New York’s Delaware & Ulster announces return of operations

New York’s Delaware & Ulster announces return of operations

The Delaware & Ulster Railroad, which last operated in 2019, is set to resume operations in May. Delaware & Ulster ARKVILLE, N.Y. — The Delaware & Ulster Railroad, a heritage rail operation that last ran in 2019, has announced plans to resume operation beginning in May. “The railroad is heading in a new direction literally and figuratively,” Todd Pascarella, executive director of the Catskills Revialization Corp., the nonprofit organization that…

New York Tourist Railroad to Resume Operations

New York’s Delaware & Ulster Railroad will resume operations in May for the first time since 2019. Excursions are expected to begin on May 10 and continue every weekend through the end of the year.  The D&U offered excursion service on the former New York Central branch through the Catskill Mountains. Today, 19 miles between Highmount and Roxbury survive. Like many tourist railroads, the D&U shut down in 2020, but track conditions prevented it f…