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KINGSTON (Union Depot). This is an important station of the West Shore,
Wallkill Valley and Ulster & Delaware Railroads, and during the regular
season of summer Catskill Mountain traffic, there are over fifty trains
stopping here daily, it being the great diverging point fir the mountain
region. The fast Catskill Mountain special trains on the West Shore
line, are here transferred to Ulster & Delaware track, where powerful
engines stand hissing and throbbing, impatiently waiting for the
mountain run. These are among the fastest summer trains scheduled upon
any road in the country.
From this station, looking directly north, an imposing view of the
mountains is presented. The peaks in sight are the famous Overlook, on
the left, with Plattekill, High Peak, or Mount Lincoln, the Kaaterskill
and South Mountain crags on toward the right. The highest of these is
Mount Lincoln, 3664 feet, and next in height is the Overlook, 3150 feet
above tide. The large house near the sky is Overlook Mountain House.
The next toward the right is Hotel Kaaterskill, and the last is the old
Catskill Mountain House.
But there is barely time to inspect this view when your trains pulls
out for the mountains and is whirling rapidly over the lovely fringe of
fertile lowland in the northern bounds of the city. You pass within a
few rods of the famous old Senate House, where New York State was
born, which is in sight on the left, soon after you pass under the
second street bridge. It was built in 1676, partially burned by the
British in 1777, and is now owned and kept by the State, having a large
and interesting collection of ancient relics and curiosities. The
Esopus creek is next crossed, and the train plunges boldly up the
southern slope of the picturesque and beautiful Ulster and Delaware
valley, which affords a charming panorama of mountain scenery through
its entire length.
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