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The history of railways in New York's Capital District begins with the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad. Merchants of Albany, having until the construction of the Erie Canal a commercial rival and equal to nearby Troy for the trade of the area suddenly found themselves at a disadvantage after the Erie and Champlain Canals were constructed. Troy was now just a bit closer to Vermont and the western lands from where coal and iron were brought to the region. The merchants of Albany petitioned the State of New York, less than six months after the canals opened, for an exclusive monopoly of a railroad connecting Albany to Schenectady, thereby cutting the corner of the much longer water route of the Erie Canal, in the interest of siphoning trade from Troy.

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I've moved this to Brunswick, New York/Populations. Thanks for the help, Camelbinky!  upstate NYer  01:01, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * NVM, the template won't transclude, so I've had to put the text into each article. But here it is as well.  upstate NYer  01:07, 14 February 2010 (UTC)