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The railway was previously called Oneonta Street Railway (1888-1897), Oneonta & Otego Valley Railroad (1897-1900), Oneonta, Cooperstown & Richfield Springs Railway (1900-1906), Oneonta & Mohawk Valley Railway (1906-1908), Otsego & Herkimer Railroad (1908-1916), Southern New York Power & Railway Co. (1916-1924), and Southern New York Railroad ...
The Richfield Springs branch was scrapped in 1998 after being out of service for years; much of the right of way was purchased in 2009 by Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna Valley LLC of Richfield Springs, New York, which as of 2022 operates a narrow-gauge tourist railway Richfield Springs Scenic Railway on a portion of the line and a walking ...
The area of Richfield Springs was called Ga-no-wan-ges by the Oneida Indians which translated to "stinking water". [5] The village was once served by the Southern New York Railroad, an electric trolley line that ran from Oneonta to Mohawk. [6] It began service through Richfield Springs in the summer of 1902. [7]
The line the Central New York Railroad (CNYK) originally operated on, which was a 21.7-mile (34.9 km) branch line between Richfield Junction near Cassville and Richfield Springs, New York, was first opened in November 1872, when it began serving as a branch for the Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna Valley Railway. [2]
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A scenic railroad or scenic railway is a train service operating leisure tours of sights such as mountain scenery and foliage tours. Scenic railroads
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Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, DO acquired and leased multiple short lines; in 1972, they acquired the Erie Lackawanna's Richfield Springs branch and began operating it as the Central New York Railroad (CNYK); from 1974 to 1984, they owned and operated the Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad (FJ&G); and from 1976 to 1989, they were ...