New York, Ontario and Western Railway

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New York, Ontario and Western Railway
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New York, Ontario and Western Railway
New York Ontario and Western EMD freight locomotive 1947.JPG
A New York, Ontario and Western Railway diesel locomotive in 1947
Overview
Headquarters New York City, New York, U.S.
Reporting mark NYOW
Locale North Jersey, Upstate New York, and Northeastern Pennsylvania
Dates of operation18841957
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length541 mi (871 km)
Route map
New York, Ontario & Western
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Oswego
BSicon HST.svg
Central Square
BSicon HST.svg
Oneida
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BSicon KHSTa.svg
Rome
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon KHSTa.svg
Utica
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon lHST.svg
BSicon TEEaq.svg
BSicon STRr.svg
Clinton
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BSicon KRWg+r.svg
BSicon KRWl.svg
BSicon KRWg+r.svg
BSicon HST.svg
Randallsville
BSicon HST.svg
Norwich
BSicon HST.svg
Sidney
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon KHSTa.svg
Delhi
BSicon lHST.svg
BSicon TEEaq.svg
BSicon STRr.svg
Walton
BSicon STR+l.svg
BSicon lHST.svg
BSicon TEEeq.svg
Cadosia
BSicon HST.svg
BSicon STR2.svg
BSicon STRc3.svg
Hancock
BSicon GRZq.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon STRc1.svg
BSicon STR+4.svg
BSicon HST.svg
BSicon STR.svg
Carbondale
BSicon BST.svg
BSicon STR.svg
Mayfield Yard
BSicon ABZg2.svg
BSicon STRc3.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon STRc1.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon KHST4.svg
BSicon STR.svg
Scranton
BSicon KHSTe.svg
BSicon STR.svg
Sibley
BSicon HST.svg
Livingston Manor
BSicon HST.svg
Ferndale
BSicon HST.svg
Fallsburgh
BSicon KHSTa.svg
BSicon STR.svg
Monticello
BSicon ABZgl+l.svg
BSicon STR+r.svg
BSicon STR.svg
Valley Junction
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BSicon STR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
Port Jervis
BSicon ABZl+l.svg
BSicon lHST.svg
BSicon TEEeq.svg
Summitville
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon KHSTe.svg
Kingston
BSicon HST.svg
Middletown
BSicon HST.svg
BSicon tENDEaq.svg
BSicon tSTR+r.svg
Campbell Hall
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon lHST.svg
BSicon tCONTf.svg
Maybrook
(NH)
BSicon KHSTe.svg
BSicon tSTR.svg
Cornwall
BSicon GRZq.svg
BSicon tSTR.svg
BSicon tKHSTe.svg
Weehawken Terminal
(NYC)
 
BSicon tSTR.svg
Running
rights
(Owner)

