Adirondack Railway

Adirondack Railway
Map
Overview
Dates of operation1871–1902
SuccessorDelaware and Hudson Canal Company
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length62 mi

The Adirondack Railway (originally Adirondack Company) was a railroad that connected Saratoga Springs to North Creek, New York, a distance of 62 miles (100 km).[1] Built by Dr. Thomas Clark Durant, vice-president of the Union Pacific Railroad, it was started in 1864 and completed in 1871.[citation needed] After Durant's death, it was taken over by his son, William West Durant, who sold it to the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company in 1889. The two companies officially merged on November 5, 1902.[2] A stage-coach line was established to take passengers 28 miles (45 km) to Durant properties at Blue Mountain Lake and further by water to Raquette Lake.

The Adirondack branch remained part of the D&H system and is still partially in use.

Railroad lines in Saratoga County before 1878; the Adirondack Railway is in blue
  1. ^ Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett (1878). History of Saratoga County, New York, with illustrations biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Ensign.
  2. ^ Shaughnessy 1997, p. 129