Comments on: Tuesday Tour of the Hudson Line: Poughkeepsie

By: Arlene Hermann

Arlene Hermann — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:02:58 +0000

I’ve loved the architecture of the Poughkeepsie train station since I moved here in 1989. Too bad the Route 9 highway now obscures the frontage. I’m so happy I learned through your site who the architects were. I hadn’t known of Warren and Wetmore prior to this but I’ll now check out more about them.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:42:21 +0000

You moving onto the Long Island Railroad next? hehe

By: peter van aken

peter van aken — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:39:30 +0000

Thanks for the great series and specifically this final piece about the Poughkeepsie station.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:58:03 +0000

I am assuming that you took those pigeons back to White Plains with you after your photo shoot.

The Poughkeepsie station and the former White Plains station were very close in appearance to each other, so you can still get a glimpse of what used to be in white plains.

In the 1979 photo you will notice most of the train on the left were the D&H cars off the Adirondack that ran for a few years in Conrail commuter service, these cars included a couple of tavern lounges for bar car service (yes, the upper Hudson had bar cars), the former Lackawanna Phoebe Snow cars roamed here as well after the Long Island transferred them from there parlor car service to the MTA metro region/Conrail operations. (Hence how MNR wound up with the 2 former observation cars).

Great photo’s as always.

Well, I guess it’s time for you head to Jersey and start touring the stations like Ho-Ho-kus, or become MNR’s or Amtrak’s communications director and get paid to this.

Happy New Year.. and looking forward to what is next from you.

By: Al Cyone

Al Cyone — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 23:20:43 +0000

Woo hoo! You saved the best for last! Thanks for the great shots; thanks for the whole Tuesday Tour Panorama Project; thanks for a perfect Christmas present. How clever of you to have timed it, so far in advance, to work out this way.