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New York Part 3: Adirondack Train

9 October 2026

Added to Eric Scouten :: Travel on 12 October 2026
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My time in the city is done (no photos – sorry). Today I treated myself to a ride on the Adirondack Train, which mirrors the route of the Empire Service as far as Albany, but then diverges north to Montreal. Since I was returning to visit family upstate, I hopped off the train at Plattsburgh.

Today’s route took in a few familiar views of the Hudson River.

The George Washington Bridge, a steel suspension bridge, spans the Hudson River under a clear blue morning sky, with a tree-covered cliff and tall buildings on the far bank and a red buoy floating on the calm water in the foreground.

New York, New York

A long cable-stayed bridge with tall white towers spans a wide river under a clear blue sky, with low forested hills lining the far shore in warm morning light.

Tarrytown, New York

A long freight train with colorful intermodal containers and freight cars runs along the far shore of a wide river, below forested hills touched with early autumn color. Clusters of houses sit on a rocky bluff above the tracks under a pale, clear sky.

northwest of Peekskill, New York

A calm, wide river stretches across the foreground beneath a pale blue sky, with a small white lighthouse sitting at the water’s edge in front of a forested hillside showing early autumn colors of green, gold, and orange.

north of Staatsburg, New York

A broad tidal marsh and wetland stretches toward a shallow lake, with a tree line showing early autumn color and a hazy mountain ridge on the horizon beneath a sky filled with scattered puffy clouds.

west of Stottsville, New York

A broad field of golden, dried reeds and grasses stretches into the distance toward a line of trees showing early autumn color, with patches of red and orange foliage among the green. Above, a vast blue sky is filled with large, puffy white cumulus clouds.

south of Stuyvesant, New York

After Albany, we were no longer following the river but cutting through farmland and forest for a while.

A rural farmstead seen across a broad green field under a dramatic sky of scattered white clouds. A small red open-sided barn sits on the left surrounded by old equipment, while a large gray barn with a metal roof stands to the right, backed by a line of trees showing early autumn color.

northeast of Gansevoort, New York

I must confess to multitasking a bit … editing photos while also creating more. Here is my mobile photo lab in action:

south of Fort Edward, New York

A calm, wide river lined with dense green trees just beginning to turn autumn colors, under a dramatic sky of heavy white and gray clouds with patches of blue. The still water reflects the clouds and surrounding foliage.

Fort Edward, New York

Somewhere along the way here, the geography starts to shift from river to the very large Lake Champlain. I’m not exactly clear where the boundary lies, but we followed the water for the last 174 km / 108 miles of the trip and it led to many great photo opportunities.

A calm lake or river edged with golden tan reeds in the foreground, backed by a dense line of green trees just beginning to turn autumn colors, under a dramatic sky of heavy white and gray clouds with patches of blue.

north of Whitehall, New York

A calm river fringed with golden reeds and tawny marsh grass winds past a forested ridge showing early autumn color, with exposed rocky cliffs on the slope beneath a sky of large white and gray clouds.

north of Whitehall, New York

A broad expanse of golden dry grassland stretches to a line of trees on the horizon, with early autumn foliage mixing green and hints of color, under a dramatic sky filled with heavy gray and white clouds.

east of Clemons, New York

The track used for this leg of the trip is not often travelled. It being fall, the train was kicking up lots of leaves as we went. I was debating how to capture that (maybe a movie?) when I got photobombed by this one leaf in the upper corner.

A golden-brown autumn marsh of tall dry grasses leads to a calm body of water backed by a forested ridge dotted with fall colors and pale rock outcrops, under a cloudy sky where a dried leaf drifts in the foreground.

Dresden, New York

A marshy wetland with golden reeds and shallow pools of still water in the foreground, backed by a forested ridge showing early fall color and exposed pale rock cliffs, under a broad sky of layered gray and white clouds.

Dresden, New York

A marshy wetland and lake edge in early autumn, with golden-brown reeds and lily pads in the foreground giving way to still water that reflects a partly cloudy sky. Across the water, a forested hillside shows a mix of evergreen and fall-colored foliage under a bright blue sky with billowing white clouds.

south of Putnam Station, New York

A broad, calm lake under a dramatic sky filled with heavy gray and white clouds broken by patches of blue. Wooded hills lined with early autumn foliage run along the far shore, while a small cabin with a red roof and a parked excavator sit on a rocky point at the left edge of the water.

south of Putnam Station, New York

A lone person in a small boat sits on a calm lake beneath a dramatic sky of broken clouds, with a far shore of hills covered in autumn-colored forest and a few scattered houses along the waterline.

north of Putnam Station, New York

An autumn meadow dotted with shrubs showing red, orange, and yellow foliage, bordered by a line of trees in early fall color, under a broad blue sky filled with bright, puffy white clouds.

north of Putnam Station, New York

A broad golden marsh of tall reeds and grasses with patches of green and open water in the foreground, backed by a dark line of mixed autumn forest, a lake and distant hills on the right, all under a dramatic sky of scattered white and gray clouds over blue.

north of Ticonderoga, New York

A broad lake under a dramatic, overcast sky filled with layered gray and white clouds, with distant low mountains along the far shore. In the left foreground a rocky cliff and shoreline are dotted with trees showing early autumn color.

south of Port Henry, New York

A broad view across a calm lake under a dramatic sky of scattered white and gray clouds, with a forested far shore dotted with a few houses and distant blue mountain ridges on the horizon. In the foreground, trees with autumn-tinged yellow and green foliage rise from the near shore.

north of Willsboro, New York

I mentioned earlier that we followed the water for 174 km / 108 miles. That journey took 3 hours and 15 minutes, so … if you’re in a hurry to get from Albany to Plattsburgh, this form of travel is probably not for you. But if you want to keep your eyes on the scenery — especially some scenery not accessible by road — enjoy!

I did!

(Postscript from the future:) The rest of the trip wound up being focused on the road and flights, so there will be no more travel stories from this New York trip. Looking forward to coming back some day!

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New York to Au Sable Forks, New York · 553 km / 344 mi

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