Monday, December 21, 2020

Abandonments - New York Central


 

Auburn Branch

Miles

Station

0

Syracuse

5.7

Fairmont

8.6

Camillus

10.8

Martisco

17.5

Skaneateles Jct

20.8

Sennett

26.1

Auburn

36.9

Cayuga

41.6

Seneca Falls

44.9

Waterloo

51.5

Geneva

56.3

Oaks Corners

59.4

Phelps

63.7

Clifton Springs

68.2

Shortsville

70.9

Chapin

74

Canadaigua

84

Victor

87.8

Fishers

94.5

Pittsford

99.5

Brighton

102.3

Rochester


Abandonments

Syracuse - Solvay 1961

Victor - Pittsford 1960

Canandaigua - Victor 1978


Dresden Branch

Miles

Station

0

Dresden

2.2

Cascade Mills

2.6

Mays Mills

3.3

Seneca Mills

4.6

Milo Mills

5.2

Keuka Mills

6.1

Penn Yan


Abandoned June 23, 1972

Chenango Branch

Miles

Station

0

Syracuse

10

Fayetteville

13

Manlius

15

Oran

21

Cazenovia

22

Rippleton

23

Ballina

29

Eritown

33

Georgetown

38

Lebanon

44

Earlville


Abandonments

Syracuse - East Syracuse ca. 1904

Cazenovia - Earlville 1937

Oran - Cazenovia 1943

Manlius - Oran 1948

Fayetteville - Manlius 1964

East Syracuse - Fayetteville 1977

Falls Road 

Miles

Station

0

Rochester

10.9

Spencerport

17.9

Brockport

22.5

Holley

26.1

Fancher

31.4

Albion

34.3

Eagle Harbor

37.1

Knowlesville

41.2

Medina

45.7

Middleport

50.7

Gasport

56.6

Lockport

67.3

Sanborn

75.7

Suspension Bridge

77.5

Niagara Falls

88.5

North Tonawanda

90

Tonawanda

95.7

Black Rock

99.6

Terrace Station

102.6

Buffalo Central Terminal

 Abandonments

Rochester to Gates   2.5 miles 1984

Gates to Brockport 12 miles  1993 

"Peanut" Branch

Station

Mile

Canandaigua

0

Wheeler’s

5.6

Holcomb

8.1

Ionia

12.6

 

West Bloomfield.

15.6

Honeoye Falls

18.7

 

West Rush

24.9

Genesee Valley Jct.

25.2

P.R.R. Jct.

27.2

Scottsville

27.7

Maxwell’s

28.9

Caledonia

33.1

Limerick

36.5

Leroy

40.2

Stafford

44.3

East Pembroke

56.9

Pembroke

63.5

Falkirk

65.2

Akron

66.4

Akron Junction

68.4

East Clarence

70.9

Clarence Center

73.7

Transit

76.5

Getzville

80.1

Tonaawanda Junction

83.7

North Tonawanda

85.9


Abandonments

Canandaigua – Holcomb 1972

 Holcomb-Caledonia, 1939

 Falkirk-Akron Jr. 1961

Batavia-Pembroke, 1962

Transit-Getzville, 1963

Passenger service discontinued 1933

West Shore - Main Line


Where

Mileage

Date

Athens Dock - Coxsackie Junction

6.2

ca. 1900

Fullers -Athens Junction

5.4

1903

South Amsterdam - Rotterdam Jct.

