Memories of the Chenango Branch

Here is CNYMOD member Russ Grills' award winning Cazenovia module
passengers wait for the next train to Manlius and Syracuse.

Chenango Branch station in 1910

    The successful building of the Syracuse & Chenango Valley Railroad during the post-Civil War era followed a previously failed attempt to bring rail transportation to the upland regions of central New York between Syracuse and Earlville.

The Legend of Phoebe Snow

Binghamton Press

June 24, 1931

Phoebe Snow Still Remains in Public Mind

           _______

      Name Used by Lackawanna

    21 Years Ago to Advertise Road 

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       DEPICTED CLEANLINESS

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   Series of Jingles Built Around

     Character by Colton

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    "It beats all how an impression lasts with people."

     J.L. Smith, division passenger agent for the Lackawanna railroad, was talking to a visitor in his office in The Press Building.

Remembering Vanderbilt Square Station

This was the first permanent railroad station in Syracuse, built for the Syracuse & Utica Railroad in 1839 and used for 30 years. 

View is looking east on Washington Street. The station was flush with South Salina Street. 

Note the turnout at the right to allow freight trains to bypass the station.

View looking west down Washington street at rear of building. Station is insulated by circus posters.

Eastbound Empire State Express in 1905, in Syracuse

Looking west at the intersection of East Washington, East Genesee and Montgomery Streets. 

At left is the Yates Hotel, now a parking lot for Key Bank. 

At right is the S.A.& K. Building, still standing, with Onondaga Bank in the background.