All Aboard! Historical Society Launches Exhibit on U&D Railroad

By BILL BELLENONEONTA

The Greater Oneonta Historical Society was abuzz late afternoon on Saturday, February 7 as the organization proudly unveiled its latest special exhibit: “Oneonta’s Other Railroad: The Untold Story of the Ulster & Delaware.”

Doors to the exhibit opened at 5 p.m. with a sizable crowd gathering despite chilling temperatures outside frosting over the building’s windows. As people began to congregate to view the new additions, exhibit curator Bhanupratap Gaur spoke excitedly of his fondness for this exhibit’s subject matter.

“The Ulster and Delaware is very interesting,” Gaur said. “I actually live in the area where the track used to go, almost to West Davenport. So from a younger age when I moved out to that area I was fascinated that there was this other railroad that wasn’t the [Delaware and Hudson].”