The Adirondack Railway (originally Adirondack Company) was a railroad that connected Saratoga Springs to North Creek, New York, a distance of . Built by Dr.

Thomas Clark Durant Thomas Clark Durant (February 6, 1820 – October 5, 1885) was an American physician, businessman, and financier. He was vice-president of the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) in 1869 when it met with the Central Pacific railroad at Promontory S ...

, vice-president of the Union Pacific Railroad, it was started in 1864 and completed in 1871. After Durant's death, it was taken over by his son, William West Durant, who sold it to the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company in 1889. The two companies officially merged on November 5, 1902. A stage-coach line was established to take passengers to Durant properties at Blue Mountain Lake and further by water to Raquette Lake. Saratoga County Railroads

The line operated from 2011 to 2018 as a tourist and freight route called the Saratoga and North Creek Railway.

References

* Donaldson, Alfred L., ''A History of the Adirondacks.'' New York: Century, 1921. . * Gilborn, Craig. ''Durant: Fortunes and Woodland Camps of a Family in the Adirondacks''. Utica, NY: North Country Books, 1981. *

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The Adirondack Branch of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Defunct New York (state) railroads Predecessors of the Delaware and Hudson Railway Railway companies established in 1882 Railway companies disestablished in 1902 Passenger rail transportation in New York (state) 1882 establishments in New York (state) American companies established in 1882 {{NewYork-transport-stub