New York Railroads

Written by Paul Marston

Saturday, 24 November 2007 19:41

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NEW YORK RAILROAD TRACK CONSTRUCTION FROM 1826 TO 1850

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RAILROAD	ST	1826-30	1831-35	1836-40	1841-45	1846-50	TOTALS	CENSUS

Albany & Schenectady RR See Mohawk & Hudson RR	NY					0.06	0.06
Albany & West Stockbridge RR	NY				38.25		38.25	38.25
Attica & Buffalo RR	NY				31.95		31.95
Auburn & Rochester RR	NY				78.00		78.00
Auburn & Syracuse RR	NY			26.00			26.00
Blossburg & Corning RR See Tioga Coal, Iron & Manuf. RR	NY						0.00	14.81
Brooklyn & Jamaica RR	NY			11.00			11.00	11.00
Buffalo & Black Rock RR	NY		3.00				3.00
Buffalo & Niagara Falls RR	NY			19.00			19.00
Cayuga & Susquehanna RR See Ithaca & Owego RR	NY						0.00	34.61
Chemung RR	NY					17.36	17.36	17.36
Hudson & Berkshire RR	NY			31.50			31.50
Hudson & Boston RR See Hudson & Berkshire RR	NY						0.00	31.50
Hudson River RR	NY					74.71	74.71	74.71
Ithaca & Owego RR	NY		34.61				34.61
Lewiston RR	NY			3.50			3.50
Lockport & Niagara Falls RR	NY			22.00			22.00
Long Island RR	NY			15.00	71.50		86.50	86.50
Mohawk & Hudson RR	NY		16.86		0.05		16.91
New York & Erie RR Census data includes Erie RR (PA)	NY				52.95	241.79	294.74	337.00
New York & Harlem RR	NY		4.43	3.32	18.26	54.16	80.17	80.17
New York & New Haven RR (NY)	NY					14.14	14.14	14.14
New York Central RR	NY						0.00	447.00
Northern RR (NY)	NY					58.00	58.00	58.00
Oswego & Syracuse RR	NY					35.91	35.91	35.91
Rensselaer & Saratoga RR	NY		20.82	4.44			25.26	25.26
Saratoga & Schenectady RR	NY		21.50				21.50	21.50
Saratoga & Washington RR	NY					45.38	45.38
Saratoga & Whitehall RR See Saratoga & Washington RR	NY						0.00	45.38
Schenectady & Troy RR	NY				20.50		20.50
Syracuse & Utica RR	NY			53.10			53.10
Tioga Coal, Iron, Mining & Manuf	NY				14.81		14.81
Tonawanda RR	NY			31.50	12.00		43.50
Troy & Greenbush RR	NY				6.00		6.00	6.00
Utica & Schenectady RR	NY			77.66			77.66
Watertown & Rome RR	NY					24.00	24.00	24.00
		--------	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------	--------
TOTAL FOR TIME PERIOD		0.00	101.22	298.02	344.27	565.51	1,309.02	1,403.10

The Census data shown is for the year 1850 as reported in the 1860 Census.

See www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1860e-06.pdf (pages 214-229).

Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 August 2008 12:02