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The West Shore Railroad opened a route to New York City in 1848. A "rate war" led to the demise of the road, which was leased to the New York Central Railroad. [1] West Shore secured its franchise in Syracuse in 1881, and was opened on October 1, 1883 [4] The Syracuse & Utica Railroad made its first arrival in 1889.
The railroad emerged from reorganization in the spring of 1919 as the Rochester, Lockport and Buffalo Railroad. Freight business continued to grow, which helped bolster the railroad's bottom line. Passenger operation into downtown Rochester changed on February 4, 1928, when the RL&B ran its first train into the newly opened Rochester Subway .
The Syracuse and Onondaga Railway, a horse-drawn city railway, was chartered on April 29, 1863, and opened on July 25, 1864, [1] in Syracuse, New York. [2] The line commenced in Downtown Syracuse at Washington Street and terminated at Oakwood Cemetery at Brighton Avenue where it connected with the Onondaga Valley Railroad . [ 3 ]
The Syracuse and Chenango Valley Railroad was incorporated April 16, 1868, and had routes through the Chenango Valley from the city of Syracuse in Onondaga County to the village of Earlville in Madison County, a distance of 45.49 miles (73.21 km). [1]
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad: New York City and Northern Railroad: NYC: 1878 1887 New York and Northern Railway: New York and Coney Island Railroad: 1879 South Brooklyn Railway: Electrified in 1899 New York Connecting Railroad: NYCN NH/ PRR: 1892 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation: New York Cross Harbor Railroad Terminal Corporation ...
Syracuse is a city in Central New York sited on the former lands of the Onondaga Nation. Officially incorporated as a village in 1825, it has been at a major crossroads over the last two centuries, first of the Erie Canal and its branch canals, then on the railway network. The city grew on the back of its salt and chemical industries, and later ...
The company was chartered as the Syracuse and Binghamton Railroad Company on August 18, 1851, to bring coal from Pennsylvania so it could be used as fuel for Syracuse, New York's salt industry. [3] In 1853, the company was consolidated with the Oswego and Syracuse Railroad after the act was authorized by the New York State Legislature. [4] The ...
The Syracuse and Utica Railroad was chartered May 1, 1836, and had to pay the state for any freight displaced from the Erie Canal. The full line opened July 4, 1839, [ 1 ] extending the line further to Syracuse, New York to Rome, New York (and further to Auburn, New York via the already-opened Auburn and Syracuse Railroad ).