Narrow Gauge Trains of the Catskills

With this book about narrow gauge trains of the Catskills, author John M. Ham returns to where it all began: his native Hunter Township, high up in the eastern Catskills of Greene County. Two different railroad routes served those mountains, transporting holiday-goers to and from the resorts. Between 1882 and 1915, the crowds multiplied rapidly. Vacationers arrived summer after summer in humble narrow-gauge coaches and eventually in plush Pullman Sleepers, filling the boarding houses to the rafters.

For more than twenty years, John Ham has been publishing pictorial books about the railroads of New York State and New England. In this profusely illustrated title, he tells the history of the Ulster & Delaware Railroad, the Catskill Mountain Railway, and the New York Central Lines through text and photos. The hardcover book is 304 pages long and measures 9 by 11 ½ inches. It was published by Stony Clove and Catskill Mountain Press in 2024.