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Encyclopedia > Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
D&H
The following are reporting marks assigned by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) to rail carriers operating in North America and the companies (railroads and rail equipment owners/operators) to which they were assigned. Where multiple railroads are listed on a reporting mark, their order indicates the order of the... Reporting marks DH
Locale This article is about the region in the United States of America. For other uses, see New England (disambiguation). Modern New England, the six northeastern-most states of the United States, indicated by red The New England region of the United States is located in the northeastern corner of the... New England
Years of operation Events January 8 - Hanging of body-selling murderer William Burke - his associate William Hare, who testified against him, is released January 19 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethes Faust premieres March 4 - Andrew Jackson succeeds John Quincy Adams as the President of the United States of America. March 22 - Greece receives... 1829 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 2 - Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first black woman to lead a city of that size and importance. January 4 - The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously... 1991
Rail gauge is the distance between two rails of a railroad. Sixty percent of the worlds railways use a 4 feet 8½ inch (1435 mm) gauge, which is known as standard gauge or international gauge. Rail gauges larger than standard gauge are called broad gauge, and rail gauges smaller... Track gauge 4 This article is about a foot as a unit of length. For other uses of foot, see foot (disambiguation). A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length. The popular belief is that original standard was the length of a mans foot. The average foot... ft Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial unit of length. Sweden also briefly had a decimal inch based on the metric system: see below for more. According to some sources, the inch was originally defined informally as the distance between... in (1435 A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter), symbol mm is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. 1 mm is equal to: about 0.03937 inches 0.1 cm See 1 E-3 m for comparisons. The level of rainfall is also reported as millimeters... mm)
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The Delaware and Hudson Railroad (D&H) ( Categories: Organization stubs | Rail transport | Industry trade groups ... AAR The following are reporting marks assigned by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) to rail carriers operating in North America and the companies (railroads and rail equipment owners/operators) to which they were assigned. Where multiple railroads are listed on a reporting mark, their order indicates the order of the... reporting mark DH) was a Freight railroads in the United States are classified by the Association of American Railroads as Class I, Class II and Class III (also called Classes 1, 2 and 3) in terms of size. The classification has always been by means of annual operating revenue; the exact revenues required to be... Class I railroad in the north-eastern part of the The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... United States. It was once the oldest transportation company in continuous operation in the United States, having been operated since Events July 15 - San Paolo fuori le Mura church in Rome almost completely destroyed by fire September 10 - Peru December 2 - US President James Monroe delivers a speech to the U.S. Congress, announcing a new policy of forbidding European interference in the Americas and establishing American neutrality in future... 1823, when it was incorporated as the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. It operated the first Great Western Railway No. 6833 Calcot Grange, a 4-6-0 Grange class steam locomotive, at Bristol Temple Meads station, Bristol, England A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train, and has no payload capacity of its own; its sole purpose is to provide... steam locomotive in the United States in Events January 8 - Hanging of body-selling murderer William Burke - his associate William Hare, who testified against him, is released January 19 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethes Faust premieres March 4 - Andrew Jackson succeeds John Quincy Adams as the President of the United States of America. March 22 - Greece receives... 1829.


It was the only major railroad in the U.S. Northeast not to go bankrupt in the 1970s. When Conrail, officially known as the Consolidated Rail Corporation, is an American railroad company. It currently serves as a local carrier for CSX and Norfolk Southern; this arrangement is often referred to as Conrail Shared Assets Operations, the basis of the current reporting marks CSAO. Until June 6, 1998, Conrail owned... Conrail was created in 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 12 - UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 - Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is sentenced to life in prison January 16... 1976, the D&H was expanded and given trackage rights over most of the Conrail system. The railway was acquired by Guilford Rail is a freight railroad network that covers most of northern New England. Guilford is interesting in that it developed in a modern manner, with a business plan quite unlike those of any of the early railroads. GTIs idea was that by buying up as many local railroads... Guilford Transportation Industries in 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 1 - Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 - AT&T is broken up into 22 independent units January 5 - Richard Stallman starts developing GNU. January 7 - Brunei becomes the sixth member of the... 1984, who found its trackage rights over Conrail to be attractive. The railway went bankrupt in 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Events Environmental change Zebra mussels found in the Great lakes December 2 - Cyclone in Bangladesh leaves 5 million homeless - thousands dead December 7 - In Armenia an earthquake 6.9 on the Richter scale killed nearly 25.000... 1988. It was sold to the The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. Its rail network stretches from Vancouver to Montreal, and also serves major cities in the United States, such as... Canadian Pacific Railway in 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 2 - Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first black woman to lead a city of that size and importance. January 4 - The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously... 1991, who made it part of their St. Lawrence and Hudson subsidiary between 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. Events Environmental change The invasive species Asian long-horned beetle is found in New York January 7 - One of the worst blizzards in American history hits eastern... 1996 and 2000 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE55Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE60Fixes.css; /**/ 2000 From Wikipedia 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Popular culture also holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd... 2000.



