From the NYO&W email list-
"Yes, this was a proposal for this area, back to the early 1970's; -- that there be some sort of museum and operating tourist line. The two cars were imported from South America, and were narrow gauge cars.
Originally the abandoned station was in fair shape, though the locals had begun stripping it of anything of value, including "mining" the slates from the roof top. By the time of this photo it's been pretty well stripped; notice no windows or doors, all the interior fittings are gone and the platform canopy has collapsed (ca. 1978-1980).
The vandalism to the building proceeded further with a fury and finally only a few planks were left. The shell of the building was control burned by the local volunteer fire company within a few years after this photo was taken. The two cars were burned at the same time as the station.
These show an even worse condition than your 1985 picture.................and very close to the end. What was left has been gone for at least fifteen years............!
Today there's only a few ties left embedded in the dirt, and a large mound of dirt has been piled up at the end of Firehouse Road, to prevent an easy access into the location of the former South Yard. There's so little left that you cannot tell there was ever once a station there, and very little evidence of any railroad activity. The reconstruction of Route 209 obliterated the D&H Canal crossing and bridge location. The ROW, north to Red Hill can be picked up on the other side of Rte. 209, and the ROW remains to the South, towards Mamakating, but is inhospitably inaccessible from the former SV station site.
Mal Houck"
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