File:First Railroad Marker.jpg
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Near Here Mohawk and Hudson First Railroad Chartered in this country, 1826, began its run Albany to Schenectady State Education Department 1940 |
| Date | Taken on 15 October 2009, 14:18 |
| Source | Own work I (Ira Goldstein) created this work entirely by myself. |
| Author | Igoldste (talk) |
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This photo was taken by Wikipedia w:User:Igoldste. Outside of Wikimedia Foundation projects, attribution is to be made to: Ira Goldstein in a prominent location near to the image.
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- The sign may be incorrect. The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, became the first railroad chartered in New York State.[1]
The sign is not incorrect. If you read the Don Rittner literature, you learn the Albany Schenectady RR was indeed the first RR in the country to run a locomotive train on its rails. All earlier railroads ran horse-drawn trollies or were gravity trains. The first railroads were in ancient Rome 2000 years ago, but this addresses railroads that ran actual locomotive trains, not horse-drawn or gravity trains.
- ↑ American Railroading Began Here cited 15 October 2009.
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| current | 00:49, 16 October 2009 | 1,779 × 1,371 (1.67 MB) | Igoldste | Located on Western Avenue, Albany NY. N 42 39.98, W 73 47.5 Near Here Mohawk and Hudson First Railroad Chartered in this country, 1826, began its run Albany to Schenectady State Education Department 1940 |
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