Current (operating) Freight railroads in the United States are classified by the Association of American Railroads as Class I, Class II and Class III (also called Classes 1, 2 and 3) in terms of size. The classification has always been by means of annual operating revenue; the exact revenues required to be... Class I railroads of North America

Amtrak is the name of an intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. Amtrak is an independent for-profit corporation, but its board is entirely controlled by the United States government through presidential appointment and Senate confirmation. Some Amtrak stock is outstanding, though it... AMTK, The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (AAR reporting mark BNSF) (NYSE: BNI), headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, and established as a result of a 1995 merger between the parent companies of the Burlington Northern Railroad and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, is one of the largest... BNSF, CN redirects here, as its the most common usage of the abbreviation in Canada; for more uses, see CN (disambiguation). Canadian National Railway logo or herald (used post-1960) Canadian National Railways logo or herald (used pre_1960) Network Map of Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE... CN, The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. Its rail network stretches from Vancouver to Montreal, and also serves major cities in the United States, such as... CP, Categories: Companies traded on NYSE | Railway companies of the United States | Alabama railroads | Connecticut railroads | Delaware railroads | Florida current railroads | Georgia railroads | Illinois railroads | Indiana railroads | Kentucky railroads | Louisiana railroads | Maryland railroads | Massachusetts railroads | Michigan railroads | Mississippi railroads | New Jersey railroads | New York railroads | North Carolina railroads | Ohio railroads | Pennsylvania... CSXT, FXE, Categories: Railway companies of the United States ... KCS, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is a US publicly-traded stock corporation based in Norfolk, Virginia. The company controls a major Class I railroad, the Norfolk Southern Railway Company, commonly abbreviated NS. The railroad operates 21,500 route miles in 22 eastern states, the District of Columbia and the province... NS, TFM, The Union Pacific Railroad (NYSE: UNP) is the largest railroad in the United States. Its primary AAR reporting mark is UP. The railroad is wholly owned by Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) which also owns Overnite Transportation, a fairly major less-than-truckload shipping carrier. Union Pacific divested itself of... UP, VIA Rail Canada (also referred to as VIA Rail and VIA; pronounced vee-ah) is an independent Crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail services in Canada. VIA Rail operates trains in 8 Canadian provinces (all except Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island) over a network spanning the country from... VIA

Former or A fallen flag in United States railroaders and railfans terminology, is a railroad company no longer in existence due to bankruptcy or merger. Background The US railroad industry has been consolidating since the 1950s, and almost every year sees the list of operating roads shrink. Most railroad companies... fallen flag Class I railroads of North America

Categories: Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct railroads | Defunct companies | Florida Atlantic Coast Line Railroad precursors ... ACL, AGS, Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Arizona railroads | California railroads | Colorado railroads | Illinois railroads | Iowa railroads | Kansas railroads | Louisiana railroads | Missouri railroads | Nebraska railroads | New Mexico railroads | Oklahoma railroads | Texas railroads ... ATSF, The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad or BAR is a defunct United States railroad company, that formerly operated lines in northern Maine. The company was incorporated in 1891 to combine the lines of the former Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad and the Bangor and Katahdin Railroad. It was based in Bangor and... BAR, The Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad (B≤ AAR reporting mark BLE) was a railroad company operating mainly in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. The railroads main line ran from the Lake Erie port of Conneaut, Ohio to industrial city of North Bessemer, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, a distance... BLE, The Boston & Maine (B&M) was the dominant railroad of the northern United States for a century. It is now part of the Guilford Transportation Industries network. History B&M was first formed beginning in 1835 to create a continuous inland route between the cities of Boston... BM, Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | California railroads | Colorado railroads | Idaho railroads | Illinois railroads | Iowa railroads | Kansas railroads | Kentucky railroads | Minnesota railroads | Missouri railroads | Montana railroads | Nebraska railroads | North Dakota railroads | Oregon railroads | South Dakota railroads | Washington railroads | Wisconsin railroads | Wyoming railroads ... BN, The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad or B&O was a 19th century railroad which operated in the east coast of the United States and was the first railroad to offer commercial transportation of both people and freight. It was incorporated on February 28, 1827. