South Gilboa station is a disused train station in

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. The original station, at MP 70.4, was a spartan facility with a long platform on the end for

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from Mayham Pond, near the station, to be loaded onto freight cars. The ice would then be shipped to ice houses in

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. However, this building was torn down by the

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, and replaced with a new one in the early 1900s. ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying photographs''
/ref> The new South Gilboa Station, MP 70.6, was one of the U&D's new

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stations that were set up in the early 1900s. It was about a quarter of a mile east of the original station, and was a good freight stop, with many farms around for vegetables, fruit, dairy, etc. to be loaded onto freight cars for shipment. This station was abandoned on March 31, 1954, with the end of passenger service on the U&D, and was left to deteriorate. However, this station is planned to be restored by the Town of Gilboa Historical Society. It was listed on the

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in 2000 as the South Gilboa Railroad Station.

References

External links

South Gilboa Railroad Station Photo Gallery
Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Railway stations in the United States opened in 1905 Railway stations in the Catskill Mountains Former Ulster and Delaware Railroad stations National Register of Historic Places in Schoharie County, New York Former railway stations in New York (state) Railway stations in the United States closed in 1954 {{SchoharieCountyNY-NRHP-stub