List of New York railroads

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Current and former railroads in New York state Nys-railroads.png
Current and former railroads in New York state

The following railroads currently or formerly operated in the U.S. state of New York.

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Common freight carriers

Private carriers

Passenger carriers

Commuter rail

Rapid transit

Heritage railroad

Defunct railroads

Name Mark System [nb 1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Addison Railroad RUT 18671951N/A
Addison and Northern Pennsylvania Railway B&O 18821887 Addison and Pennsylvania Railway
Addison and Pennsylvania Railway B&O 18871898 Addison and Susquehanna Railroad
Addison and Susquehanna Railroad B&O 18981954 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad
Adirondack Company D&H 18631882 Adirondack Railway
Adirondack Railway D&H 18821902 Delaware and Hudson Company
Adirondack Railway ADIR19761981
Adirondac Estate and Railroad Company D&H 18601863 Adirondack Company
Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad 19061925N/A
Albany and Hudson Railway and Power Company 18991903 Albany and Hudson Railroad Electrified in 1900
Albany Northern Railroad D&H 18511856 Albany, Vermont and Canada Railroad
Albany and Schenectady Railroad NYC 18471853 New York Central Railroad
Albany and Susquehanna Railroad D&H 18511945 Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Albany and Vermont Railroad D&H 1859
Albany, Vermont and Canada Railroad D&H 18561859 Albany and Vermont Railroad
Albany and West Stockbridge Railroad NYC 18361870 Boston and Albany Railroad
Allegany Central Railroad PS&N 18811883 Lackawanna and Pittsburgh Railroad
Amsterdam, Chuctanunda and Northern Railroad NYC 1879
Atlantic Avenue Railroad LIRR 18721899 Nassau Electric Railroad Main line operated by Long Island Rail Road under a 99-year lease from 1877
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad ERIE 18711880 New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad ERIE 18591865 Atlantic and Great Western Railway
Atlantic and Great Western Railway ERIE 18651871 Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
Attica and Allegheny Valley Railroad 18521856 Attica and Arcade Railroad
Attica and Buffalo Railroad NYC 18361850 Buffalo and Rochester Railroad
Attica and Arcade Railroad 18701880 Tonawanda Valley Railroad
Attica and Freedom Railroad 18911894 Buffalo, Attica and Arcade Railroad
Attica and Hornellsville Railroad ERIE 18451851 Buffalo and New York City Railroad
Auburn and Ithaca Railway LV 18891890 Geneva and Van Ettenville Railway
Auburn and Rochester Railroad NYC 18361850 Rochester and Syracuse Railroad
Auburn and Syracuse Railroad NYC 18341850 Rochester and Syracuse Railroad
Avon, Geneseo and Mount Morris Railroad ERIE 18601940N/A
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad B&O, BOB&O19321987 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Bath and Hammondsport Railroad BH18721993 Champagne Railroad
Battenkill Railroad D&H 19021903 Greenwich and Johnsonville Railway
Bennington and Rutland Railroad RUT 18651870 Harlem Extension Railroad
Bennington and Rutland Railway RUT 18771901 Rutland Railroad
Black River and Morristown Railroad NYC 18701883 Utica and Black River Railroad
Black River and St. Lawrence Railway NYC 18681883 Carthage and Adirondack Railway
Black River and Utica Railroad NYC 18531860 Utica and Black River Railroad
Blossburg and Corning Railroad NYC 18541873 Corning, Cowanesque and Antrim Railway
Bombay and Moira Railroad 18981898N/A (operated by Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad)
Boston and Albany Railroad B&A, BA NYC 18701961 New York Central Railroad
Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad NH 18641874 New York and New England Railroad
Boston, Hartford and Erie Extension Railroad NH 18631864 Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad
Boston, Hartford and Erie Ferry Extension Railroad NH 18641864 Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad
Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and Western Railway B&M 18771892 Fitchburg Railroad
Boston and Maine Corporation BMB&M1964Still exists as a lessor of Pan Am Railways operating subsidiary Springfield Terminal Railway
Boston and Maine Railroad B&M, BMB&M19001964 Boston and Maine Corporation
Bradford, Eldred and Cuba Railroad 18811893N/A
Bradford, Richburg and Cuba Railroad 18811893N/A (operated by Bradford, Eldred and Cuba Railroad)
Brighton and Bensonhurst Railroad 1892N/ANever operated
Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad 18621885 Brooklyn, Bath and West End Railroad
Brooklyn, Bath and West End Railroad 18851898 Atlantic Avenue Railroad Electrified in 1893
Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad 18871899 Sea View Railroad
Brooklyn Central and Jamaica Railroad LIRR 18601865 Brooklyn and Jamaica Railway
Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal BEDT19061983 New York Cross Harbor Railroad Terminal Corporation
Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway 18771887 Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad
Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad LIRR 18321860 Brooklyn Central and Jamaica Railroad
Brooklyn and Jamaica Railway LIRR 18661872 Atlantic Avenue Railroad
Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad LI 18791889 Long Island Rail Road
Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad 18631906 Canarsie Railroad
Buffalo and Allegheny Valley Railroad PRR 18531865 Buffalo and Washington Railway
Buffalo, Attica and Arcade Railroad 18941917 Arcade and Attica Railroad
Buffalo and Black Rock Railroad NYC 18331834 Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad
Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad ERIE 18591941 Erie Railroad
Buffalo Branch of the Erie Railway ERIE 18611862 Erie Railway
Buffalo, Chautauqua Lake and Pittsburgh Railway PRR 18791880 Pittsburgh, Titusville and Buffalo Railway
Buffalo, Cleveland and Chicago Railway NKP 18811881 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Buffalo and Cohocton Valley Railway ERIE 18501852 Buffalo, Corning and New York Railroad
Buffalo, Corning and New York Railroad ERIE 18521857 Buffalo, New York and Erie Railroad
Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh Railroad PRR 18671872 Dunkirk, Chautauqua Lake and Pittsburgh Railroad
Buffalo Creek Railroad BCK ERIE/ LV 18691983 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Buffalo Creek Transfer Railroad 18811914N/A
Buffalo and Erie Railroad NYC 18671869 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Buffalo Erie Basin Railroad NYC 18761913 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Buffalo Extension of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway ERIE 18641865 Atlantic and Great Western Railway
Buffalo and Geneva Railroad LV 18891890Lehigh Valley Railway
Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad ERIE 18721877 Buffalo and South Western Railroad
Buffalo and Lockport Railroad NYC 18521853 New York Central Railroad
Buffalo and New York City Railroad ERIE 18511861 Buffalo Branch of the Erie Railway, Buffalo, New York and Erie Railroad
Buffalo, New York and Erie Railroad ERIE 18571896 Erie Railroad
Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad PRR 18831887 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway of New York
Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway PRR 18711883 Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad
Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad NYC 18341869 New York Central Railroad
Buffalo and Oil Creek Cross Cut Railroad PRR 18651867 Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh Railroad
Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad ERIE 18521859 Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad
Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad PRR 18811883 Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad
Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railway PRR 18801881 Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
Buffalo and Rochester Railroad NYC 18501853 New York Central Railroad
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad B&O 18851887 Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad B&O 18811881 Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway BR&P B&O 1887Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation, leased to the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad
Buffalo and South Western Railroad ERIE 18771895 Erie Railroad
Buffalo and State Line Railroad NYC 18481867 Buffalo and Erie Railroad
Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad B&O 19541954 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad B&S B&O 19101932 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad B&O 18961907 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railway
Buffalo and Susquehanna Railway 19021915 Wellsville and Buffalo Railroad
Buffalo, Thousand Islands & Portland Railroad NYC 18501907 Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
Buffalo and Washington Railroad PRR 18651865 Buffalo and Washington Railway
