How to resolve AdBlock issue? SARATOGA SPRINGS — A program featuring the history the Saratoga & Schuylerville railroad will be presented 7 p.m. Thursday, July 28 at the Saratoga Springs History Museum in Congress Park.
Richard Chait, author of Rails in and Around Saratoga Springs will deliver the presentation, as part of the Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust program.
The Saratoga & Schuylerville (S&S) Railroad picked up in 1946 where the Fitchburg Branch of the Boston & Maine had left off years earlier. The line connected Saratoga Springs and Schuylerville, carrying coal and other commodities to communities along the Route 29 corridor. However, the S&S’s success was short lived, as the trucking industry soon began to offer stiff competition that was difficult to overcome.
As a result, the Saratoga & Schuylerville curtailed its operations a short 10 years later, in 1956. Around Saratoga today one can still see reminders of this train line, which this presentation will highlight, as well as detailing other interesting pieces of Saratoga and Schuylerville history.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 518-584-6920 ext. 102 or visit www.saratogahistory.org.
