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The Delaware and Hudson Railway (D&H) (reporting mark DH) is a railroad that operates in the Northeastern United States. In 1991, after more than 150 years as an independent railroad, the D&H was purchased by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP).
The Delaware and Hudson Railway, was our country’s oldest surviving transportation company, with a corporate existence that spanned 168 years. What's left of the railroad is now split between Canadian Pacific and Norfolk Southern.
Realizing that the canal’s survival depended on a reliable way to funnel traffic to its ports, the D&H chartered the 4’3” gauge Delaware & Hudson Gravity Railroad to bring anthracite coal from the mines near Carbondale, Pennsylvania to the canal at Honesdale.
The Bridge Line Historical Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history of the Delaware & Hudson Railway, the longest continually running transportation company in the United States.
A pictorial history of The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company (D&H CC) & Delaware and Hudson Railroad (D&H RR) This "Virtual Museum" is to help preserve the complete history of "America's oldest continually operated transportation company"
The original Delaware & Hudson had its start in 1825 as a canal company connecting eastern Pennsylvania coal mines with ports on the Hudson River for export. While successful, the canal soon gave way to an interest in railroads.
January 6, 1847 - Delaware and Hudson selects John Roebling to build three suspension aqueducts to widen and improve the navigability of the canal. 1851 - Albany & Susquehanna Railroad Incorporated to build from Albany to Binghamton, NY.
The D&HRHS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, interpretation, and promotion of the history of the Delaware & Hudson Railway and its predecessors through the use of modern technology.
Brief History. In 1871, a 60-mile railroad line was completed from Saratoga Springs to North Creek, NY, creating an important link with the Adirondack Mountains. Started in 1863 by Dr. Thomas C. Durant, a leading figure in the Union Pacific Railroad, it was first named the Adirondack Company.
early American rail transportation. But on the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, where the Stourbridge Lion ran, as on the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad, the first in Canada, Stephenson locomotives proved unsuited to the crude track and quickly derailed.