We began construction of the Westchester Central Railroad in May of 1989. A video recorded in 2000 is located at the bottom of this page.
John laying out the right-of-way
Liz holds the target
Jeffrey guards the 2x4's
Some of the 3200 cross-ties we cut
Doug making a 10' curved track section
Track sections ready to be installed
Arnie and his crew dug a cut around the stone wall for the upper loop. They encountered some rock ledge and used a jack-hammer to remove a portion of the ledge. About 5' of track will have thin cross-ties to accommodate the remaining ledge.
Arnie laying ballast
Arnie installing sonotube
Working on one of the trestle headwalls
Dave working on one of the trestle bents
A view of the underside
The dolly helped get engines on and off the track
A freshly-painted train
We held our Gold Spike Ceremony in the fall of 1990.
