Re: Catskill NG photograph?

Your photograph shows the Ramsey Transfer used by the Stony Clove & Catskill Mountain Ry. at the Phoenicia, NY interchange with the standard gauge Ulster & Delaware Ry. According to the book,"Narrow Gauge Railways to the Catskill High Peaks", the SC&CM purchased and installed the Ramsay Transfer in 1882 at a cost of $1,400. It took about eight minutes to transfer a car, although inventor Robert Ramsay claimed to have done it in 90 seconds. There is another photo in the book showing a SC&CM 2-6-0 on the transfer. The horse in that photo is attached to a walking beam used to raise and lower wheel sets in the pit.