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Saratoga and North Creek Railway

Saratoga and North Creek Railway
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Saratoga and North Creek train at the Saratoga Springs station
Locale Warren and Saratoga counties, New York, USA
Commercial operations
Built by Adirondack Railway
Original gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Preserved operations
Reporting mark SNC
Preserved gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Commercial history
Opened 1871
1889 D&H acquires the railroad
Closed 1989
Preservation history
1999 Upper Hudson River Railroad began operating
2010 Upper Hudson River Railroad closed
2011 Saratoga and North Creek Railway began operation
Headquarters Saratoga Springs, New York
Website
sncrr.com

Coordinates: 43°04′58″N 73°48′36″W / 43.082790°N 73.810080°W / 43.082790; -73.810080

The Saratoga and North Creek Railway is a heritage railway that began operation in July 2011 in the upper Hudson River region of the Adirondack Mountains, in the U.S. state of New York.

The railroad currently operates between North Creek and Saratoga Springs, New York, where it connects with Amtrak's Ethan Allen Express and Adirondack services.

The Saratoga and North Creek Railway operates over former Adirondack Railway trackage built by Thomas C. Durant in 1871. North Creek station is where Theodore Roosevelt learned he was to become president of the United States of America after President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901. During World War II, magnetite, ilmenite, and titanium were shipped by rail from Tahawus by the Delaware and Hudson Railway (D&H). The D&H, which acquired the Adirondack Line from William West Durant in 1889, ran through this region until September 1989 when the mine at Tahawus closed.


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