8.35

2003

South Amsterdam - Fort Plain

25.73

1981

Fort Plain - Little Falls

14.5

1971

Little Falls - Ilion

9.5

1973

Ilion - Harbor

8.91

ca. 1987

Harbor - South Utica

5.6

1971

South Utica - Vernon

14.85

1966

Vernon-New York Mills

12.3

1964

Oneida Castle - Vernon

5.6

1977

Minoa - Canastota

12.9

1955

Belle Isle - Amboy

3.9

1955

Amboy - Wayneport

59.32

1959 (1)

Fairport - Genesee Junction

12.61

in service

Genesee (or Chili) Junction - Byron

11.88

1959

Byron - Oakfield

10.24

1963

Akron Junction - Transit

8.6

1978

Oakfield - Williamsville

22.1

1984

(1) Short portions retained to service local industries:

Wayneport - Macedon - About 4 miles, still in service

Palmyra - About a mile, now abandoned

Newark - Lyons, about five miles - now abandoned

Clyde - About 2 miles, now abandoned

Amboy - About 1 mile, now abandoned

1/2 mile or so in New Hartford ( part of the NYS&W New York Mills Industrial)


 Wallkill Valley Branch

Miles

Station

0

Kingston

5

Whiteport

7

Binnewater

9

Rosendale

13

Springtown

15

New Paltz

19

Forest Glen

21

Gardiner

24

New Hurley

27

Wallkill

30

Walden

33

Montgomery


Abandoned 1982
Passenger service discontinued 1937


                                   Former Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg

Lewiston Branch

 

Suspension Bridge

0 - Abandoned 1950

Lewiston

5.38*

Lewiston-Lewiston Jct.

3.60- Abandoned 1895

*(former connection with Lewiston & Youngstown Frontier RR) 


ìOntario Secondaryî

MILEPOSTS FROM BUFFALO

Buffalo NYC Terminal

0

Niagara Falls

25.07

Suspension Bridge

26.90

Model City

34.29

Ransomville

39.95

Elberta

42.54

Wilson

42.65

Slash Road

47.05

Beebe Road

49.04

Burt

51.59

Appleton

54.80

West Somerset

57.13

Barker

59.74

Millers

64.05

Lydonville

68.08

Ashwood

72.04

Waterport

75.17

Carlton

78.10

Brice

80.72

West Kendall

83.82

Kendall

85.74

Morton

88.04

Hamlin

92.16

Walker

95.14

 

Collamer

97.47

Hilton

98.57

Greece

101.83

Charlotte

108.48

Barnard

111.36

Otis

114.89

Rochester

117.85

MILEPOSTS FROM

ROCHESTER TERM.

Windsor Beach

10.59

Sea Breeze

13.36

Forest Lawn

15.49

Webster

19.99

Union Hill

22.86

Fruitland

24.68

Ontario

27.47

Williamson

32.30

East Williamson

34.49

Sodus

38.51

Wallington

41.50

Alton

43.43

North Rose

48.54

Wolcott

53.16

Red Creek

58.92

Sterling

63.63

Crocketts

66.84

Hannibal

69.38

Metcalf

72.06

Furniss

74.95

Oswego

79.47

 


Oswego to Hannibal abandoned 1978, now hiking trail. 
Hannibal to Red Creek (Conrail) 1980 (OMID had been designated operator). 
Hannibal to Webster sold to Ontario Midland, Oct. 15, 1979. 
Webster to Windsor Beach abandoned 1978 
Charlotte to Barker abandoned 1978 
Barker to Suspension Bridge 1979 
(Portion from Suspension Bridge at Niagara Falls to ìRiverviewî north of Niagara
    University campus dismantled in the late 1960s by Penn-Central.
    Had not been used since construction of Niagara Power Project) 
Rochester to Windsor Beach abandoned 1978
Through passenger service, Oswego to Rochester and Suspension Bridge,
    discontinued Feb. 2, 1935 

Passenger service discontinued, Oswego to Pulaski, Sept. 25, 1947


Cape Vincent Branch

C. Vincent - now marina

0

Rosiere

4.38

Three Mile Bay

7.72

Chaumont

11.16

Limerick

16.04

Dexter Junction

17.9

Brownville

19.86

Main St., Watertown

23.31

C. V. 

C. V. Wye

22.89

Coffeen St.

