Manuscript Group 401 DELAWARE AND HUDSON RAILWAY COMPANY RECORDS 1887-1959
11.2 cubic feet
The Delaware and Hudson Railroad (D & H) grew out of the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company, formed in 1825. By 1829, the Canal Company was utilizing locomotives
to supplement canal travel, the most famous being the "Stourbridge Lion." By the
late nineteenth century, the D & H had rail lines throughout northeastern Pennsylvania
and New York. Today it is part of the Guilford Transportation Industries, Incorporated
of Massachusetts. The records comprise 4 cubic feet of assessments reports and
printed histories, and 7.2 cubic feet of photographs of locomotives and rolling
stock, as well as explosions, wrecks and a roundhouse turntable at Carbondale.