Unadilla Valley Railroad
Originally the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad operated a branch line that ran from New Berlin Junction to Edmeston via New Berlin. The Unadilla Valley Railroad operated from New Berlin to Bridgewater where it interchanged with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. After the O&W lost interest in this line, the UV took control sometimes operating as far south as Sidney. Space limitations kept the UV off of my planned layout but display models were built. These hills were built to appear like those adjacent to the East Branch of the Delaware River. The last glacier barely reached that far south so those hills have steep sides running right down to the water's edge. The UV operated in the valley of the Unadilla River where the glacier extensively scraped the ridges and filled the newly formed valleys leaving wide level farmland. Since I did not model the Unadilla River the pictured train is not shown at home. The early UV had four passenger ca...