NYO&W N'n Div
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BSicon utKINTaq.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utABZq+lr.svg
BSicon utCONTfq.svg
325.27
Oswego
NYC to Ottawa
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BSicon utSTR.svg
319.45
Minetto
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
317.40
Bundy's
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
315.69
Arrowhead
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
312.91
Fulton (Oneida St)
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
312.60
Fulton (Bdway)
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
311.69
NYC Jct
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
309.54
Ingell's
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
305.24
Pennellville
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
302.24
Caughdenoy
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
298.88
Ctrl Sq
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
295.13
W Monroe
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
291.34
Constantia
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
287.81
Bernhards
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
285.13
Cleveland
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
281.29
Jewell (W Vienna)
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
278.20
N Bay
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
276.44
Sylvan Beach
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
Sylvan Jct (LVRR)
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
Beacon Beach Landing
BSicon KMW.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
Fish Creek Tower
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
275.43
Fish Creek (Sylvan)
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
271.99
State Br
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
269.89
Durhamville
BSicon utCONTgq.svg
BSicon INT.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utSTR+r.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
267.74
Oneida
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
266.53
Castle (Oneida Castle)
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
264.21
Kenwood
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
260.50
Valley Mills (Cooks Corners)
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
258.80
Stockbr
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
258.47
Munns (Munnsville)
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
253.80
Pratts
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utCONTf.svg
BSicon utCONTf.svg
BSicon CONTg.svg
BSicon utCONTg.svg
BSicon utCONTg.svg
253.67
Whites Corners
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utCONTg.svg
BSicon STR.svg
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BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTRl.svg
BSicon utSTRl.svg
BSicon KINTa.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utSTR+r.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utCONTg.svg
280.19
Rome
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
276.50
Dix
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTRl.svg
BSicon utKINTe.svg
BSicon KINTa.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utSTR+r.svg
BSicon utBST.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utCONTfq.svg
275.81
Utica (Genesee St)
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BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
Utica (Wash St)
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
274.20
Bartlett
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
273.42
Canal Branch
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
272.10
Westmoreland
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
271.96
New Hartford
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
269.95
Clarks' Mills
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
269.05
Kirkland
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon GRZq.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
Rome Branch
Utica Branch
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon STRl.svg
BSicon STRq.svg
BSicon ABZg+r.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
266.84
Clinton
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
265.36
Franklin Springs
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
262.09
Deansboro
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
257.72
Oriskany
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
254.19
Solsville
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
251.93
Bouckville
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon GRZq.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
Utica Branch
N'n Div Mainline
BSicon STR+l.svg
BSicon ABZgr.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon GRZq.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
N'n Div Mainline
Eaton Line
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon ABZg+l.svg
BSicon STRq.svg
BSicon STRq.svg
BSicon STRq.svg
BSicon STRr.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
251.81
Morrisville
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
249.98
Pecksport
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
249.25
Eaton
BSicon GRZq.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
246.88
Hamilton
Eaton Line
N'n Div Mainline
BSicon STRl.svg
BSicon ABZg+r.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
244.66
Randallsville (Smith Valley)
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
240.75
Earlville
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
235.42
Wilbers
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
233.67
Sherburne 4 Corners
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
231.14
Galena (N Norwich)
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
227.21
Woods
BSicon utCONTgq.svg
BSicon INT.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utSTRr.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
225.38
Norwich
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
221.31
Barbers
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
216.93
Oxford
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
212.17
Summit
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
210.06
Guilford
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
208.58
Parker (Guilford Ctr)
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon KBHFa.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
232.16
Edmeston
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon HST.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
230.56
Ambler
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon HST.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
227.96
Pittsfield
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
225.36
New Berlin
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon HST.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
222.42
Sages Corners
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon HST.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
221.24
New Berlin Ctr
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon HST.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
220.23
Davis Xing
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
217.59
S New Berlin
