The Adirondack Railway was a railroad that connected Saratoga Springs to North Creek, New York

North Creek, New York

North Creek is a hamlet in the Adirondack Park, in the town of Johnsburg, in Warren County, New York, United States. It is an area known for skiing , hiking and other outdoor recreational activities. It is located at ....

. Built by Dr. Thomas Clark Durant, vice-president of the Union Pacific Railroad

Union Pacific Railroad

The Union Pacific Railroad , headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. James R. Young is president, CEO and Chairman....

, it was started in 1864 and completed in 1871 by the Adirondack Company. After Durant's death, it was taken over by his son, William West Durant

William West Durant

William West Durant was a designer and developer of camps in the Adirondack Great Camp style, including Camp Uncas, Camp Pine Knot and Sagamore Camp which are National Historic Landmarks. He was the son of Thomas C. Durant, the financier and railroad promoter who was behind the Crédit Mobilier...

 who sold it to the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company in 1889. A stage coach line was established to take passengers 28 miles to Durant propterties at Blue Mountain Lake

Blue Mountain Lake

Blue Mountain Lake is a reservoir in Arkansas, United States. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lake on the Petit Jean River in west central Arkansas, Blue Mountain Lake has approximately 50 miles of shoreline, located between Mount Magazine and the Ouachita Mountain range just west of Havana,...

 and further by water to Raquette Lake

Raquette Lake

Raquette Lake is the source of the Raquette River in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State, USA. It is near the community of Raquette Lake, New York. The lake has 99 miles of shoreline with pines and mountains bordering the lake. It is located in the towns of Long Lake and Arietta,...

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The line is currently operated as a tourist route called the Saratoga And North Creek Railroad.

Sources

• Donaldson, Alfred L., A History of the Adirondacks. New York: Century, 1921. ISBN 0-916346-26-8.
• Gilborn, Craig. Durant: Fortunes and Woodland Camps of a Family in the Adirondacks. Utica, NY: North Country Books, 1981. ISBN 0-932052-25-X