One of the ten companies that formed the NYCRR was the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, which was the first railroad in the state and the first successful steam railroad running regularly scheduled service in the country.
В Олбани долгие годы размещались штаб-квартиры двух крупных железнодорожных компаний: Делавэрско-Гудзонской ("Delaware and Hudson Railway") и Центрально-Нью-Йоркской ("New York Central Railroad").