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon HST.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
216.12
Holmesville
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon HST.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
214.08
White Stone
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon HST.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
212.21
Latham's Corners
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon HST.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
211.33
Rockwell's Mills
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
209.69
Upton (Mt Upton)
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
206.04
Rockdale
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon GRZq.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
New Berlin Branch
N'n Div Mainline
BSicon ABZg+l.svg
BSicon STRr.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
203.21
New Berlin Jct
BSicon KMW.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
Sidney D&H Tower
BSicon utCONTgq.svg
BSicon INT.svg
BSicon GRZq.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utSTRr.svg
200.55
Sidney
D&H to Binghamton
N'n Div Mainline
S'n Div Mainline
BSicon CONTf.svg
S'n Div Mainline to Weehawken, Delhi,
Scranton, Kingston, Prt Jervis
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NYO&W Southern Division
Legend
  • BSicon STR.svg NYO&W owned and operated tracks
  • BSicon BHF.svg Station
  • BSicon KMW.svg Tower
  • BSicon tSTR.svg NYO&W tracks leased from other companies
  • BSicon HST.svg Flag stop
  • BSicon INT.svg Interchange station
  • BSicon utSTR.svg Other tracks
  • BSicon DST.svg Non-passenger station
  • BSicon vUST.svg Switch
BSicon CONTg.svg
N'n Div Mainline to Oswego, Utica
BSicon utCONTg.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utKBSTaq.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon INT.svg
BSicon GRZq.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utCONTfq.svg
200.55
Sidney
D&H to Binghamton
N'n Div Mainline
S'n Div Mainline
D&H to Montreal
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
197.56
S Unadilla
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
196.23
Youngs
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
193.57
Niles (Niles Switch)
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
193.08
Sidney Ctr
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
189.71
Franklin
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
187.94
Merrickville
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
186.65
N'field (Zig Zag)
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
182.62
Ogdens
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon KBHFa.svg
196.06
Delhi
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon HST.svg
192.88
Frasers
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
190.17
Delancy
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
188.46
Hamden
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon HST.svg
187.20
Hawleys
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon HST.svg
183.12
Colchester
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
180.01
Br St
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon GRZq.svg
BSicon STR.svg
Delhi Branch
S'n Div Mainline
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon ABZg+l.svg
BSicon STRr.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
179.45
Walton
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
174.58
Beerston
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
171.58
Rock Rift
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
167.25
Apex (Cadosia Smt)
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
164.16
Kerry's
BSicon utSTR+l.svg
BSicon vKINTa.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utABZq+r.svg
BSicon utSTR+r.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
213.91
Scranton (CNJ )
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
213.47
Scranton Mulberry St
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vKMW.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
213.04
Diamond Xing Tower
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
212.61
Pk Pl
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
212.00
Von Storch Jct
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
211.65
Providence
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
210.33
Throop
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon utCONTf.svg
BSicon utCONTf.svg
BSicon utCONTf.svg
BSicon STR.svg
D&H Pancoast Cxn
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon utCONTgq.svg
BSicon utSTRl.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utSTR+l.svg
BSicon KINTa.svg
BSicon utSTRr.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
Coxton (Lehigh Valley)
LV to Buffalo
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon DST.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
Pittston Jct
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon DST.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
Austin Jct
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon utSTRl.svg
BSicon INT.svg
BSicon utSTRq.svg
BSicon utSTRr.svg
BSicon STR.svg
218.69
Sibley Jct
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon DST.svg
BSicon STR.svg
Pyne Breaker
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon DST.svg
BSicon STR.svg
215.59
Luzerne
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon DST.svg
BSicon STR.svg
213.85
Capouse Ext
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon KMW.svg
BSicon STR.svg
213.79
Cayuga Jct Tower
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon DST.svg
BSicon STR.svg
212.82
Farrell Coal Co & McCormicks' Coal
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon DST.svg
BSicon STR.svg
212.70
Taylor's Mine
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon DST.svg
BSicon STR.svg
211.45
Leggett's Crk Branch & Mine
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon GRZq.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
Capouse Branch
Scranton Div Mainline
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR-ABZg+l.svg
BSicon STRq.svg
BSicon STRq.svg
BSicon STRr.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
209.79
Capouse Jct
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vDST.svg
BSicon STR.svg
209.40
Dickson Yd
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
209.40
Dickson
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
208.95
Johnson Branch
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
208.20
Olyphant
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
206.40
Peckville
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon KDSTa.svg
BSicon STR.svg
209.46
Hackley's Slope
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon DST.svg
BSicon STR.svg
209.05
Raymond Mine & Shaft
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon DST.svg
BSicon STR.svg
Sturges Mine
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon DST.svg
BSicon STR.svg
R'side Mine
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon DST.svg
BSicon STR.svg
Ontario Breaker
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon GRZq.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
R'side Branch
Scranton Div Mainline
