Category Archives: Revisiting

The Erie Canal “Here we stop to view an old familiar sight, two boats passing a canal lock. “Our illustration presents a scene at once charming and romantic. Tourists frequently indulge in short trips on the ‘raging canal.’ “A few … Continue reading →

“After leaving Lackawaxen you continue to follow the course of the Delaware in its tortuous and picturesque windings among the mountains, and are ever greeted with new and charming scenes, at some places intensely interesting. “At Callicoon, where the train … Continue reading →

“Here the artist has sketched an old-fashioned country scene in one of the wildest portions of the Delaware Valley traversed by the Erie Railway. “The old covered bridge is of a style frequently seen in that region, which, by the … Continue reading →

It is at Lackawaxen that the Delaware and Hudson Canal, connecting the coal regions of Pennsylvania with the Hudson at Kingston, crosses the Delaware River, spanning it by an aqueduct, as represented in the accompanying engraving.—The Erie Railway Tourist, 1874, … Continue reading →

The rapidity and voracity with which the iron horse quenches his thirst from one of these enormous goblets which, brimming full, await him at various intervals on his wild careering across the country, are all but incredible to those who … Continue reading →

“Don’t fail to enjoy, if you can, a ride through by daylight over the Erie Railway.”—The Erie Railway Tourist, 1874. The next post series features images and ads from the Erie Railway brochures, 1874 to 1889. “The train speeds over … Continue reading →