Buffalo and Washington Railway PRR 18651871 Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway
Bush Terminal Railroad 1903
Cairo Railroad 18841918N/A (operated by Catskill Mountain Railroad)
Campbell Hall Connecting Railroad LNE 18891961N/A
Canada Southern Railway CASO NYC 18831904 Michigan Central Railroad
Canajoharie and Catskill Railroad 18301842 Catskill Mountain Railroad
Canal Railroad LV 18781905Lehigh Valley Railway
Canandaigua and Corning Railroad PRR 18451852 Canandaigua and Elmira Railroad
Canandaigua and Elmira Railroad PRR 18521857 Elmira, Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad
Canandaigua Lake Railroad PRR 18871888 Elmira and Lake Ontario Railroad
Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad NYC 18511857 Niagara Bridge and Canandaigua Railroad
Canarsie Railroad 19061912 New York Consolidated Railroad Electrified in 1906
Canastota Northern Railroad LV 18861905 Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railroad
Carthage and Adirondack Railway NYC 18831913 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Carthage and Copenhagen Railroad 19061917 Deer River Railroad
Carthage, Watertown and Sackets Harbor Railroad NYC 18691913 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Castleton and West Stockbridge Railroad NYC 18341836 Albany and West Stockbridge Railroad
Catskill Mountain Railroad 19171918N/A
Catskill Mountain Railroad 18801885 Catskill Mountain Railway
Catskill Mountain Railway 18851916 Catskill Mountain Railroad
Catskill and Tannersville Railway 18921916 Catskill Mountain Railroad
Cayuga Railway LV 18741877 Cayuga Southern Railroad
Cayuga Lake Railroad LV 18671874 Cayuga Railway
Cayuga Southern Railroad LV 18771879 Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Railroad
Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad DL&W 18431946 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Cazenovia and Canastota Railroad LV 18681873 Cazenovia and Canastota Railway
Cazenovia and Canastota Railway LV 18731873 Cazenovia, Canastota and De Ruyter Railroad
Cazenovia, Canastota and De Ruyter Railroad LV 18731876 Cazenovia, Canastota and De Ruyter Railway
Cazenovia, Canastota and De Ruyter Railway LV 18761884 Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railroad
Cazenovia and De Ruyter Railroad LV 18721873 Cazenovia, Canastota and De Ruyter Railroad
Central Railroad Extension Company LI 18731882 Long Island Rail Road
Central Railroad of Long Island LI 18711879 Long Island Rail Road
Central New England Railway CNE NH 18991927 New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Central New England and Western Railroad NH 18891892 Philadelphia, Reading and New England Railroad
Central New York and Northern Railroad PS&N 18991899 Central New York and Western Railroad
Central New York Southern Railroad 19141923N/A
Central New York and Western Railroad PS&N 18921899 Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad
Central Valley Railroad 18701875N/A
Central Vermont Railroad CN 18731899 Central Vermont Railway
Central Vermont Railway CV CN 18981962N/A
Champagne Railroad CGNE19931996 Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad
Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad CN 18511960 Canadian National Railway
Chateaugay Railroad D&H 18791903 Chateaugay and Lake Placid Railway
Chateaugay Railway D&H 18871903 Chateaugay and Lake Placid Railway
Chateaugay and Lake Placid Railway D&H 19031957 Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Chatham and Lebanon Valley Railroad RUT 18991901 Rutland Railroad
Chautauqua Lake Railway 18861894 Jamestown and Lake Erie Railway
Chemung Railroad PRR 18451886 Elmira and Lake Ontario Railroad
Cherry Valley and Mohawk River Railroad D&H 18641869 Cherry Valley, Sharon and Albany Railroad
Cherry Valley, Sharon and Albany Railroad D&H 18691908 Delaware and Hudson Company
Cherry Valley and Sprakers Railroad D&H 18601864 Cherry Valley and Mohawk River Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway C&O, COC&O19471987 CSX Transportation
Clayton and Theresa Railroad NYC 18711886 Utica and Black River Railroad
Clove Branch Railroad 18681898N/A (operated by Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad)
Conesus Lake Railroad ERIE 18821932 Erie Railroad
Coney Island and East River Railway 18761877 Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway
Conhocton Valley Railroad 20012001 B&H Rail Corporation
Connecting Terminal Railroad PRR 18811931 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway
Consolidated Rail Corporation CR19761999 CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway
Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad D&H 18881957 Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railway CACV19711989N/A
Cooperstown and Susquehanna Valley Railroad D&H 18651957 Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Corning and Blossburg Railroad NYC 18511852 Blossburg and Corning Railroad
Corning, Cowanesque and Antrim Railway NYC 18731892 Fall Brook Railway
Cornwall Bridge Company NYC 18971917 New York Central Railroad
Cranberry Lake Railroad 19021914N/A
Danbury Terminal Railroad DTRR19931996 Housatonic Railroad
Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad D&MM, DMM1891Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Rochester and Southern Railroad
Deer River Railroad 19171918N/A
Degnon Terminal Railroad LIRR 19131928 Long Island Rail Road
Delaware and Eastern Railroad 19041911 Delaware and Northern Railroad
Delaware and Eastern Railway 19071911 Delaware and Northern Railroad
Delaware and Hudson Company D&H 18991930 Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Delaware and Hudson Railroad D&HD&H19301968 Delaware and Hudson Railway
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company D&H 18671899 Delaware and Hudson Company
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad DL&W, DLWDL&W18701960 Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
Delaware and Northern Railroad D&N19111928 Delaware and Northern Railway
Delaware and Northern Railway D&N19281942N/A
Delaware and Otsego Railroad NYC 18871901 Ulster and Delaware Railroad
Depew and Tonawanda Railroad LV 18951903Lehigh Valley Railway
Dexter and Northern Railroad 19081956N/A
Direct Railway between Syracuse and Rochester NYC 18481850 Rochester and Syracuse Railroad
Dolgeville and Salisbury Railway NYC 19071917 New York Central Railroad
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad NYC 18731914 New York Central Railroad
Dunkirk, Chautauqua Lake and Pittsburgh Railroad PRR 18791879 Buffalo, Chautauqua Lake and Pittsburgh Railway
Dunkirk and State Line Railroad NYC 18501851 Buffalo and State Line Railroad
Dunkirk, Warren and Pittsburgh Railroad NYC 18671870 Dunkirk, Warren and Pittsburgh Railway
Dunkirk, Warren and Pittsburgh Railway NYC 18701873 Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad
Dutchess and Columbia Railroad NH 18661872 New York, Boston and Northern Railway
Dutchess County Railroad NH 18901907 Central New England Railway
East River Terminal Railroad 19071916 Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal
Ellenville and Kingston Railroad NH 19011957N/A
Elmira, Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad PRR 18571858 Elmira, Jefferson and Canandaigua Railroad
Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railroad LV 18841905Lehigh Valley Railway
Elmira, Jefferson and Canandaigua Railroad PRR 18591886 Elmira and Lake Ontario Railroad
Elmira and Lake Ontario Railroad PRR 18861956 Northern Central Railway
Elmira State Line Railroad ERIE 18721942N/A
Elmira and Williamsport Railroad PRR 18601969 Penndel Company
Erie Railroad ERIEERIE18951960 Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
Erie Railway ERIE 18611878 New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Erie and Black Rock Railroad ERIE 18821932 Erie Railroad
Erie and Central New York Railroad DL&W 19021945 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Erie and Central New York Railway DL&W 18631902 Erie and Central New York Railroad
Erie and Genesee Valley Railroad ERIE 18681891 Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad
Erie International Railway ERIE 18721895 Erie Railroad
Erie and Jersey Railroad ERIE 19051915 Erie Railroad
Erie–Lackawanna Railroad EL19601968 Erie Lackawanna Railway
Erie Lackawanna Railway EL19681976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Erie and New York City Railroad ERIE 18511860 Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
Erie Terminals Railroad ERIE 19071915 Erie Railroad
Fall Brook Railway NYC 18921909 Geneva, Corning and Southern Railroad
Far Rockaway Branch Railroad LI 18681872 South Side Railroad of Long Island
Fitchburg Railroad B&M 18871919 Boston and Maine Railroad
Flatbush and Coney Island Park and Concourse Railroad 18761877 Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway
Flushing Railroad LI 18521859 New York and Flushing Railroad
Flushing and North Side Railroad LI 18681881 Long Island City and Flushing Railroad
Flushing and Woodside Railroad LI 18641871 Flushing and North Side Railroad
Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad FJG18671984N/A
