H.M. Beach photo The Rickety Rackety Railroad	Carry Train - Part of the Novel Trip  Raquette Lake to  Blue Mountain Lake	c1905 E.E. Kellogg Upper Carry Colorized card mislabeled 'narrow gauge'
1907 Blue Mountain Trip	Upper Landing	1911 E.E. Kellogg photo The Adirondack - Trip up the Marion River
Photo by Jim Fynmore Engine No. 2 built 1901 freshly painted at Adirondack Museum	c1911 E.E. Kellogg photo Lower Carry	Killoquah pushing freight car on  Raquette Lake barge 1909 - supplies for Blue Mountain
1927 Upper Carry Pulled over in the shade awaiting passengers	1929 Lower Carry Last summer of the little railroad	1929 Lower Carry

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The last three photos are courtesy of the Liverpool New York Public Library.  Search for "raquette."  Photographer Ted Schuelke, a Liverpool resident, took some of the final pictures of the little railroad.

 

On the back of the photos were hand printed descriptions.  The first and second are the same, save for the date.  "The shortest railroad --- in the world, being 7/8 mile long and operating between Raquette & Utowana Lakes in the Adirondack Mountains. Picture was taken Aug. 25, 1927."  Photo number two was Aug. 8, 1929.

 

The third description reads "ALL ABOARD FOR RAQUETTE LAKE --- and Homeward Bound to Eagle Bay, after a trip to Blue Mt. Lake in the Adirondack Mountains. This picture was taken at the Utowana Lake Terminal of the Shortest Railroad in the world on Aug. 8, 1929."

 

An alert visitor to our site immediately contacted me saying that this was indeed the "Lower Carry" at the Marion River end, not the Utowana Terminal as stated.

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Historic photos [Theodore H. Schuelke photographer 1927, 1929] are owned by Onondaga County, NY Parks Office of Museums and Historic Sites and are made available to the public by the Liverpool Public Library Liverpool NY

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