Old Put by Joe Schiavone New York Central's Putnam Division Hard Cover SIGNED

  

Old Put by Joe Schiavone New York Central's Putnam Division Hard Cover SIGNED. The Old Put by Joe Schiavone New York Central's Putnam Division. II Looking Back - A Capsule History 6. IV The Long Station Stop 13. VII The Put Photo Album 33.

VIII About the DVD 103. PUTNAM AND WESTCHESTER'S beautiful scenery continues to draw those of us looking for the peace and quiet of nature's beauty and open spaces. This Put Album will focus on the charming little rail line known affectionately as the Old.

Put, that ran through this pastoral area. Let us take a nostalgic journey back to the days of steam and early diesels, when a person could walk to Lake Mahopac or Yorktown Heights Stations and ride comfortably and conveniently to New York City. Now for the first time we can read the many stories and articles that have been written about the Put; and enjoy the by gone scenes of stations, and track and trains, when the Putnam Division was a major means of transportation for places like Dunwoodie, Elmsford and Pocantico Hills.

So many of us, those of us still around and those who have passed- had such a sincere affection for the "Old Put" In our eyes, the Putnam Division was like having our own private railway line. And while we are riding, let us take a look back at this wonderful railroad through these many newly discovered photographs and stories of a time when the world moved at a more gentle pace.

The Putnam Division was built to satisfy the needs of the local people throughout the Saw Mill River Valley. She ran where the main line of the New York Central's Hudson Division could not go. The Hudson Division was a water level route along the shore of the majestic Hudson River. The Old Put was a hill and dale route through the rolling hills and over the moving streams through Central Westchester and Putnam Counties. The Puts enchantment was her local identity and her way of being part of the landscape.

If you are a lover of the woods and the rural countryside, you'll understand better how the little steam engines, with their echoing whistles and friendly waving crews, grew in the hearts of the people of post war Westchester and Putnam Counties. Hopefully, those of you who saw the "Put" can reminisce-If you were there, you remember how it sounded-the drivers turning - the smell of steam and oil and coal smoke. In the summer the aroma of creosote was ever present. For those of you who are younger and missed this time of railroading on the Put-I hope you can get a feeling of what steam was like in the 40's and 50's, through the many photographs of when steam engines ruled the Putnam Division.

This was the Put I remembered as a boy growing up in Somers and Granite Springs. Today as I reminisce, I spend a great deal of time happily recalling yesterday's glimpses I had of the Old Put and I feel privileged to be able to pass them along to you, through this Put Album.

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