Rails to the Catskills

Rails to the Catskills

Rails to the Catskills

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Rails to the Catskills

2014

1h 35m

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RAILS TO THE CATSKILLS is a history of the dynamic railroad industry in the Catskills of New York State. Catskill railroads have roots in the canals of the 1820's and the post Civil War railroad boom.

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