Early Years of Delaware Otsego
The "DO Line", as it is often called, was formed when a Syracuse University law school student named Walter G. Rich started operating a portion of the New York Central Railroad's Catskill Mountain Branch (Ulster and Delaware Railroad. The NYC cut back operations to Bloomville in July 1965, which Rich acquired 2.6 miles of the line from Oneonta, NY and operated it the Delaware Otsego Railroad using a former Virginia Blue Ridge Railway 0-6-0 steam locomotive. Train rides were offered between the passenger station (located near the interchange with Delaware and Hudson Railway) and the end of track at Mickle Bridge. Occasional freight service was provided as well. The state condemned the right of way for construction of Interstate 88 through Oneonta, and with the settlement money, Walter Rich was searching for his next railroad operation.
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