Vincent Astor

Keith Taylor wrote:


 * Vincent Astor’s railroad at Ferncliff was 3/4 inch scale 3-1/2 inch gauge. The line was built by Calvert Holt of Greenwich, Connecticut. Mr. Holt built several locomotives and acquired others for Mr. Astor and maintained the equipment for him until Mr. Holt’s untimely death. If you look at the photos in particular the one of a gentleman stopped over the tracks you can see it is clearly 3-1/2 inch gauge.


 * My late friend George Murray of Manchester, Connecticut did maintenance work for Mr. Astor after Mr. Holt’s passing. George Murray also did work for one of the founders of the S&H Greenstamp Company who also had a 3-1/2 inch gauge estate railroad. That line was in Connecticut on Long Island Sound.