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad... BO, Categories: Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | Defunct railroads | Colorado railroads | Illinois railroads | Iowa railroads | Missouri railroads | Montana railroads | Nebraska railroads | Wisconsin railroads | Wyoming railroads ... CBQ, CG, The Chicago Great Western Railway (AAR reporting mark CGW) was a Class 1 railroad that linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City. It was founded by Alpheas Beede Stickney in 1885 as a small 100 mile line between St. Paul and the Iowa state line. Through mergers and new construction... CGW, The Cincinati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific is a railroad that runs from Cincinnati, Ohio to Chattanooga, Tennessee. This is the line known for the The Rathole District that runs from Tennessee to Kentucky, this line is owned by the city of cincinati and Norfolk Southern is operating the line... CNTP, The Chicago and North Western Railway (AAR reporting marks: CNW, CNWS, CNWZ) was a Class 1 railroad in the United States. It was also known as the North Western. CNW #8540, at Shawnee, WY History The Chicago and North Western Railway was chartered on June 7, 1859. It had purchased... CNW, The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) was a Class 1 railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from many smaller railroads begun in the 19th century. Headquartered in USA, in 1972, it became part of the Chessie System, which was the creation of Hays T. Watkins, Jr., then president... CO, Conrail, officially known as the Consolidated Rail Corporation, is an American railroad company. It currently serves as a local carrier for CSX and Norfolk Southern; this arrangement is often referred to as Conrail Shared Assets Operations, the basis of the current reporting marks CSAO. Until June 6, 1998, Conrail owned... CR, The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark RI) was a Class 1 railroad in the United States. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, THE ROCK. Its ancestor, the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, was incorporated on February 7, 1851... CRIP, The Central Vermont Railway (AAR reporting mark: CV) was a railroad based in the US state of Vermont. For a long period, the railroad was owned by the Canadian National Railway. External links Central Vermont Railway Historical Society (site under construction as of 2004) The Central Vermont Railway at George... CV, DH, Categories: Rail stubs | Minnesota railroads | Wisconsin railroads ... DMIR, Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Colorado railroads | New Mexico railroads | Utah railroads ... DRGW, Categories: Rail stubs | Illinois railroads | Indiana railroads ... EJE, The Florida East Coast Railway (AAR reporting mark FEC) is a Class II railroad operating in the US state of Florida; in the past, it has been a Class I railroad. The FEC is renowned as the railroad that built the first railroad bridges to Key West that have since... FEC, GMN, A separate article treats the Great Northern Railway in Britain. Categories: Stub | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | Idaho railroads | Illinois railroads | Minnesota railroads | Montana railroads | Washington railroads ... GN, Grand Trunk Western Railroad logo or herald (used 1960-1995) CNs principal U.S. subsidiary The Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTWR, GT post-1960, AAR reporting mark GTW) is a U.S. railroad and primary subsidiary of Canadian National Railway (CN). Created as a subsidiary to the Grand Trunk... GTW, Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | Illinois railroads | Iowa railroads | Louisiana railroads | Missouri railroads | South Dakota railroads | Wisconsin railroads ... IC, The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (AAR designation ICG) was the result of the merger between the Illinois Central (IC) and the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio (GM&O) railroads. Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | Illinois railroads | Iowa railroads | Louisiana railroads | Missouri railroads | South... ICG, LA, LAT, Chartered by the state of Kentucky in 1850, the L&N, as it was generally known, grew into one of the great success stories of American business. Operating under one name continuously for 132 years, it survived civil war and economic depression and several waves of social and technological... LN, The Maine Central Railroad was a railroad in central Maine. It was chartered in 1856 and began operations in 1862. It operated between Portland to the Canada-U.S. border with New Brunswick. Charter and creation The Maine Central RR was created initially through the merger of the Androscoggin and... MEC, The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMSP&P RR), ( AAR reporting mark MILW) was