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Delaware's Most Scenic Fall Train Ride Is Back With an Open-air Hay Wagon—and Just in Time for Fall Foliage

The Wilmington & Western Railroad has reopened after months of restoration, offering scenic rides through Red Clay Valley.
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Delaware & Hudson; the history of an important railroad whose antecedent was a canal network to transport coal

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Railway Age

For D&HRHS, Membership Opens, RS3 Acquired

The Delaware & Hudson Railway Historical Society, Inc., (D&HRHS) on Jan. 17 announced its establishment. Its goal is to not only “preserve, interpret, and celebrate the rich history of the Delaware & ...
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Look Back: ‘Old Jasper’ retired in 1928 after 53 years of railroad service

Jasper C. Gritman, known as “Old Jasper,” had an exciting commute to work from his home at 312 E. Market St., Wilkes-Barre — a short walk to the rail yards along today’s Wilkes-Barre Boulevard where ...
Troy Record

RITTNER: Troy’s railroad days, Part 1

American railroading began in the Capital District. On December 28, 1825, Schenectady County native (Duanesburg) George Featherstonhaugh (pronounced fen-shaw) ran a newspaper notice announcing the ...
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Aug. 8, 1829: The ‘Stourbridge Lion’

HONESDALE, Pa. (WHTM) — The Delaware and Hudson was chartered in 1823 as a canal company to provide a link between Pennsylvania coal fields around Carbondale and New York City. It would be the first ...