Friendship Railroad PS&N 18801881 Allegany Central Railroad
Fulton Chain Railroad NYC 18961902 Fulton Chain Railway
Fulton Chain Railway NYC 19021937 New York Central Railroad
Fulton and Oswego Railroad NYC 18851886 Syracuse, Phoenix and Oswego Railway
Garnerville Railroad ERIE 1875N/A
Genesee Falls Railway NYC 1886
Genesee River Railroad ERIE 19051915 Erie Railroad
Genesee Valley Canal Railroad PRR 18801912 Pennsylvania and Rochester Railroad
Genesee Valley Terminal Railroad PRR 18821912 Pennsylvania and Rochester Railroad
Genesee and Wyoming Railroad GNW, GNWR1899Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Rochester and Southern Railroad
Genesee and Wyoming Valley Railway 18911899 Genesee and Wyoming Railroad
Geneseo Valley Railroad ERIE 18571860 Avon, Geneseo and Mount Morris Railroad
Geneva, Corning and Southern Railroad NYC 19091914 New York Central Railroad
Geneva, Corning and Southern Railway NYC 18751909 Geneva, Corning and Southern Railroad
Geneva and Hornellsville Railway PRR 18751876 Geneva, Hornellsville and Pine Creek Railway
Geneva, Hornellsville and Pine Creek Railway PRR 18761879 Lake Ontario Southern Railway
Geneva and Ithaca Railroad LV 18701874 Geneva, Ithaca and Athens Railroad
Geneva, Ithaca and Athens Railroad LV 18741876 Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Railroad
Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Railroad LV 18761889 Geneva and Sayre Railroad
Geneva and Lyons Railroad NYC 18771890 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Geneva and Sayre Railroad LV 18891890 Geneva and Van Ettenville Railway
Geneva and Southwestern Railway PRR 18711875 Geneva and Hornellsville Railway
Geneva Southwestern and Hornellsville Railway PRR 18721875 Geneva and Hornellsville Railway
Geneva and Van Ettenville Railway LV 18891890Lehigh Valley Railway
Glen Cove Branch Rail Road LI 1865 Long Island Rail Road
Glendale and East River Railroad LI 18741928 Long Island Rail Road
Glenfield and Western Railroad 1901N/A
Glens Falls Railroad D&H 18671906 Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad
Gloversville and Broadalbin Railroad 18951931 Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad
Gloversville and Northville Railroad 18721881 Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad
Goshen and Deckertown Railway ERIE 18681954 Erie Railroad
Gouverneur and Oswegatchie Railroad NYC 18921913 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Grand Trunk Railway GT CN 18641923 Canadian National Railway
Grasse River Railroad GR19151959N/A
Great Neck and Port Washington Railroad LI 18961902 Long Island Rail Road
Great Valley and Bradford Railroad B&O 18811881 Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad
Great Western Railway CN 18551882 Grand Trunk Railway
Greigsville and Pearl Creek Railroad 18971899N/A
Greene Railroad DL&W 18691946 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Greenwich and Johnsonville Railroad D&H 18741879 Greenwich and Johnsonville Railway
Greenwich and Johnsonville Railway G&J, GJ D&H 18791982 Batten Kill Railroad
Greenwood and Coney Island Railroad 18721874 Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad
Hackensack and New York Extension Railroad ERIE 18691873 New Jersey and New York Railway
Halite and Northern Railroad 19101933N/A (operated by Genesee and Wyoming Railroad)
Hancock and East Branch Railroad 19061907 Delaware and Eastern Railway
Hancock and Pennsylvania Railroad NH 18891889 Ontario, Carbondale and Scranton Railway
Harlem Extension Railroad RUT 18701873 New York, Boston and Montreal Railway
Harlem Extension Railroad South Coal Transportation Company RUT 18771880N/ALeased the New York, Boston and Montreal Railway
Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad NH 18661927 New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad NH 18821947 New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Hayts Corners, Ovid and Willard Railroad LV 18821959N/A
Hempstead and Rockaway Railroad LIRR 18691871 New York and Hempstead Railroad
Herkimer, Newport and Poland Railway NYC 18911892 Mohawk and Malone Railway
Herkimer, Newport and Poland Extension Railway NYC 18911892 Mohawk and Malone Railway
Herkimer, Newport and Poland Narrow Gauge Railway NYC 18801891 Herkimer, Newport and Poland Railway
Hicksville and Cold Spring Branch Railroad LI 18531870 Long Island Rail Road
Hobart Branch Railroad NYC 18841901 Ulster and Delaware Railroad
Hoosac Tunnel and Saratoga Railway B&M 18811886 Troy, Saratoga and Northern Railroad
Hudson and Berkshire Railroad NYC 18321854 Hudson and Boston Railroad
Hudson and Boston Railroad NYC 18551870 Boston and Albany Railroad
