J.M.W. Turner's "Chichester Canal" at the Tate Gallery, London

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Stoney Clove Creek in late January 2017

Pictures taken at 3.15pm, Saturday January 21, 2017:





Catskill Mountain Railroad moves train cars onto Phoenicia site despite lacking approval to do so

Story from the Daily Freeman on January 23 2017.


Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Stoney Clove Creek

Pictures from early January 2017 (Thursday the 5th, 3.30pm):




Improvements to Phoenicia water system in 2017 expected to total $415,000

Story in Daily Freeman on 1/11/17.

Shandaken Supervisor Rob Stanley says the Phoenicia Water District will finally get some much needed improvement in 2017.

Speaking at the annual Town Board reorganization meeting earlier this month, Stanley said the state has accepted the town’s environmental review of a plan to install a new way to deliver water to the High Street area of the hamlet of Phoenicia.

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Catskill Mountain Railroad says it topped $1M in business in 2016

Article in the Daily Freeman.

The Catskill Mountain Railroad did more than $1 million in business in 2016 operating tourist trains on tracks in Shandaken, N.Y., and Kingston, N.Y., a company official says.

In fact, according to railroad President Ernie Hunt, the company has been doing over $1 million in annual business every year since 2014, a big jump from what he said had been annual revenue of about $150,000 a year through 2013.

Hunt said the railroad spent $700,000 over three years in litigation with Ulster County, the owner of the tracks on which the railroad operates, when the county tried to evict the company.


In a letter to volunteers and supporters, Hunt called 2016 the toughest year ever for the railroad, which offers scenic and themed train rides, but said he looks forward to 2017, which he expects will be better