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vSTR-ABZg+l.svg
BSicon STRr.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
205.07
R'side Jct
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
204.87
Winton
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
204.11
Archibald Washery Jct
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
203.70
Archibald
BSicon utKBSTaq.svg
BSicon utSTR.svg
BSicon vINT.svg
BSicon STR.svg
201.97
Jermyn Trans
BSicon utCONTf.svg
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
201.17
Jermyn
BSicon vDST.svg
BSicon STR.svg
199.39
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
198.50
White Br
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
196.98
Carbondale
BSicon vDST.svg
BSicon STR.svg
196.12
Carbondale Yd
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
Belmont (Erie Cxn)
BSicon KDSTa.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
Richmondale Mine
BSicon DST.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
NW Mine
BSicon DST.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
Elk Crk Mine
BSicon GRZq.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon vSTR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
NW Branch
Scranton Div Mainline
BSicon STRl.svg
BSicon vABZg+r-STR.svg
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
193.66
NW Jct
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
191.31
Grays
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
190.75
Forest City
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
183.81
Pleasant Mount
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
178.18
Orson (Belmont)
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
176.11
Poyntelle (Preston Summit)
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
172.92
Lakewood (Winwood)
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
170.27
Preston Park
BSicon vUST.svg
BSicon STR.svg
168.82
Holbert's Switch
BSicon vBHF.svg
BSicon STR.svg
167.30
Starlight
BSicon vUST.svg
BSicon STR.svg
162.92
Delaware Switch
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Hancock
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159.90
Cadosia (Hancock Jct)
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154.33
Fish's Eddy
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150.31
E Branch
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Trout Brook
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144.78
Chiloway
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Horton's
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Cook's Falls
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Roscoe (Rockland)
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129.13
Livingston Manor
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123.86
Parksville
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118.58
Liberty
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Ferndale (Liberty)
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Luzon (Hurleyville)
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109.28
Brown's Pond
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107.97
Fallsburgh
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Neversink
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Woodridge (Centerville)
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101.79
Mountaindale
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96.97
Adam's
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Red Hill
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128.16
Kingston
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Hurley
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Monticello
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Cottekill
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High Falls
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Hartwood
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Kyserike
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Oakland
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CJI Camps
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Mountain Spring
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Accord
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110.40
Huguenot
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108.25
Godeffroy's
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Kerhonkson
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107.56
Valley Jct
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106.57
Cuddebackville
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104.82
Prt Orange
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104.38
Wawarsing
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103.45
Westbrookville
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103.18
Napanoch
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101.01
Ellenville
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100.21
Haven
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96.93
Wurtsboro
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96.65
Spring Glen
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94.58
Phillipsport
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Kingston Branch
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93.11
Summitville
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89.78
Mamakating
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88.16
Hi View (Bloomingburgh)
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85.72
Winterton
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82.21
Fair Oaks
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81.30
Crawford Jct Tower
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79.22
Sands
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78.22
Middletwn Yd Office
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77.78
Wickham Ave (Middletwn)
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74.76
Mechanicstwn
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72.79
Crystal Run (Ireland)
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70.69
Stony Ford
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Campbell Hall Tower
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Tracks owned by NYNH&H
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Maybrook
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68.29
Campbell Hall
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Burnside Tower
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65.91
Burnside Sta
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64.64
Rock Tavern
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62.15
Bulls Switch
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60.99
Little Britain
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57.81
Meadow Brook
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56.26
Orrs Mills
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55.53
Firthcliffe (Montana)
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53.05
Cornwall Jct Tower
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52.28
Cornwall Sta
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Weehawken
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[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

