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Here will be found coverage of the Delaware and Hudson Railway before and after the railroad came under control of Canadian Pacific Railway. Family tree, diesel roster, freight and passenger schedules, all to be presented here will show you why the D&H has been referred to as the Bridge Line to New England and Canada.

DELAWARE AND HUDSON FAMILY TREE(Approximate)
1.Albany and Susquehanna
2.Schenectady and Duanesburgh
3.Schenectady and Mechanicville
4.Cherry Valley,Sharon & Albany
5.Schoharie Valley Railroad
6.Adirondack Railroad
7.Renssalaer & Saratoga Springs
8.Sartoga & Schenectady
9.Glens Falls RR
10.Saratoga and Whitehall
11.Rutland and Whitehall
12.Albany Northern
13.Albany,Vermont and Canadian
14.Albany and Vermont
15.Troy,Salem and Rutland
16.Rutland and Washington
17.Troy and Rutland
18.Saratoga and Fort Edward
19.Saratoga and Washington
20.Champlain Transportation Company
21.Rutland and Burlington
22.Lake George Transportation Company
23.Whitehall and Plattsburgh
24.Plattsburgh and Montreal
25.New York and Canada
26.Plattsburgh and Dannemora
27.Chateaugay RR
28.Saranac and Lake Placid RR
29.Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley
30.United Traction Company
31.Troy and New England RR
32.Greenwich and Johnsonville RR
33.Quebec,Montreal and Southern
34.Battenkill Railroad
35.Napierville Junction Railway.

In this section will be found sample freight and passenger schedules in condensed form. An all time diesel roster will also be found here. First part will be sample freight schedules. Here are a few sample 1957 freight schedules as taken from a PRR Freight Schedules website:



Table1.WM1 Wilkes Barre to Mechanicville.
Wilkes Barre,PA....Lv...0030...W
Hudson,PA..........Lv...0130...W
Carbondale,PA......Lv...0345...W
Oneonta,NY.........Ar...0740...W
Oneonta,NY.........Lv...0900...W
Mechanicville,NY...Ar...1215...W

Table2.WM3.Daily except Fridays and Saturdays
Wilkes Barre,PA...LV....0700...W
Hudson,PA.........LV....0800...W
Carbondale,PA.....Lv....1005...W
Oneonta,NY........Ar....1300...W
Oneonta,NY........Lv....1445...W
Mechanicville,NY..Ar....1800...W

Table 3.WO3/BM7 Wilkes Barre-Mechanicville (Fri.Sats.)
Wilkes Barre.........Lv...0700...F
Hudson...............Lv...0800...F
Carbondale...........Lv...1005...F
Oneonta..............Ar...1300...F
Oneonta...BM7........Lv...1445...F
Mechanicville........Ar...1800...F

Table 4.WM7(Daily)
Wilkes Barre.........Lv...1500...W
Hudson...............Lv...1600...W
Carbondale...........Lv...1850...W
Oneonta..............Ar...2230...W
Oneonta..............Lv...2315...W
Mechanicville........Ar...0330...Th

SOUTHBOUND SERVICE.Mechanicville to Wilkes Barre
Table5.MB4/OW4.Daily
Mechanicville............Lv....0630...W
Schenectady(MB4).........Lv....0730...W
Oneonta...(MB4)..........Ar....1030...W
Oneonta...(OW4)..........Lv....1230...W
Buttonwood...............Ar....1815...W

Table6.MW8. Daily
Mechanicville............Lv....1600...W
Schenectady..............Lv....1700...W
Oneonta..................Ar....1930...W
Oneonta..................Lv....2100...W
Buttonwood...............Ar....0315...Th

Table7.WR7 daily.Wilkes Barre to Rouses Point
Wilkes Barre.............Lv....1900...W
Hudson...................Lv....2015...W
Carbondale...............Lv....2300...W
Oneonta..................Ar....0350...Th
Oneonta..................Lv....1000...Th
Schenectady..............Ar....1300...Th
Whitehall................Ar....1545...Th
Whitehall................Lv....1730...Th
Rouses Point.............Ar....2300...Th

Table8.RW6.Daily Montreal to Wilkes Barre
Montreal (CP)............Lv....1400...W
Rouses Point.............Ar....1730...W
Rouses Point.............Lv....2000...W
Whitehall................Ps....0145...Th
Oneonta..................Ar....0715...Th
Oneonta..................Lv....0915...Th
Wilkes Barre.............Ar....1515...Th

These were just a few of the scheduled freight trains operated on the Delaware and Hudson. In addition to these and other scheduled main line trains. Every branch line of major consequence throughout the railroad had scheduled freight service, whose trains showed up in the employee timetables as authorized to operate at times shown.