original survivor but is in need of some rehab.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:42:47 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Milepost 30
Title:  Milepost 30
Description:  While the marker was repainted many years ago, only the north side is holding its paint.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:45:22 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Moving north
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:45:55 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  The railroad passes through a very shallow cut
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:47:10 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Through the cut
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:50:55 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Private crossing
Title:  Private crossing
Description:  The first crossing on the railroad is a private one installed only a few years ago
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:51:54 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Continuing north
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:52:35 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Block Sign State
Title:  Block Sign State
Description:  We arrive at Adirondack Railroad Block Sign State, and the grade crossing of Old State Rt 12. During the New York Central, Penn Central and early Adirondack Railway days the road passed over the railroad on an overpass. This was before State Rt 12 was relocated to the west.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:53:41 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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Old State Rt 12
Title:  Old State Rt 12
Description:  This is the new crossing at Old State Rt 12. We cut our hike short this day due to the weather not cooperating and my friend not being dressed for white out conditions.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 5/3/2022 4:54:13 PM
Location:  Remsen, NY
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