The Schenectady and Troy Railroad was a railroad company in the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

. It was incorporated in 1836 and opened a line between its two namesake cities in 1841. It was consolidated with the

New York Central Railroad The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected New York metropolitan area, gr ...

in 1853.

History

The Schenectady and Troy Railroad was incorporated on May 21, 1836. The stock was divided into five hundred shares at one hundred dollars each. The building of the road began in 1841, and trains began running from

Schenectady Schenectady ( ) is a City (New York), city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the United States Census 2020, 2020 census, the city's population of 67,047 made it the state's ninth-most populo ...

Troy, New York Troy is a city in and the county seat of Rensselaer County, New York, United States. It is located on the western edge of the county, on the eastern bank of the Hudson River just northeast of the capital city of Albany, New York, Albany. At the ...

in the fall of 1841 (21.0 miles). It was constructed by the city of Troy, the corporation issuing its bonds in the amount of $649,142. Consolidated into the

under the act of 1853. Regular service along this railroad ended in 1965, and the former track bed has been converted into the Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail.

References

External links

Troy & Schenectady Railroad Website (KinglyHeirs.com)
Predecessors of the New York Central Railroad Defunct New York (state) railroads Schenectady County, New York Rensselaer County, New York Railway companies established in 1836 Railway lines opened in 1841 Railway companies disestablished in 1853 Transportation in Rensselaer County, New York 1836 establishments in New York (state) Albany County, New York Transportation in Schenectady County, New York {{US-rail-company-stub