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Saratoga and North Creek Railway

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With the creation of the Saratoga and North Creek Railway, regularly scheduled service returned to the line for the first time since the D&H ceased freight operations on November 17, 1989. IPH began operating trains on July 14, 2011, as the Saratoga and North Creek Railroad. Unlike the Upper
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The North End Local was a shorter route between Thurman and North Creek twice a day on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in July and August. All other trains ran the full length of the line between Saratoga Springs and North Creek.
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On April 3, 2018, plans were announced to shut down the railway line due to financial losses. The final tourist train ran on April 7. The future of the railway line itself is uncertain; the organization
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that began operation in July 2011. Passenger operations ceased on April 7, 2018, and the final revenue freight train to remove stored tank cars operated in May 2018. The railroad ran in the upper
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Regularly scheduled service ran once each day Friday through Monday from July 1 to October 31 and on Saturdays and Sundays during the fall and spring. The trip took 2 hours and 12 minutes.
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A separate service, the Snow Train, ran on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays during the winter. Unlike the summer trains, the Snow Train had two trains each day in both directions.
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The tours opened in July 2017 using two and four-person pedal-powered railbikes. Starting from the North Creek rail depot, tourists are driven to
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The trip takes about two hours each way. The tours are operated by Revolution Rail, which pays the railway to use the line.
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with plans to operate an excursion train to improve tourism and economic development in the area. In 1999, the
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Hudson River Railroad, the Saratoga and North Creek operated over the entire 57 miles (92 km) between
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tours on a 10-mile section of unused railroad tracks between Moose Pond Club Road and North Creek.
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in 1901. Passenger service was reduced to summer-only in 1950 and discontinued altogether in 1957.
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Trencansky, Tom; Sesonske, John (August 2011). "Saratoga & North Creek Debuts Operations".
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learned he was to become president of the United States of America after President
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went out of service after the mill's closure and has not operated since then.
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to restore freight service on the derelict north end of the line as far as
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On August 2, 2013, the rear locomotive of an SNCRR train derailed in
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Saratoga and North Creek train at the Saratoga Springs station
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began operating excursion trains south from North Creek to
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Nemeth, Tom (August 2011). "The Buzz in the Adirondacks".
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The Saratoga and North Creek Railway operated over former
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has called for the conversion of the railway line into a
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In 2016, plans were floated for 3-hour pedal-powered
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Saratoga and North Creek Railroad
43°04′58″N 73°48′36″W / 43.082790°N 73.810080°W / 43.082790; -73.810080


Warren
Saratoga
New York, USA
Adirondack branch
Adirondack Railway
Reporting mark
D&H
Upper Hudson River Railroad
Saratoga Springs, New York
Legend
Tahawus
North Creek
Riparius/Riverside
The Glen
Glen Hudson Campground
Thurman
Stony Creek/1000 Acres Ranch
Hadley/Luzerne
Corinth
Amtrak
Fort Edward-Glens Falls
Saratoga Springs
Amtrak
Amtrak
New York
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