Philmont | |||||||||||
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Philmont_Train_Station_Location.jpg) Former train station was in the general location of the building across the street. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Main Street (NY 217) near Railroad Avenue Philmont, New York, 12513 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°15′03″N 73°38′38″W / 42.2509°N 73.6440°W | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 0 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | May 10, 1852[1] | ||||||||||
| Closed | March 20, 1972 (passenger service)[2] March 27, 1976 (freight) | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1910 | ||||||||||
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| May 1959 | Station agent eliminated[3] | ||||||||||
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The Philmont station was a former New York Central Railroad station that served the residents of Claverack, New York.
- ^ "Railroad Hopes to Realize $432,386 in Millerton - Chatham Line Abandonment". The Poughkeepsie Journal. August 26, 1962. p. 9B. Retrieved December 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Layton, Preston (March 21, 1972). "PC Ends Run, Strands Riders". New York Daily News. p. 22. Retrieved December 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rail Service Cut Granted In Columbia". The Albany Times-Union. May 22, 1959. p. 9. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