The New York, Ontario and Western Railway, commonly known as the O&W or NYO&W, was a regional railroad founded in 1868. The last train ran from Norwich, New York, to Middletown, New York, in 1957, after which it was ordered liquidated by a U.S. bankruptcy judge. It was the first Class I U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety. [11]

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The railroad began life as the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad, organized by Dewitt C. Littlejohn of Oswego, NY, in 1868. Its mainline extended from Weehawken, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City, to Oswego, New York, a port city on Lake Ontario. It had branch lines to Kingston, Port Jervis, Monticello, Delhi, Utica and Rome, New York and Scranton, Pennsylvania. The part south of Cornwall, New York, was operated over the New York Central Railroad's West Shore Railroad via trackage rights.

History

19th century

A New York, Ontario and Western Railway passenger train at Weehawken Terminal in Weehawken, New Jersey Loco 72, Passenger Train, Pat- Driver; Weehawken, N.J..jpg
A New York, Ontario and Western Railway passenger train at Weehawken Terminal in Weehawken, New Jersey
Engine 201 crossing Cadosia Trestle in Hancock, New York O&W Engine -201 - Mother Hubbard -2509 (3738203129).jpg
Engine 201 crossing Cadosia Trestle in Hancock, New York

In 1866, the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad was chartered under the direction of Dewitt C. Littlejohn, who envisioned a railroad serving a direct connection from the docks opposite New York City to Lake Ontario at Oswego. Construction on the line north of Middletown began in 1868 and was completed in 1873. Branches were also constructed to Ellenville, Delhi and New Berlin, New York; a branch was begun to Auburn from Norwich, but it only was constructed to Scipio Center before being sold to the Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railroad in 1876. [12] Access to New York City was provided by the Middletown, Unionville and Water Gap Railroad and the New Jersey Midland Railway beginning in 1872. On September 3, 1869, the NY&OM began using the Pennsylvania Railroad's station at Exchange Place in Jersey City, New Jersey, which provided its passengers with ferry access to the Cortlandt Street Ferry Depot in lower Manhattan and the Desbrosses Street Ferry. [13] With the Panic of 1873, the company began to fold, and it severed its ties with the NJM and the MU&WG.

In 1880, O&W inherited the New York & Oswego Midland's lines. The O&W improved the main line by providing a new route to the New York City area from Middletown, New York, which extended to Cornwall on the Hudson River and then to Weehawken Terminal. This development was made possible by negotiating trackage-rights from the New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railway, [14] later part of the New York Central system.

In 1886, O&W acquired the operations of both the Utica, Clinton & Binghamton and the Rome & Clinton railroads from the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company. By acquisition of these assets and construction of a new line to Sylvan Beach on the east shore of Lake Oneida, the O&W extended its operations into new market areas, and the Sylvan Beach Loop became a seasonally-significant corridor by providing transportation to central New York's recreational resort area. By 1889, the O&W added two new branches, New Berlin to Edmeston, and Port Jervis to Monticello, connecting to the main line at Summitville, New York.

The most significant addition occurred in 1890, when the O&W constructed a 54-mile branch from Cadosia, New York, to Scranton, Pennsylvania, through the rich anthracite coal reserves in Pennsylvania's Lackawanna Valley. Revenues from this new Scranton Division strengthened O&W's revenues and provided the means for future improvements to the railroad. The railroad's W-in-O logo first appeared in 1892. [15]

Revenue freight traffic, in millions of net ton-miles.
YearTraffic
1925688
1933830
1944957
1956353
Source: ICC annual reports

20th century

Engine 405 O&W Engine 405.jpg
Engine 405
A stock share of the New York, Ontario and Western Railway, issued October 7, 1921 New York, Ontario and Western RW 1921.jpg
A stock share of the New York, Ontario and Western Railway, issued October 7, 1921

During the ill-fated "Morganization" of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (NH), the railroad acquired control of the O&W and installed NH president Charles Sanger Mellen as president for a year. Regulatory difficulties frustrated Mellen's plans to barter the O&W to the New York Central Railroad for concessions elsewhere.

