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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.
Opened in 1909 as the Buffalo, Lockport and Rochester Railway, the route followed the Erie Canal and the New York Central Railroad's Falls Road branch for most of its length. The direct route took a little over two hours to travel from Lockport from Rochester. Most trains were local routes and took 2 hours 35 minutes.
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 station on a 1951 postcard Bas Relief.. The passenger station, the third of ultimately four stations built by the New York Central Railroad to serve Syracuse, was built in 1936, when the railroad tracks that previously went through the city of Syracuse via Washington Street, at grade with pedestrians and automobiles, were elevated above city streets.
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, Binghamton and New York, Engine 5, date unknown. The Syracuse and Binghamton Railroad ran from Geddes to Binghamton for a total distance of 81 miles (130 km). 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]
The Auburn and Rochester Railroad Company was incorporated May 13, 1836, and opened in August 1841. The Auburn and Syracuse Railroad Company was incorporated May 1, 1834, and opened in June 1838. Both railroads combined on August 1, 1850, and the consolidated company constructed the Direct Railway between Syracuse and Rochester. [1]
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]