The D-O Line
The DO Line was a tourist railroad created in 1966 on over 2 miles of the former Ulster & Delaware Railroad near Oneonta, New York. The line ran from Oneonta to Mickel Bridge. The motive power was a former US Army 0-6-0.
Here's a beautiful color shot from the Oneonta Station in 1966. 0-6-0 prepares to take on passengers. The creation of I-88 forced the abandonment of this line.
(Photo: Bob Wyer, Gino DiCarlo Collection)
DO Line Number 2 ran excursions daily except Monday from May through September...
DO Line 2 called "The Rip Van Winkle Flyer" offered a 35 minute scenic ride through the foothills of the Catskill Mountains...
Here's a shot from the Delaware Otsego Corp. Annual Report for 1990. Shown is Number 2 near Gas Ave. in Oneonta...
Here's another shot of The Van Winkle Flyer" at the Oneonta Station. With the abandonment of this road, DO Line 2 set up shop a few miles away in Cooperstown, New York on former trackage of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad. Tourist and freight runs lasted into the early 80's...
Here's DO 2 at an unknown location.
(Photo: Paul Templeton, Craig Werley Collection)
Here's another shot of Number 2 at an unknown location.
(Photo: Paul Templeton, Craig Werley Collection)
Here is DO-Line/CACV 0-6-0 Number 2 when she was parked at the offices of the Delaware Otsego Corporation.
She has just been sold and is on display in front of a business in Maryland.
(Photo: Gino DiCarlo)