The 1940s saw a receding of passenger service. In the early years of the 1940s, the Summitville-Kingston branch was reduced to a Sundays and holidays, summer-only service. [16] Improved highways ended the O&W's passenger service to the resort areas of the lower Catskill Mountains (the "Borscht Belt") and lightly populated portions of Upstate New York, with the last train from Walton, New York, to Weehawken operating in the summer of 1948. The O&W's Walton-Delhi branch service, all in Delaware County, was also eliminated in this period. [17] The last passenger train (from Roscoe, New York, just north of Livingston Manor, to Weehawken Terminal) operated on September 10, 1953. [18]

By 1948 the operating losses had accumulated to over $38 million [11] (over $69 million in 2024). [19] The decrease of coal as a heating fuel for other than major power plants damaged its primary freight business, as did the end of rail transport of high-priority dairy products from Upstate New York to the Metro New York City area. The New Haven offered to purchase the company in 1952, but later withdrew its offer, citing its own financial problems. [20] Abandonment was loudly-protested by towns along the line, which considered unpaid back taxes as an investment in the railroad. The New York State legislature approved a $1 million aid bill, citing the O&W as essential for civil defense, but the state civil defense commission rejected it. [20]

The bankruptcy court finally ordered complete abandonment, and the last freight train ran from Norwich to Middletown on March 29, 1957. Liquidation proceeded shortly thereafter. Three large scrap dealers bought the entire right-of-way from the bankruptcy court soon afterward, and removed nearly all of the rails and bridges in 1958 and 1959. All O&W assets were auctioned. The diesel locomotives found new owners, but most of the other, antiquated rolling stock and equipment was scrapped. [20] Certain sections of track serving shippers, many of which were industrial factories, were transferred by the bankruptcy court to other railroads, allowing continued rail access to the plants. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad received track from Utica to New Hartford, New York, and track in Norwich, New York and Scranton, Pennsylvania. The New York Central took over sections of O&W New York track between Fulton and Oswego, and the tracks in Rome, Oneida, and Kingston. These transfers were approved before operations ceased at midnight on March 29, and the transfer of other sections to the Erie Railroad was approved later. [21] A section of the track in New Hartford was still in operation in 2018 by the Northern Division of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway.

Legacy

New York, Ontario and Western Railway 104, a General Electric 44-ton switcher preserved at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia General Electric 44-ton switcher.jpg
New York, Ontario and Western Railway 104, a General Electric 44-ton switcher preserved at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia

Rail historian George Drury later commented that the O&W "had always been sickly and should not have been built" at just "541 miles". [20]

Parts of the Summitville - Kingston division, [22] ending at Kingston, have become a rail trail. Some of the stations have been converted into residences, including the Alligerville station in High Falls, New York, owned by Gerry Leonard since 2001 and used as a recording studio. [23] The Starlight station in Wayne County, Pennsylvania was acquired by Buckingham Township and servies as its Municipal Building.

On September 27, 1955, a 50-car O&W train in Hamilton, New York, traveling on a mainline approached a switch set for a siding which led to a coal trestle. Although the engineer fully-applied the brakes, the train continued up the siding at more than 30 miles per hour (48 km/h) and through the trestle. It was learned that the 213-ton EMD FT diesel locomotive at the head of the train "flew" a distance of 150 feet (46 m) beyond the coal trestle from an elevation of 15 feet (4.6 m). Two of the crew were seriously injured, but no crewmen were killed in the wreck.

An investigation by New York state police as to why the switch had been thrown resulted in no arrests. A dinner was later given in honor of the crew, who each received a plaque proclaiming them to be members of the O&W's new "Flying Diesel Corps." Each plaque was topped with a cast presentation model of their F-unit locomotive; the castings were provided by EMD.

One of the freight cars involved in the accident was loaded with chocolate bars from the Nestlé plant in nearby Fulton, New York. It was said that when the younger residents of Hamilton learned of the spilled candy, they raced to collect what they could, and that as a result candy sales in the town were for some time afterward very low. [24]

When Savannah and Atlanta 750 was restored for excursion service in 1964, it received a new tender and other parts from an ex-NYO&W Y-series 4-8-2 which the S&A had bought in 1945. This engine, the last surviving steam locomotive from the NYO&W, was scrapped afterward.

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