Hudson Connecting Railroad NH 18871889 Central New England and Western Railroad
Hudson Light and Power and Railroad Company 18991899 Albany and Hudson Railway and Power Company
Hudson River Railroad NYC 18461869 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Hudson River Bridge Company at Albany NYC 18561976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Hudson River Connecting Railroad NYC 19131964 New York Central Railroad
Hudson River West Shore Railroad NYC 18671868 West Shore Hudson River Railroad
Hunter's Point and South Side Railroad LI 18701872 South Side Railroad of Long Island
International Bridge Company CN 18571956 Canadian National Railway
Island Railroad 1883
Ithaca and Athens Railroad LV 18701874 Geneva, Ithaca and Athens Railroad
Ithaca, Auburn and Western Railroad LV 18761890 Auburn and Ithaca Railway
Ithaca and Cortland Railroad LV 18691871 Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railroad
Ithaca and Owego Railroad DL&W 18281843 Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad
Ithaca and Tonawanda Railroad LV 18651870 Ithaca and Athens Railroad
Jamaica and South Shore Railroad LI 19031912 Long Island Rail Road
Jamestown and Chautauqua Railway 18981913 Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad
Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railway 19001913 Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad
Jamestown and Lake Erie Railway 18941898 Jamestown and Chautauqua Railway
Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad 19131950N/AElectric from 1914 to 1947
Jay Street Connecting Railroad 1909
Jay Street Extension Railroad 19161916 Jay Street Connecting Railroad
Jersey City and Albany Railroad NYC 18731877 Jersey City and Albany Railway
Jersey City and Albany Railway NYC 18781881 North River Railroad
Junction Railroad NYC 18701879 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Kaaterskill Railroad NYC 18821901 Ulster and Delaware Railroad
Kanona and Prattsburg Railroad 18861893 Kanona and Prattsburg Railway
Kanona and Prattsburg Railway 18971917 Prattsburg Railway
Keeseville, Ausable Chasm and Lake Champlain Railroad 18891924N/AElectric from 1905 to 1911
Kinderhook and Hudson Railway 18891899 Hudson Light and Power and Railroad Company
Kings County Central Railroad 18761878N/A
Lackawanna and Pittsburgh Railroad PS&N 18821889 Lackawanna and Southwestern Railroad
Lackawanna and Southwestern Railroad PS&N 18891892 Central New York and Western Railroad
Lackawanna and Susquehanna Railroad D&H 1867
Lake Champlain and Moriah Railroad 18671968N/A
Lake Ontario Railroad NYC 18741875 Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
Lake Ontario and Hudson River Railroad D&H 18571860 Adirondac Estate and Railroad Company
Lake Ontario Shore Railroad NYC 18681874 Lake Ontario Railroad
Lake Ontario Southern Railway PRR 18791882 Sodus Bay and Southern Railroad
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway NYC 18691914 New York Central Railroad
Lebanon Springs Railroad RUT 18931899 Chatham and Lebanon Valley Railroad
Lebanon Springs Railroad RUT 18521870 Harlem Extension Railroad
Lehigh – Buffalo Terminal Railway LV 1915
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway L&HR, LHRL&HR18821976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Lehigh and Lake Erie Railroad LV 18961907Lehigh Valley Railway
Lehigh and New England Railroad LNELNE18951961N/A
Lehigh and New York Railroad LV 18951949 Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh Valley Railroad LVLV18881976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Lehigh Valley Railway LV 18821949 Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lewiston Railroad NYC 18361855 New York Central Railroad
Lincoln Park and Charlotte Railroad B&O 18881899 Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway
Little Falls and Dolgeville Railroad NYC 18911913 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Lockport and Buffalo Railway ERIE 18711895 Erie Railroad
Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad NYC 18341850 Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad
Long Island Rail Road LILI18341997 New York and Atlantic Railway Still exists as a passenger railroad
Long Island Railroad North Shore Branch LI 18921921 Long Island Rail Road
Long Island City and Flushing Railroad LI 18811889 Long Island Rail Road
Long Island City and Manhattan Beach Railroad LI 18831885 New York, Brooklyn and Manhattan Beach Railway
Mahopac Falls Railroad NYC 18841913 New York and Putnam Railroad
