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Batten Kill Railroad
The Batten Kill Railroad is a class III railroad operating in New York. The BKRR was formed in 1982 beginning operations on October 22〔("New railroad begins operation" ), Gannett Westchester Newspapers, October 23, 1982, accessed July 15, 2011.〕 of a pair of abandoned Delaware and Hudson Railway branch lines, totaling about 30 miles of track.
==History==
The Greenwich and Johnsonville Railway (G&J) was incorporated in the late part of the 19th century, and built a rail line between Greenwich and Johnsonville, NY.〔Nestle, David F., "Rails Along the Battenskill: A History of the Greenwich & Johnsonville Railway" (1983). 〕 Most of the alinement of the former G&J is washington county route 74. Around 1900 g&j became a subsidiary of the Delaware and Hudson Railway (D&H). the D&H built a branch from greenwich to Greenwich Junction where It connected to the D&H's Washington Branch built circa 1860s. Following the 1980 closure of the Georgia Pacific pulp and paper mill in Thomson, New York, the D&H planned to abandon the G&J along with the adjoining Washington Branch, which ran from Eagle Bridge, New York to Castleton, Vermont. In 1982, Mohawk-Hudson Transportation, owned by Ron Crowd, purchased the railroad from the D&H, forming the Batten Kill Railroad. Crowd had the distinction of being the first Disabled African-American to own and operate a railroad in the United States.〔("Ronald Edward Crowd" ), "Post-Star", April 1, 2008; accessed July 14, 2011.〕
While initially financially successful, a series of national railroad strikes in the mid 1980s left the railroad in a less profitable state. In 1994, the railroad was turned over to NE New York Rail, a non-profit, and the BKRR remained the operator. Passenger excurisions were started, but were terminated by late 2003 due to declining ridership.〔Youker, Daniel ("Rail owner: 'My goal is survival'" ), "Post-Star", August 16, 2002, accessed July 14, 2011.〕 In November 2008, William(Bill) Taber purchased the Batten Kill from Mohawk Transportation and the estate of the late Ron Crowd. Tabor is the current President and CEO of the railroad.
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