
The standard equipment it was designed for was Dr. The new track between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid was double-gauged to accommodate standard equipment as well as the narrow-gauge trains of the Chateaugay Railway Company. On August 1, 1893, railroad service was extended the ten miles to the village of Lake Placid, where it terminated. Adirondack Daily Enterprise, JRailroad service to Saranac Lake first arrived on December 5, 1887, from the northeast, when the Chateaugay Railway Company extended its narrow-gauge service from Plattsburgh. Knights of Columbus members, May 24, 1914, with a special chartered train, stopped at Union Depot possibly in connection with an annual meeting, usually schedule in May. Photograph by Winchester MacDowell, undated.

Train wreck between Ray Brook and Saranac Lake. Engine 1036 at Saranac Lake's Union Depot, 1930s Train wreck between Ray Brook and Saranac Lake.
