Albany and Schenectady Railroad
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The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad was the first railroad built in the State of New York and one of the first railroads in the United States. The railroad was incorporated April 17, 1826 and opened August 9, 1831. On April 19, 1847, the name was changed to the Albany and Schenectady Railroad. The railroad was consolidated into the New York Central Railroad on May 17, 1853.
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| The New York Central was formed from 10 smaller companies in 1853, with leases on the Buffalo and Niagara Falls and Rochester and Lake Ontario. Its original system included the main line as well as the Auburn Road, Falls Road, Schenectady and Troy and Buffalo and Lockport. Lewiston (1854) - Niagara Bridge and Canandaigua (1858) In 1867 Cornelius Vanderbilt gained control of the New York Central. He already controlled the following lines: Hudson River - Harlem Canada Southern - Michigan Central - Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad (1871) - Lake Shore (ca. 1877) - Geneva and Lyons (1878) - Nickel Plate (1882) - West Shore (1885) - Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad (1891) - Putnam (1894) - Gardenville (1898) - Boston and Albany Railroad (1900) - Rutland (1904) - New York and Ottawa (1905) |
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