The Saratoga and North Creek Railway was a heritage railway that began operation in July 2011. Passenger operations ceased on April 7, 2018, and the final revenue freight train to remove stored tank cars operated in May 2018. The railroad ran in the upper Hudson River region of the Adirondack Mountains, in the U.S. state of New York. The railroad operated between North Creek and Saratoga Springs, New York, where it connected with Amtrak's Ethan Allen Express and Adirondack services. History The Saratoga and North Creek Railway operated over former Adirondack Railway trackage built by Thomas C. Durant in 1871. Delaware and Hudson Railway acquired the Adirondack Line from William West Durant in 1889. North Creek station is where Theodore Roosevelt learned he was to become president of the United States of America after President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901. During World War II, magnetite, ilmenite, and titanium were shipped by rail from Tahawus, over new trackage north of North Creek needed by the War Department, by the D&H. The D&H last operated Monday through Saturday scheduled passenger service in the 1950s. Service was reduced to summer service by the mid-1950s and regular service entirely ended by 1957, with only freight service remaining. The D&H continued freight service until September 1989, when the mine at Tahawus closed. In 1998, the line was purchased by Warren County with plans to operate an excursion train to improve tourism and economic development in the area. In 1999, the Upper Hudson River Railroad began operating excursion trains south from North Creek to Riverside Station in Riparius. The Upper Hudson River Railroad lost its contract with Warren County on December 31, 2010, ending 11 years of operation. On April 8, 2011, it was announced that Iowa Pacific Holdings (IPH) would take over operation of the route effective July 1, 2011. As part of the agreement, IPH agreed to operate a minimum of 182 tourist-oriented passenger trains over the line. With the creation of the Saratoga and North Creek Railway, regularly scheduled service returned to the line for the first time since the D&H ceased freight operations on November 17, 1989. IPH began operating trains on July 14, 2011, as the Saratoga and North Creek Railroad. Unlike the Upper Hudson River Railroad, the Saratoga and North Creek operated over the entire between Saratoga Springs, New York and North Creek. On May 14, 2012, IPH received