Malone and St. Lawrence Railway NYC 18911895 St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railway
Marcellus Electric Railroad 18871905 Marcellus and Otisco Lake Railway
Marcellus and Otisco Company 19191959N/A
Marcellus and Otisco Lake Railway 19051920 Marcellus and Otisco Company
Marion Railway PRR 19171931 Elmira and Lake Ontario Railroad
Massena Springs and Fort Covington Railroad CN 18841888 United States and Canada Railroad
Mayville Extension Railroad 18811887 Chautauqua Lake Railway
Mechanicville and Fort Edward Railroad B&M 1880
Michigan Central Railroad MC NYC 19041930 New York Central Railroad
Middleburgh and Schoharie Railroad 18671936N/A
Middlesex Valley Railroad LV 18921903Lehigh Valley Railway
Middletown and Crawford Railroad ERIE 18681932 Erie Railroad
Middletown and New Jersey Railway MNJ19472009 Middletown and New Jersey Railroad
Middletown and Unionville Railroad M&U, MU19131947 Middletown and New Jersey Railway
Middletown, Unionville and Water Gap Railroad ERIE 18661913 Middletown and Unionville Railroad
Midland Railroad of New Jersey ERIE 18801881 New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
Mohawk and Adirondack Railroad NYC 18911891 Herkimer, Newport and Poland Extension Railway, St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railroad
Mohawk and Hudson Railroad NYC 18261847 Albany and Schenectady Railroad
Mohawk and Malone Railway NYC 18921913 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Mohawk Valley Railroad NYC 18511853 New York Central Railroad
Mohawk Valley and Northern Railway NYC 18901891 Herkimer, Newport and Poland Narrow Gauge Railway
Montauk Extension Railroad LI 18931902 Long Island Rail Road
Montclair Railway ERIE 18671875 Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railway
Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railway ERIE 18751878 New York and Greenwood Lake Railway
Montgomery and Erie Railway ERIE 18661954 Erie Railroad
Monticello and Port Jervis Railway NH 18691875 Port Jervis and Monticello Railroad
Montreal and Champlain Railroad CN 18571864 Grand Trunk Railway
Montreal and Plattsburgh Railroad D&H 18681873 New York and Canada Railroad
Mount McGregor Railroad 18891897 Saratoga and Mount McGregor Railway
Nanuet and New City Railroad ERIE 1871 New Jersey and New York Railroad
Napierville Junction Railway NJ D&H Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway
New England Railroad NH 18951908 New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New Jersey Midland Railway ERIE 18741880 Midland Railroad of New Jersey
New Jersey and New York Railroad ERIE 18801967 Erie–Lackawanna Railroad
New Jersey and New York Railway ERIE 18731880 New Jersey and New York Railroad
New Jersey and New York Extension Railroad ERIE 18861936 New Jersey and New York Railroad
New York and Albany Railroad NYC 18321846 New York and Harlem Railroad
New York and Atlantic Railway 18801887 West Brooklyn Railroad
New York, Auburn and Lansing Railroad 19001914 Central New York Southern Railroad
New York Bay Extension Railroad LI 18921902 Long Island Rail Road
New York, Bay Ridge and Jamaica Railroad LI 18751885 New York, Brooklyn and Manhattan Beach Railway
New York and Boston Railroad NYC 18691872 New York, Boston and Northern Railway
New York, Boston and Montreal Railway NH, NYC, RUT 18731876 Bennington and Rutland Railway, New York, Rutland and Montreal Railroad, New York, Westchester and Putnam Railway, Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad
New York, Boston and Northern Railway NH, NYC 18721873 New York, Boston and Montreal Railway
New York and Brighton Beach Railway 18781884 Sea Beach and Brighton Railroad
New York, Brooklyn and Manhattan Beach Railway LI 18851925 Long Island Rail Road
New York and Canada Railroad D&H 18721908 Delaware and Hudson Company
New York Central Railroad NYCNYC19141968 Penn Central Transportation Company
New York Central Railroad NYC 18531869 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad NYC 18691914 New York Central Railroad
New York Central Niagara River Railroad NYC 18771913 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad NKPNKP18871964 Norfolk and Western Railway
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway NKP 18811887 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
New York City and Northern Railroad NYC 18781887 New York and Northern Railway
New York and Coney Island Railroad 1879 South Brooklyn Railway Electrified in 1899
New York Connecting Railroad NYCN NH/ PRR 18921976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
New York Cross Harbor Railroad Terminal Corporation NYCH19832006 New York New Jersey Rail, LLC
