was named in honor of the D&H, which runs through the town. The origin of the name Delson comes from a contraction of "DELaware and HudSON". The Village of Delanson, New York, through which the D&H's Susquehanna Division ran, was also named in honor of the D&H. The name was coined by D&H Supt. C.D. Hammond around 1890 from the railroad's name DELaware ANd hudSON. Subsidiaries and branches Napierville Junction Railway Greenwich and Johnsonville Railway Baltimore Coal & Union Railroad Northern Coal & Iron Company Plymouth & Wilkes-Barre Railroad and Bridge Locomotives The Delaware and Hudson locomotive roster was particularly unique in having models from Alco, GE, EMD, and Baldwin. The Delaware and Hudson also served Alco's main plant at Schenectady, NY making it a popular road to spot Alco locomotives in operation. Company officers Philip Hone: 1825-1826 John Bolton: 1826-1831 John Wurts: 1831-1854 George Talbot Olyphant: 1858-1869 Thomas Dickson: 1869-1884 Robert M. Olyphant: 1884-1903 David Wilcox: 1903-1907 Leonor F. Loree: 1907-1938 Thomas L. Hunter: 1938-1941 Joseph Nuelle: 1941-1954 William White: 1954-1967 John P. Hiltz Jr.: 1967 Frederick C. Dumaine Jr.: 1967-1968 Frank W. McCabe: 1968 John P. Fishwick: 1969-1970 Gregory W. Maxwell: 1970-1972 Carl B. Sterzing Jr.: 1972-1977 Selig Altschul: 1977 Charles E. Bertrand: 1977-1978 Kent Shoemaker: 1978-1982 Timothy Mellon: 1984-1988 (Guilford Transportation Industries ownership) Walter Rich: 1988-1991 (Federally Designated Operator: Delaware Otsego Corp/NYS&W) Robert J. Ritchie: 1991-2006 (Canadian Pacific Ownership) Fred Green: 2006-2012 (CP) Stephen C. Tobias: (Interim) 2012 (CP) E. Hunter Harrison: 2012–2017 (CP) Keith Creel: 2017-Today (CP) See also Batten Kill Railroad SUNY Plaza Delson, Québec Delaware and Hudson Rail Trail Lacolle railway station Delaware Canal - A sister canal from the mouth of the Lehigh River and canal terminus, feeding urban Philadelphia connecting with the Morris and Lehigh Canals at their respective Easton terminals. Delaware and Raritan Canal – A New Jersey canal connection to the New York & New Jersey markets shipping primarily coal across the Delaware River. The D&R also shipped Iron Ore from New Jersey up the Lehigh. Chesapeake and Delaware Canal – A canal crossing the Delmarva Peninsula in the states of Delaware and Maryland, connecting the Chesapeake Bay with the Delaware Bay. Delaware and Hudson Canal - Another early built coal canal as the American canal age began; contemporary with the Lehigh and the Schuylkill navigations. Lehigh Canal – the coal canal along the Lehigh Valley that fed the United