Albany and Schenectady Railroad

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^[1] by the Mohawk and Hudson Company^[2] 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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v • d • e New York Central Railroad subsidiaries

1850s	1853: Auburn Road · Falls Road · Schenectady and Troy · Buffalo and Lockport. 1854: Lewiston. 1855: Buffalo and Niagara Falls · Rochester and Lake Ontario. 1858: Niagara Bridge and Canandaigua

1860s	1869: Hudson River .

1880s	1882: Nickel Plate. 1885: West Shore.

1890s	1891: Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad. 1894: Putnam. 1898: Gardenville.

1900s	1900: Boston and Albany Railroad. 1904: Rutland. 1905: New York and Ottawa.