The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad was the first railroad built in the state of New York and one of the first railroads in the United States. It was named for linking the Mohawk River at Schenectady with the Hudson River at Albany, and was conceived as a way for Erie Canal passengers to quickly bypass the circuitous route around Cohoes Falls using steam powered trains.
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