Delaware & Hudson Railway Historical Society

08/05/2026

RS3 4085 is back on the road!

06/24/2026

REMINDER - Join us for a D&HRHS members event on Saturday, June 27th!

The D&HRHS has partnered with the Saratoga Corinth & Hudson Railway for a special D&H-centric event on Saturday, June 27th for current members of the D&HRHS or the ALCO Historical & Technical Society.

Spend the entire evening on the former D&H Adirondack Branch and enjoy the rumble of a pair of original D&H ALCO RS3 locomotives and an ALCO S2 in full D&H black and yellow paint! Watch presentations by former D&H managers Carl Belke and Steve Fisk, enjoy a catered dinner from Amore's, and check out the ongoing restoration of D&H RS3 4085.

Please visit https://corinthtrain.com/ to book your tickets (scroll down on the page to view the calendar and select the event on June 27th).

06/10/2026

Just a few weeks away - get your tickets at corinthtrain.com !

Alco / D&H Historical Society Dinner Train and Outdoor Slide Show!!!
June 27 (rain date June 28)

Join us for an evening of fun as we head to Kings Station behind a pair of Delaware & Hudson RS-3 locomotives!

After arriving and disembarking, guests will have the opportunity to enjoy a special photo run-by before dinner.

Dinner will be catered by Amore’s Pizzeria and includes your choice of Chicken Alfredo or Spaghetti & Meatballs, served with garden salad, bread, and dessert.

Following dinner, guests will enjoy a short discussion and Q&A from Steve Fisk about the final years of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad, and an outdoor slideshow featuring never-before-seen D&H photos from the collection of Larry Gordon, showcasing a variety of equipment and plenty of Alcos!

Come out and help us support these great organizations!

Tickets at:
www.corinthtrain.com

Link:
https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/corinthtrain/items/517544/availability/2095520606/book/?full-items=yes

05/29/2026

04/01/2026

While most people in the railroad industry remember April 1, 1976 as the day Conrail was formed, D&H fans will remember it as the day the D&H nearly doubled in size. When Conrail began operations, the D&H was granted trackage rights over large portions of the Conrail system to reach Buffalo, Philadelphia, Allentown, Newark, Harrisburg, and Washington and "compete" with Conrail on these routes. The D&H called these routes "Extension Lines" and also acquired locomotives, freight cars, and cabooses from Conrail predecessors to support the new operations.

The D&H issued a special March 1976 edition of its newsletter to employees outlining the changes that would take effect the following month. Read this whole newsletter for FREE on our website at https://www.delawarehudson.org/newsletter197603

Check the comments below for more info! 😉

02/17/2026

We have begun scanning Tony Steele's phenomenal collection of about 17,000 slides that he graciously donated to us late last year. Tony was the Chief Engineer on the D&H and has some incredible images of rolling stock and right-of-way that could only be taken with his unique access. Once they are scanned, cataloging them and uploading them to our digital archives will begin. This will be a long project, so stay tuned!

11/11/2025

Coming up THIS SATURDAY - our first train operation of the season! Join us for our second year on the Saratoga Corinth & Hudson Railway for stops in Greenfield Center, Corinth, and Hadley as we collect toys for three local charities via the Capital Region Toys for Tots campaign!

10/28/2025

The D&HRHS is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with the Erie Lackawanna Railroad Historical Society to house the D&HRHS’s growing collection of D&H documents, photographs, and archival paperwork at the ELRRHS’s archives facility in Avoca, New York.

The D&HRHS is also happy to announce that it has received a $6,000 grant from Norfolk Southern to aid in its archival preservation and digitization efforts. The D&HRHS will be using a portion of this funding to digitize mission-critical portions of the Tony Steele collection of maps, drawings, and photographs, which was recently donated to the D&HRHS in its entirety by Mr. Steele.

The D&HRHS will be collaborating with the ELRRHS to use the remainder of the Norfolk Southern grant funding to acquire additional digitization tools that benefit both organizations and can be used in the shared space in Avoca.

To learn more, join the D&HRHS at https://www.delawarehudson.org/membership and read our whole membership update!

07/11/2025

Delaware-Lackawanna’s restored D&H RS3 4068 is on the inaugural run of NKP PA 190 (former D&H 18) today! We’re en-route from Scranton to Tobyhanna behind the 190, and the 4068 will be leading the return westbound trip this afternoon. The whole trip will be repeated tomorrow - this is the first opportunity in almost 45 years to photograph both an operating PA in the U.S. and a lightning stripe RS3 leading a train!