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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.
Tracks were dormant from 1981 until 1992, when restoration began with a 4-mile (6.4 km) section from Thendara to Minnehaha, New York. The section was approved and demonstrated on July 4, 1992, and the line was given the name Adirondack Centennial Railroad. It was renamed Adirondack Scenic Railroad in 1994.
The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad purchased the line in 1894, and it was merged into the New York Central Railroad in 1913. The NYC maintained it as its Adirondack Division, with passenger service terminated on April 24, 1965. In 1972 the Penn Central Transportation Company, successor to the New York Central, discontinued its ...
The line started at Saratoga Springs, New York, and ran north to North Creek, New York. [1] The Delaware and Hudson Railway gained control of the line in 1889 and merged the Adirondack Railway in 1902. [2] Warren County, New York, acquired the line within its borders in 1996; the town of Corinth, New York, acquired the southern end of the line ...
Adirondack Company; Adirondack Railway; Adirondack Railway (1976–1981) Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad; Albany and Hudson Electric Railway; Albany and Susquehanna Railroad; Albany and Schenectady Railroad; Albany and West Stockbridge Railroad; Atlantic Avenue Railroad; Atlantic and Great Western Railway; Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
The Adirondack branch is a railway line in the state New York. It runs 57 miles (92 km) from Saratoga Springs, New York, to North Creek, New York. The line was built by predecessors of the Delaware and Hudson Railway between 1865 and 1871. Ownership of the line is split between Warren County, New York, and the town of Corinth, New York.
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In the 1990s, service on the southern segment of the route between Utica and Thendara would return with tourist excursions run by the Adirondack Scenic Railroad. In the mid-2010s, the State of New York attempted to convert most of the Utica-Lake Placid segment to a rail trail. However, the Adirondack Railroad successfully won an effort in court ...