The NYO&W WebTrain, which is operated by KC Jones, serves to connect websites that either feature the NYO&W and the Railroads that served the O&W&'s territory, or companies that offer products related to these railroads. All stations on the NYO&W WebTrain are family friendly, and child safe.
The Southern New York Railway: Interurban electric between Oneonta and Mohawk Valley. Railroad connections in Oneonta with the New York Central and the Delaware and Hudson. The Ontario & Western and the Unadilla Valley.
Over fifty years ago, Merle Armitage published a book called "The Railroads of America". In it, he listed the major railroads of the time. I took his list and tried to see where they all went. I also compared to a 1980 source of Class 1 railroads.
The New York, Ontario & Western Railroad. It wound its way thru New York State and missed most of the population centers. It went away in 1957. Could it have survived? What happened to it? What remains of it?
The Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western were merged on October 17, 1960. Railroad mergers have taken place right from the beginning of railroading. See the outcome of this merger and its impact on history.
Original purpose of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western was to bring Scranton to the world. In the process, it became a major trunkline. It was a very important link for commuters in New Jersey. Lackawanna had a 34-mile branch to Ithaca. It ran between Owego on the DL&W main line and the college town of Ithaca on Cayuga Lake.
The New Haven's Maybrook Line and connections to other railroads: Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, New York Central, Lehigh & Hudson River, Lehigh & New England, Erie, Ontario & Western, Lehigh Valley
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Sharing the Water Level Route with the New York Central was the West Shore; first as a competitor; later a subsidiary. The never-magnificent, and now all cut-up West Shore Railroad which was leased and later absorbed into the New York Central.
My hobbies include model trains, electronics and computing. This is the story of how I designed, built and wrote software for my computer controlled model train set.
