| | New York Central -- Historical Information, Mohawk & Hudson Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | However, the New York and Albany never materlialized, and it was the New York and Harlem that assumed the broadened charter of the New York and Albany and built north through the Harlem Valley, by 1852 reaching the Western Railroad of Massachusetts (later the Boston and Albany) in Chatham. |
 | | In 1880 the BandA was acquired by the New York Central during the development of the J. Morgan-era "communities of interest." It was formally consolidated with New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1900. |
 | | This new route connected the New York Central mainline at Hoffman's, seven or eight miles northwest of Schenectady, with the West Shore line, which was located on the south side of the Mohawk River. |
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