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Related Historical Markers

By Howard C. Ohlhous, May 10, 2011

First Railroad Marker

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1 ► New York, Albany County, Albany, Pine Hills — First Railroad — Reported missing

Near Here Mohawk and Hudson First Railroad Chartered in this Country, 1826, Began its Run Albany to Schenectady. — — Map (db m36635) HM

2 ► New York, Albany County, Albany, Pine Hills — 824 — First Steam Train —

In 1831 the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad established the first steam passenger train service in NYS between this junction and Schenectady — — Map (db m256461) HM

3 ► New York, Schenectady County, Schenectady — DeWitt Clinton — The First Passenger Train — The First Steam Passenger Train In America —

In 1830, Peter Cooper, the inventor of America's first steam locomotive, demonstrated to executives at the Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road that his locomotive, Tom Thumb was economically competitive with canal transportation because of its lower cost . . . — — Map (db m159761) HM

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