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1970s Film - Mount Beacon Railway
These late-1970s films are in stark contrast to the 1902 footage in our archives, which captured the railway in its heyday. Here,
we see the Mount Beacon Incline in its final sad state, a careworn shadow of its former self. The first video shows the railway ascending
the mountain, the second shows it descending. Note the almost empty cars, the dilapidated nature of the trackway, the peeling paint
on the billboards and the cars themselves.
Both films are courtesy of Michael P. Metz, a member of our Society.
S O C I E T Y
R E S T O R A T I O N
Mount Beacon Incline Railway Restoration Society
Post Office Box 1248, Beacon, New York 12508
Phone: 845.765.3262
Post Office Box 1248, Beacon, New York 12508
Phone: 845.765.3262