State of New York

  1. History
  2. State of New York

Agencies and Departments

New York State Department of Transportation
1967 to Present, Active

Timeline

Click on the icon for source information.

July 26, 1788
State of New York is admitted to the union of the United States of America.
April 23, 1823
The President, Managers and Company of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company incorporates by special act in the State of New York.
February 16, 1831
Saratoga and Schenectady Rail Road Company incorporates by special act in the State of New York.
April 14, 1832
The Rensselaer and Saratoga Rail Road Company incorporates by special act in the State of New York.
April 17, 1832
Saratoga and Fort Edward Rail Road Company incorporates by special act in the State of New York.
April 26, 1832
Hudson and Berkshire Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
April 26, 1832
The Hudson and Boston Railroad Corporation incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
January 1, 1834
The Long Island Rail Road Company incorporates in the State of New York.
May 2, 1834
Saratoga and Washington Rail Road Company incorporates by special act in the State of New York.
May 5, 1834
Castleton and West Stockbridge Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of New York.
May 14, 1845
The Northern Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of New York.
May 11, 1846
New York and New Haven Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
April 4, 1848
Troy and Boston Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
April 7, 1849
The Plattsburgh and Montreal Rail Road Company incorporates by special act in the State of New York.
July 2, 1849
Troy & Rutland Rail Road Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
March 28, 1850
The Plattsburgh and Montreal Rail Road Company articles of association filed in the State of New York.
April 2, 1850
The Harlem River and Port Chester Railraod Company incorporates by special act of the State of New York.
February 20, 1851
Albany Northern Rail Road incorporates in the State of New York.
February 26, 1851
Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
April 19, 1851
The Albany and Susquehanna Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
May 27, 1851
Troy and Bennington Railroad incorporates in the State of New York for a term of 50 years.
June 30, 1851
The Troy Union Railroad Company incorporates by special act of the State of New York.
February 23, 1852
Sackets Harbor and Saratoga Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
March 25, 1852
Lebanon Springs Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
June 7, 1855
The Saratoga & Whitehall Rail Road Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
November 7, 1856
The Albany, Vermont and Canada Rail Road Company incorporates in the State of New York.
October 6, 1859
The Albany and Vermont Rail Road Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
February 18, 1860
The Adirondac Estate and Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
April 10, 1860
Cherry Valley and Sprakers Railroad Company incorporates by special act in the State of New York.
August 11, 1860
The Adirondac Estate and Railroad Company articles of association filed in the State of New York.
March 13, 1861
The Adirondac Estate and Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
March 29, 1862
The Adirondac Estate and Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
August 13, 1862
Utica City Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
October 1, 1863
The Boston, Hartford and Erie Extension Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
October 24, 1863
Adirondack Company incorporates in the State of New York.
January 5, 1864
Boston, Hartford and Erie Ferry Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
June 10, 1864
Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
February 25, 1865
The Cooperstown & Susquehanna Valley Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
June 3, 1865
The Troy, Salem & Rutland Rail Road Company incorporates in the State of New York.
June 14, 1865
Schoharie Valley Rail Road Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
February 16, 1866
The Whitehall and Plattsburgh Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
April 13, 1866
Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
April 12, 1867
The Montreal and Plattsburgh Rail Road Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
July 26, 1867
The Glens Falls Rail Road Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
March 25, 1868
Utica and Waterville Railroad Company by special act of the State of New York is renamed to The Utica, Clinton and Binghamton Railroad Company.
December 27, 1869
The Schenectady & Susquehanna Rail Road Company incoporates under the general laws in the State of New York.
June 3, 1869
Rome and Clinton Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York and its property is leased to New York and Oswego Midland Railroad Company.
April 23, 1870
Harlem Extension Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
June 29, 1870
Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
October 15, 1870
The West Troy & Green Island Rail Road Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
November 2, 1870
Boston and Albany Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
May 10, 1871
Poughkeepsie Bridge Company incorporates in the State of New York.
March 16, 1872
The New York and Canada Railroad Company of 1872 incorporates in the State of New York.
December 18, 1872
The Harlem Extension Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
January 21, 1873
New York, Boston and Montreal Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
April 8, 1873
The New York and Canada Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
July 10, 1873
Schenectady and Duanesburgh Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
July 15, 1873
Duanesburgh Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
April 9, 1874
Schoharie Valley Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
