Alden's Fotothing

Dunderberg Mountain, across the Hudson River from Peekskill. In the late 1800s, an entrepreneur set out to build an inclined railway to the top, where riders could view the Hudson Highlands and, on a good day, Manhattan. A 15-mile downhill train ride would begin from there on a winding track all over the mountain. He put a half-million dollars of work in, then quit. Now Dunderberg Mountain is in Bear Mountain State Park, and the half-finished railbeds are covered with forest.