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The Oswego and Syracuse Railroad was formed on April 29, 1839, and the route was surveyed during the summer of that year. The Company was fully organized on March 25, 1847. The road was opened on May 14, 1848, and ran a total distance of 35.5 miles (57.1 km) from Syracuse, New York to Oswego, New York.
A New York, Ontario and Western Railway passenger train at Weehawken Terminal in Weehawken, New Jersey Engine 201 crossing Cadosia Trestle in Hancock, New York. In 1866, the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad was chartered under the direction of Dewitt C. Littlejohn, who envisioned a railroad serving a direct connection from the docks opposite New York City to Lake Ontario at Oswego.
They merged with the Syracuse Northwestern Railroad on June 10, 1875, and incorporated as Syracuse, Phoenix and Oswego Railway on February 16, 1885. In 1889, the railroad line merged with Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad until 1913, when the company became part of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad which was renamed to New ...
In 1866, the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad (NY&OM) was incorporated under the leadership of DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn, and his plan for the railroad was to provide a connection from New York City to the port city of Oswego, New York at Lake Ontario. Construction on their trackage began at Oswego, two years later. [2]
New York and Oswego Midland Railroad: NH: 1866 1879 Ithaca, Auburn and Western Railroad, New York, Ontario and Western Railway: New York and Ottawa Railroad: NYC: 1897
The Oswego Recreational Trail actually comprises two trails which are separated by an on-road section. It follows the route of the former New York, Ontario and Western Railway , abandoned in 1957. The east portion runs 10 miles (16 km) from the city of Fulton 's Maple Avenue to the village of Central Square , just short of Interstate 81 .
A branch of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad, commonly known as "The Hojack Line", operated along the south shore of Lake Ontario, from Oswego, New York to Niagara Falls, New York. After it was merged into the New York Central in 1913, the RW&O line was known as the St. Lawrence Division.
The LOSRR was chartered to be built from Suspension Bridge, New York to Oswego, New York in 1858. The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Company was founded in Oswego on March 27, 1868. Under Chief Engineer James Ross, work commenced in August 1871 in Red Creek, New York. Tracks were open to Oswego, New York in 1873.