May 15, 1875
Poughkeepsie, Hartford and Boston Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
January 15, 1877
Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
April 16, 1877
Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & Western Railway Company incorporates in the State of New York.
November 26, 1878
The Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and Western Railway Company incorporates in the State of New York.
1879
The Greenwich and Johnsonville Railway Company incorporates in the State of New York.
May 15, 1879
Chateaugay Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
March 10, 1880
Schoharie Valley Railway Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
April 19, 1880
The Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and Western Railway Company incorporates in the State of New York.
August 13, 1880
Saratoga Lake Railway Company incorporates in the State of New York.
February 23, 1881
Hoosac Tunnel and Saratoga Railway Company incorporates in the State of New York.
July 7, 1882
The Adirondack Railway Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
December 31, 1883
New York, Rutland and Montreal Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
September 2, 1886
Troy, Saratoga & Northern Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
April 29, 1886
Pecksport Connecting Railway Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
January 22, 1887
The New York and Massachusetts Railway Company incorporates in the State of New York.
January 29, 1887
Hudson Connecting Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
July 13, 1887
The Chateaugay Railway Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
1888
The Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
June 5, 1888
Poughkeepsie Bridge Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
September 14, 1888
The Poughkeepsie and Connecticut Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
June 12, 1888
Wharton Valley Railway Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
July 23, 1889
Central New England and Western Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
December 13, 1889
The Ticonderoga Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
October 3, 1889
Ontario, Carbondale and Scranton Railway Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and consolidate the property, rights and franchises of The Scranton and Forest City Railroad Company, Forest City and State Line Railroad Company , and The Hancock and Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
April 4, 1889
The Hancock and Pennsylvania Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
April 21, 1890
Dutchess County Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
June 13, 1890
Saranac & Lake Placid Rail Road Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
February 25, 1891
The West Davenport Rail Road Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
April 13, 1891
The Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Rail-Road Company incorporates in the State of New York.
April 21, 1892
The New York Connecting Railroad Company incorporates and organizes under the general laws of the State of New York , jointly controlled by The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company and The Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
July 14, 1892
Poughkeepsie Bridge and Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
July 28. 1892
Philadelphia, Reading and New England Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
April 13, 1893
The Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railway Company incorporates in the State of New York.
June 9, 1893
Lebanon Springs Railroad incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
April 27, 1895
The New England Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
January 12, 1899
Central New England Railway Company of 1899 incorporates in the State of New York.
April 28, 1899
The President, Managers and Company of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company name changes to The Delaware and Hudson Company by special act in the State of New York.
September 23, 1899
Chatham and Lebanon Valley Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
March 29, 1901
Ellenville & Kingston Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
December 5, 1902
Port Jervis, Monticello and Summitville Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
July 24, 1903
The Chateaugay and Lake Placid Railway Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York.
August 12, 1903
Greenwich & Johnsonville Railway Company incorporates in the State of New York.
June 7, 1907
Central New England Railway Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York , effective June 25, 1907.
December 23, 1914
The New York Central Railroad Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , State of Ohio, State of Indiana, state of Illinois, and State of Michigan through articles of consolidation.
1928
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Corporation incorporates in the State of New York.
August 8, 1955
Emons Industries, Inc. incorporates in the State of New York.
February 9, 1960
Delaware and Hudson Transportation Company, Inc. incorporates in the State of New York.
January 21, 1880
New York, Ontario and Western Railway Company incorporates under the general laws of the State of New York as a reorganization of New York and Oswego Midland Railroad Company.
September 22, 1982
Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company incorporates in the State of New York.
December 12, 1990
Delaware and Hudson Railway Company, Inc. registers in the State of New York.
August 18, 1998
The New York and Ogdensburg Railway Company, Inc. incorporates in the State of New York.

Images and Artifacts

0 items found.

External Links

These links are being provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or approval of any of the products, services or opinions of the corporation or organization or individual.