Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Abandonments - Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad

 Delaware, Lackawanna & Western 


Station

Mile

Note

Binghamton

191.7

Syracuse Branch

Johnson City

194.4

Willow Point

196.5

Vestal

199.7

Apalachin

205.6

Owego

212.4

Ithaca Branch

Lansberry

217.5

Nichols

220.6

Litchfield

226.5

Waverly

231.0

Wilawana

235.3

Lowman

241.9

Elmira

248.7

Elmira Heights

250.8

Horseheads

253.1

Big Flats

258.2

Gibson

265.0

Corning

266.7

Painted Post

268.2

Erwins

269.7

Coopers Plain

271.0

Curtis

273.6

Campbell

275.8

Savona

280.2

Bath

285.6

Kanona

289.5

Avoca

293.2

Wallace

295.8

Cohocton

301.0

Atlanta

305.4

Wayland Jct.

307.6

Wayland

311.9

Portway (Perkinsville)

313.2

Dansville

318.5

Groveland

325.8

Mount Morris

332.7

Leicester

335.8

Greigsville

339.3

Craigs

342.5

Linwood

345.3

B&O Jct.

350.3

East Bethany

354.0

East Alexander

359.0

North Alexander

361.4

Ray (Cady)

364.2

North Darien

367.1

Fargo

371.3

Alden

374.2

West Alden

375.8

Dollwood

378.5

Lancaster

383.2

Depew

384.1

Buffalo (Main St. station)

390.4

Black Rock

392.4


Abandonments:

Binghamton to Vestal, 1995 Vestal - Nichols, 1961

Nichols - Waverly , 1962

Waverly Horseheads, 1961

Corning to Bath - Erie Lackawanna, Conrail

Bath - Wayland , E-L/Conrail, conveyed to Bath & Hammondsport (now southern division, Livonia, Avon & Lakeville

Wayland - Groveland, 1963

Groveland - Greigsville conveyed to Genesee & Wyoming

Greigsville- North Alexander, 1982

North Alexander - Ray, 1964

Ray - Lancaster 1963

Lancaster - Depew to E-L, Conrail and Depew, Lancaster & Western

Last passenger trains operated over old DL&W mainline on June 30, 1962.


Scranton Division, Syracuse Branch


Station

Mile

Note

Binghamton

0

Chenango Bridge

5.2

Chenango Forks

11.1

Utica Branch

Itaska

16.5

Whitney Point

20.4

Lisle

22.6

Killawog

26.2

Marathon

29.2

Messengerville

33.1

Cortland Junction

42.5

Cincinnatus Branch

Cortland

43.0

Homer

45.6

Little York

49.9

Preble

52.7

Tully

57.3

Apulia

60.0

Onativia

65.1

LaFayette

Jamesville

72.7

Rock Cut

76.0

Syracuse

79.4

Solvay

82.0

Fairgrounds

86.0

Lakeside

83.3

Stiles

86.3

Baldwinsville

91.4

Lamson

96.0

South Granby

99.6

Fulton

103.4

Minetto

109.9

Oswego

114.5

Abandonments:

Passenger service discontinued, Syracuse to Oswego, Feb. 13, 1949, and Syracuse to Binghamton, Sept. 15, 1958. This line conveyed to Conrail, April 1, 1976.; to New York, Susquehanna & Western, April, 1982 between Binghamton and Jamesville, and to Syracuse in 1995. Conrail abandoned Fulton to Oswego in 1976 and sold it to Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. in 1978 for access to oil tank farm. Fulton to Oswego out of service since Oct., 1995.


Scranton Division, Utica Branch

Note: Miles from Binghamton.

Station

Mile

Note

Chenango Forks

11.1

Willard's

12.0

Greene

19.2

Brisben

25.0

Coventry

28.5

Oxford

33.1

Haynes

36.5

Norwich

41.3

Galena

46.9

Sherburne

52.4

Earlville

57.5

Poolville

60.0

Hubbardsville

64.2

North Brookfield

68.0

Sangerfield

72.4

Waterville

73.7

Paris

77.9

Richfield Junction

81.7

Richfield Springs Branch

Clayville

83.9

Sauquoit

85.9

Chadwicks

87.3

Washington Mills

89.9

New Hartford

91.1

West Utica

94.0

Utica

95.2

NYC Union Station


Richfield Springs Branch

Station

Mile

Note

Richfield Junction

0

Bridgewater

4.7

Unadilla Forks

5.5

West Winfield

7.6

East Winfield

9.7

Cedarvale

11.6

Miller's Mills

13.2

Young's Crossing

14.0

South Columbia

18.0

Richfield Springs

21.7

Abandonments:

Passenger service discontinued April 29, 1950.Utica branch to Conrail, April 1, 1976, to New York, Susquehanna & Western, April, 1982. Milk train, which carried passengers on Richfield Springs branch, discontinued July, 1938. NYS&W operated this branch as "Central New York RR." Abandoned Bridgewater to Richfield Springs in 1995.


Ithaca Branch

Originally, Ithaca & Owego, later Cayuga & Susquehanna.

Station

Mile

Note

Ithaca

0

Lower Switch

4.51

Switchback, originally incline plane up South Hill.

Upper Switch

5.62

as above

Conover

5.82

Summit

9.73

Caroline

12.24

Wilseyville

18.06

Candor

23.37

Catatonk

28.70

Owego

34.03

Abandonments:

Passenger service discontinued March 29, 1942

Abandonment authorized Oct. 25, 1956

Discontinued Ithaca-Candor, Dec. 4, 1956; Candor to Oswego, May 25, 1957. Bridge over Susquehanna River in Owego River removed in 1959.

Last locomotive on line: #409, Alco #69257 600 HP switcher. Became Erie-Lackawanna #325.


Cincinnatus Branch

Nicknamed "Gee Whiz", Originally Erie & Central New York, an independent shortline.

Station

Mile

Note

Cortland Station

0

Cortland Junction

0.5

McGraw

4.2

Maybury's

5.5

Solon

8.4

East Freetown

11.7

White's Mills

15.1

Gee Brook

16.6

Cincinnatus

18.6

Abandonments:

Passenger service discontinued Jan. 16, 1939

Abandonment authorized Sept. 26, 1961

Operation discontinued Dec. 29, 1961