THE DELAWARE AND HUDSON RAILROAD COMPANY (DH)
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Snapshot History: * Incorporated December 1, 1928 to purchase those transportation assets from The Delaware & Hudson Company. Approval and beginning operation occured April 1, 1930. * Water Shipping - Sold Champlain Transportation Company April, 1937. Sold Lake George Steamboat Company during July of 1939. * January, 1941 - Total length of road's 844.84 miles. Main lines owned, 176.19; branch lines owned, 119.92; leased lines operated,423.34 miles; trackage rights, over 92.81 miles, long term rental 32.58 miles. Additional yard tracks, spurs and sidings, 589.79 miles. The main line operates from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania to Rouses Point, New York via Albany, New York. Locomotives - 369; passenger cars - 148; freight cars - 11.576. * Dieselization was begun in 1944 and "visually" completed in 1950. * From 1945 to 1957 the company had acquired control of all but 53.94 miles of leased lines. New main line total 651.34 miles. * Purchased by Gilford Rail Systems in 1984 and combined with Main Central Railroad and Boston & Maine. Renamed Springfield Terminal Railway. Railroad was later declared "bankrupt" and the Delaware & Hudson assets (mainline) were sold to the Canadian Pacific in 1991.
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Delaware & Hudson Steam Power
D&H 4-8-4 #300
Image, Delaware & Hudson 4-8-4 steam loco #300, 1944 Order No. DH300I Photographer: Charles A. Elston Whitehall, New York, 7 PM, November 14, 1947: A strong Delaware & Hudson 4-8-4 steam locomotive #300 is seen a the caling tower. The Delaware and Hudson ordered 15 of these Northern's (300-314) from ALCO in 1943 to do duty on both freight and passenger service. These 285 lbs. of boiler pressure produced over 64,000 lbs. of tractive effort. Shopping Cart 8.5" by 11", Price - $ 5.00 [Add To Cart] --------------------D&H 4-6-2 #604
Image. Delaware & Hudson 4-6-2 locomoive #604 Order No. DH604I A Delaware & Hudson passenger train waits at the platform while 4-6-2 steam locomotives #604 maintains the point. Shopping Cart 8.5" by 11", Price - $ 5.00 [Add To Cart] --------------------Delaware & Hudson Diesel Power
D&H Alco PA-1 diesel side view
Image, Delaware & Hudson Alco PA-1 diesel #17 Listed for reference only, not for sale! A Delaware & Hudson Alco PA-1 diesel #17 poses in the bright sunlight --------------------D&H Alco PA-1 diesel #19 with train
Image, Delaware & Hudson Alco PA-1 diesel #19 Listed for reference only, not for sale! Photographer: Jim Shaughnessy A Delaware & Hudson Alco PA-1 diesel #19 leads a passenger train along Lake Champlain. --------------------D&H 3-Alco C424 diesels, upgrade!
Image, 3-Delaware & Hudson C424's work upgrade, snow! Listed for reference only, not for sale! Three Delaware & Hudson (Ex Conrail/EL) Alco C424's, #454, #456 and an unknown unit, work a long freight drag upgrade in this great winter scene. --------------------D&H GE U33C diesel #755
Image, Delaware & Hudson GE U33C 6-axle diesel #755 Order No. DH755I Binghamton, New York, November, 1984: A delaware & Hudson heavy GE 6-axle U33C road diesel is captured in a group of at least three such engines, #762 following. The Delaware & Hudson had nine 3,300 horsepower U33C's, #754 through #762, which were the company's heaviest and strongest diesels. Shopping Cart 8.5" by 11", Price - $ 5.00 [Add To Cart] --------------------D&H Shark diesel #1205
Image, Delaware & Hudson Alco Sharks #1205 and ?, 1975 Listed for reference only, not for sale! Photographer: James Crosby Two Delaware & Hudson Alco Shark diesels #1205 and ? work a freight train near Oiwago, New York, October, 1975. --------------------D&H Alco RS3 diesel #4098
Image, Delaware & Hudson Alco RS-3 diesel #4098, 1972 Order No. DH4098I Colonie, New York, April, 1972: Two Delaware & Hudson Alco RS-3 diesel locomotives one in red and white and one in traditonal Silver, yellow and blue. Shopping Cart 8.5" by 11", Price - $ 5.00 [Add To Cart] --------------------D&H RS-36 diesel #5016
Image, Delaware & Hudson Alco RS-36 diesel #5016, 1974 Order No. DH5016I Bing-Hampton, New York, March 23, 1974: A lone Delaware & Hudson Alco RS-36 road diesel #5016 is seen under the overpass. Shopping Cart 8.5" by 11", Price - $ 5.00 [Add To Cart] --------------------D&H GP39-2 diesel#7402
Image, Delaware & Hudson GP39-2 diesel #7402 Listed for reference only, not for sale! Photographer: Robert J. Yanosey March, Binghampton, New York: Delaware & Hudson GP39-2 road diesel #7402. 2300 horsepower, 12-cylinder, EMD645. built by EMD, 1974. --------------------D&H GP39-2 diesel#7420
Image, Former Delaware & Hudson GP39-2 diesel #7420 Order No. DH7420I Delaware & Hudson former GP39-2 diesel #7420 is captured with former Boston & Maine #312 at Rouses Point, New York July 17, 1987. Shopping Cart 8.5" by 11", Price - $ 5.00 [Add To Cart] --------------------Fall on the D&H
Image, Fall along the Delaware & Hudson Railroad. In this last photograph ever taken by photographer Fred C. Stoes, which was taken off the back of a Delaware & Hudson passenger train, perhaps the photographer was able to capture the continuation of life's meaning itself. Through his emotional eye Fred C. Stoes is seen the coming and the going of life's cycle, that one more bend around which lies one more question and one more answer, and finally, heaven's blue vault over it all. --------------------
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