American railroading began in the Capital District ... designed and built the forty-one mile Croton Aqueduct (New York City’s water supply for fifty years: 1842 – 1891), and the Boston ...

You learned from the previous three columns that Troy had a bustling Railroad life until the late 1950’s. Those of us growing ...

The congestion of these four railroad companies led to the building of “Union” Station. Eventually, the D&H bought the Rensselaer & Saratoga. The Troy & Schenectady merged into the New York ...