Eastern Railroad Discussion > NYO&W Shops

Absolutely no idea how to post a link to Facebook here, but the Orange County NY Fire Cals page has photos of a multi alarm fire that wiped out the loco shops in Middletown, NY.

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Doug Wetherhold
Macungie, PA

Pics by Peter O'Connor, Robert Reynolds, David Lewis

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What a shame. -- Gordon
 

Wow! When old industrial buildings go up in flame it sure is a spectacle. Always tough to see an old historic rail structure lost.
Go

Gonut1 Wrote:
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> Wow! When old industrial buildings go up in flame
> it sure is a spectacle. Always tough to see an old
> historic rail structure lost.

A lot of old factories and shops where metal was worked have wooden floors soaked with oils that just burn like the dickens when they ignite. I learned this with an old pipe-fittings factory in Toledo that burned on a December night many years ago and the heat melted streetlights on the opposite side of the street.

Holy cow! Reminds me of when the leather tannery in Fleetwood, PA went up in flames. That fire took dozens of fire companies from multiple counties to get under control and wiped out the town’s reservoir. The smoke could be seen easily from 50 miles away.

Dan

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Smoke was visible from just about anywhere in Orange County. https://www.recordonline.com/story/news/local/2020/11/19/middletown-fire-sound-stage-amazon/3778788001/

What RR shop? NYO&W?

Victor A. Baird
http://www.erstwhilepublications.com

wabash2800 Wrote:
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> What RR shop? NYO&W?
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> Victor A. Baird
> http://www.erstwhilepublications.com

Railroad: New York, Ontario & Western.  Abandoned on March, 27, 1959.  Search for the wikipedia (wiki) entry for a brief yet detailed history.

* JB *

Yes, I am familiar with the NYO&W. I guess I didn't see the title. That was why I asked if it was the NYO&W  Shops.

Victor A. Baird
http://www.erstwhilepublications.com



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/19/20 22:45 by wabash2800.

View of complex before fire
1937 aerial view from O&W Historical Society, burned area in center of pic



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/20/20 10:58 by bigsavage.

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What was it currently being used for ?

Gary

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mully Wrote:
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> What was it currently being used for ?
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> Gary
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Click on the newspaper link in the 8th post for a great description...

One was some form of a studio, another one was being used by Amazon. There was different people in various buildings.

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Doug Wetherhold
Macungie, PA

Worker hit a gas line with a forklift.

Thanks for the aerial picture, that was a big rail complex

prr4828 Wrote:
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> wabash2800 Wrote:
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> > What RR shop? NYO&W?
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> > Victor A. Baird
> > http://www.erstwhilepublications.com
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> Railroad: New York, Ontario & Western.  Abandoned
> on March, 27, 1959.  Search for the wikipedia
> (wiki) entry for a brief yet detailed history.
>
> * JB *

Minor correction  1957 was the year