24.06

Watertown Station

24.68

 

Limerick to Cape Vincent Abandoned 1952 
Watertown to Limerick Abandoned 1976 
Passenger service discontinued March 14, 1936

 

Sackets Harbor Branch

Sackets Harbor

0

Chamberlainís

2.00

Campís Mills 

3.39

Alversonís

5.62

Greenís Corners

6.13

East Hounsfield

7.51

Watertown Junction

11.04

 

Abandoned 1949. 
Passenger service discontinued Sept. 30, 1934.

 

Utica Branch

 

Lyons Falls

0

Glenfield

6.65

Martinsburg

10.18

Lowville

13.94

Abandoned 1964 
Passenger service, Utica to Massena, discontinued May 21, 1961 (RDC)

Watertown Passenger Train Cutoff

 

Watertown

0

Pamelia

5.39

Calcium

8.18

Roots

8.68

Abandoned 1963

Carthage Branch

Mileposts from Sackets Harbor

Watertown

12.00

Black River

18.45

Felts Mills

20.66

Great Bend

22.91

Carthage

29.68

 

Watertown - Great Bend abandoned 1967 
Great Bend- Carthage abandoned 1970 
Trackage in Watertown, Abandoned 1970 
Passenger service, Utica to Watertown, this route, abandoned Nov. 3, 1958 (RDC)

Carthage & Adirondack Branch

 

Newton Falls - Clifton Mines

10.04      1955

 

Passenger service, Carthage to Newton Falls, discontinued June 7, 1942

Clayton Branch

 

Clayton

0

LaFargeville

8.77

Orleans Corners

5.55

Stroughís

12.17

Rivergate

15.88

Shurtleff

17.75

Philadelphia

21.7

Abandoned 1973 Passenger service discontinued April 29, 1951

 

Ogdensburg Branch 

 

Ogdensburg

0

Shipyard

0.84

Terrace Park

9.52

Morristown

10.67

Brier Hill

16.8

Hammond

21.43

Oakvale

25.49

Redwood

33.19

Theresa

39.32

Rivergate

41.82

Ogdensburg Branch (2)

 

Dekalb Junction

0

Rensselaer Falls

6.73

Heuvelton

11.77

Ogdensburg

18.91

Abandoned 1979 
Passenger service discontinued Oct. 28, 1956

Abandoned 1962 
Passenger service discontinued Nov. 9, 1958, Utica to Ogdensburg 
Canadian Pacific car and passenger transfer - Ogdensburg to Prescott, Ont., abandoned 1971


Gouverneur & Oswegatchie Branch

 

Gouverneur Jct.

0

Hailesboro

3.26

York

5.94

Emeryville

7.72

Hyatt

10.37

Talcville

11.32

Edwards

13.82

 

Abandoned Emeryville - Edwards Jan. 1, 1978
Passenger service discontinued June 26, 1932

 

Syracuse Northern

 

Pulaski-Lacona

7.09 miles

Abandoned 1878

 

 

Miscellaneous Notes

Antwerp to Jefferson Iron Mine 2 miles Abandoned pre-1900
The Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern operates from Carthage to Lowville (17.2 miles); Carthage to Newton Falls, 45.7 miles (out of service, 1996, up for abandonment); Utica to Lyons Falls, 45 miles; also trackage and rights at Utica and Rome. All remaining portions of the St. Lawrence Division formerly operated by Conrail were transferred to CSX in 1999.

 

Additional Abandonments Which Had Been Omitted in Above List
        Column at right represents Milepost numbers 


Abandonments: New York Central St. Lawrence Division ("Hojack")

Rome

      

    Humaston

6.50

Taberg

 10.60

McConnellsville

13.18

Camden

17.91

West Camden

22.80

Williamstown

27.65

Kasoag

30.80

Altmar

36.50

Richland

41.30



Abandonments:
Camden - Richland 1957
Camden - McConnellsville 1977
Rome - McConnellsville 1982
Passenger service discontinued Oct. 28, 1956, Utica to Philadelphia, via Richland.