a railroad that operated in the midwest and northwest of the United States from 1847 until its acquisition by and merger with the Soo Line railway in 1985–... MILW, For other meanings of MKT see MKT (disambiguation) Categories: Stub | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | Kansas railroads | Missouri railroads | Oklahoma railroads | Texas railroads ... MKT, Missouri Pacific (MoPac; AAR reporting mark MP) was the first American railroad west of the Mississippi River. The company merged with Union Pacific in 1982. History On July 4, 1851 at St. Louis, Missouri, ground-breaking for the Pacific Railroad Company, chartered in 1849, marked the beginning of what would... MP, Categories: Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Illinois railroads | Indiana railroads | Missouri railroads | New York railroads | Ohio railroads | Pennsylvania railroads ... NKP, NNE, NOTM, Norfolk and Western Railway (AAR reporting mark: NW), a US class 1 railroad, was formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It had headquarters and Roanoke, Virginia for most of its 150 year existence. The company was famous for manufacturing steam locomotives in-house at the... NW, The New York Central Railroad, known simply as the New York Central in its publicity and with the AAR reporting mark of NYC, was a railroad operating in the North-Eastern United States. Headquartered in New York, the railroad served a large proportion of the area, including extensive trackage in... NYC, The Penn Central Transportation Company, normally called Penn Central, was an American railroad company, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and formed by the merger on February 1, 1968 of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad; the New Haven was added to the merger at the insistence of the... PC, PLE, The Pere Marquette Railroad (AAR reporting mark: PM) was a railroad that operated in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The railroad had trackage in the states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and the Canadian province of Ontario. Its primary connections included Buffalo, New York and Chicago, Illinois. It... PM, The Pennsylvania Railroad (AAR reporting mark: PRR) was an American railroad existing 1846–1968, after which it merged into Penn Central Transportation. Commonly referred to as the Pennsy, the company was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The companys symbol was a keystone (Pennsylvanias symbol) with the letters PRR... PRR, Categories: Stub | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | Florida Seaboard Air Line Railroad precursors | Georgia railroads | North Carolina railroads | South Carolina railroads | Virginia railroads ... SAL, Categories: Stub | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | District of Columbia railroads | Florida railroads | Georgia railroads | North Carolina railroads | South Carolina railroads | Virginia railroads ... SBD, Categories: Stub | Defunct companies | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | District of Columbia railroads | Florida railroads | Georgia railroads | North Carolina railroads | South Carolina railroads | Virginia railroads ... SCL, SOO, The Southern Railway (AAR designation SOU) was the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined since the 1830s. It was combined with the Norfolk & Western Railway to form Norfolk Southern Corporation in 1982. History The nine-mile South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company... SOU, The Southern Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark SP) was an American railroad. The railroad was founded in 1865, forming part of the Central Pacific Railroad empire. By 1900, the Southern Pacific Company had grown into a major railroad system that incorporated many smaller companies, such as the Texas and New... SP, SSW, The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. Its rail network stretches from Vancouver to Montreal, and also serves major cities in the United States, such as... STLH, TNO, TP, The Virginian Railway (AAR reporting mark VGN) was a Class 1 railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. The VGN was created to transport high quality smokeless bituminous coal from southern West Virginia to port at Hampton Roads. Founders William N. Page and Henry H. Rogers... VGN, WAB, WM, Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | California railroads | Nevada railroads | Utah railroads ... WP, YMV


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Ticonderoga Branch of Delaware & Hudson Railroad (9481 words)
In 1873, the Delaware and Hudson purchased the control and leaseholds of the Whitehall and Plattsburg and the Montreal and Plattsburgh Railroad from the Vermont interests.
The railroad stated that, in fact, "...here is no properly dedicated highway at that point, though one has existed as far as memory can go back." The property was used for many years as a highway before the railroad was built.
The Delaware and Hudson announced in May 1939 that railroad service to Fort Ticonderoga would not be curtailed as anticipated once the new railroad schedules were issued.
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