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The newest piece of the Buffalo Line, opened in 1909, is at Buffalo, running from the old main line at Gardenville southwest to Seneca Yard. [14] The line became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Conrail through leases, mergers, and takeovers. In the 1999 breakup of Conrail it was assigned to Norfolk Southern.
In 1997, the Wabash was merged into NS along with its parent, the N&W. The Virginian Railway merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway on December 1, 1959. Other companies: Alabama Great Southern Railroad; Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Railway; Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad; Central of Georgia Railroad
The line continues as ex-Southern Tier Line trackage leased to NYS&W from Binghamton to Port Jervis, NY, ex-Southern Tier Line trackage leased to MNR from Suffern to Port Jervis for the Port Jervis Line service, and NJT Main Line to Hoboken, NJ. NS retains ownership from Binghamton to Suffern and retains trackage rights to Secaucus. Stony Creek ...
The line travels from Sunbury, Pennsylvania, to Binghamton, New York, connecting with Norfolk Southern's Southern Tier Line at Binghamton and Norfolk Southern's Buffalo Line at Sunbury. The rail line was once part of the former Delaware and Hudson Railway South Line that ran from Sunbury to Schenectady, New York. It is now an NS rail corridor ...
The Southern Tier Line is a railroad line owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway in the U.S. states of New York and Pennsylvania. The line was built by the Erie Railroad and its predecessors and runs from Buffalo, New York , to Suffern, New York .
Norfolk Southern's predecessor railroads date to the early 19th century. The South Carolina Canal & Rail Road was the SOU's earliest predecessor line. Chartered in 1827, the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company became the first to offer regularly scheduled passenger train service with the inaugural run of the Best Friend of Charleston in 1830. [18]
The majority of the line was once the main line of the Lehigh Valley Railroad.The first segment, which runs between Easton and Allentown, opened in September 1855.Later extensions and corporate acquisitions carried the Lehigh Valley main line to Buffalo, New York to the west and Perth Amboy, New Jersey to the east.
In 1904, this line merged with the Norfolk Southern [5] and was referred to as the NS Electric Division. Eventually the trolley was dropped and a gas electric "doodlebug" took over. [ 6 ] On May 15, 1940 the NS moved its main line train service from Norfolk Terminal station to Berkley Station at 701 Main Street, on the south side of Norfolk.