New York Dock Railway NYD19101983 New York Cross Harbor Railroad Terminal Corporation
New York and Eastern Railway NYER20032004N/ANever operated
New York and Erie Railroad ERIE 18321861 Erie Railway
New York and Flushing Railroad LI 18591891 Long Island Rail Road
New York and Greenwood Lake Railway ERIE 18781943 Erie Railroad
New York and Harlem Railroad NYC 1831Still exists as a lessor of the Metro-North Commuter Railroad
New York and Hempstead Railroad LIRR 18711875 Southern Hempstead Branch Railroad
New York and Hempstead Plains Railroad LIRR 18701871 New York and Hempstead Railroad
New York, Housatonic and Northern Railroad 18631881 Westchester Railway
New York and Jamaica Railroad LI 18591860 Long Island Rail Road
New York, Kingston and Syracuse Railroad NYC 18721875 Ulster and Delaware Railroad
New York, Lackawanna and Western Railway DL&W 18801945 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad ERIE 18781895 Erie Railroad
New York and Long Beach Railroad LI 18801907 Long Island Rail Road
New York and Mahopac Railroad NYC 18711880 New York and Harlem Railroad
New York and Manhattan Beach Railway LI 18761885 New York, Brooklyn and Manhattan Beach Railway
New York and Massachusetts Railway NH 18871893 Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railway
New York and New England Railroad NH 18731895 New England Railroad
New York and New Haven Railroad NH 18461872 New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad NHNH18721969 Penn Central Transportation Company
New York and Northern Railway NYC 18871893 New York and Putnam Railroad
New York, Ontario and Western Railway O&W, OW NH 18801957N/A
New York and Oswego Midland Railroad NH 18661879 Ithaca, Auburn and Western Railroad, New York, Ontario and Western Railway
New York and Ottawa Railroad NYC 18971904 New York and Ottawa Railway
New York and Ottawa Railway NYC 19051913 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad ERIE 18801896 Nypano Railroad
New York and Pennsylvania Railroad 18961902 New York and Pennsylvania Railway
New York and Pennsylvania Railway 19041935N/A
New York and Putnam Railroad NYC 18941913 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
New York and Rockaway Railroad LI 18701903 Jamaica and South Shore Railroad
New York and Rockaway Beach Railway LI 18871921 Long Island Rail Road
New York, Rutland and Montreal Railroad RUT 18831893 Lebanon Springs Railroad
New York and Sea Beach Railway 18761896 Sea Beach Railway
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad ERIE 18811958N/A
New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway NYC 18801885 West Shore Railroad
New York, West Shore and Chicago Railroad NYC 18701879 New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway
New York, Westchester and Boston Railway (NYW&B)19121937N/APartly owned by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New York, Westchester and Putnam Railway NYC 18771878 New York City and Northern Railroad
New York, Woodhaven and Rockaway Railroad LI 18771887 New York and Rockaway Beach Railway
Newark and Marion Railway PRR 19001917 Marion Railway
Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad NH 18771907 Central New England Railway
Newburgh and New York Railway ERIE 18651895 New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Newton Falls and Northern Railroad 19081919N/A
Newtown and Flushing Railroad LIRR 18711876N/A
Niagara Bridge and Canandaigua Railroad NYC 18581890 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Niagara Falls Branch Railroad NYC 18751913 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Niagara Falls International Bridge Company CN 1846
Niagara Junction Railway NJ, NIAJ ERIE/ LV/ NYC 18921976 Consolidated Rail Corporation Electrified in 1913
Niagara River Bridge Company NYC 18812002N/AStill exists as an abandoned subsidiary of CNCP Niagara–Windsor Partnership, a nonoperating joint subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway
Nickel Plate Connecting Railroad NKP 1917
Norfolk and Western Railway N&W, NW19641998 Norfolk Southern Railway
North River Railroad NYC 18811881 New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway
North River Railway NYC 18801881 North River Railroad
North Shore Railroad LI 18631884 Long Island City and Flushing Railroad
Northern Railroad RUT 18451865 Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad
Northern Railroad of New Jersey ERIE 18581943 Erie Railroad
Northern Adirondack Railroad NYC 18831895 Northern New York Railroad
Northern Adirondack Extension Railroad NYC 18861890 Northern Adirondack Railroad
Northern Central Railway PRR 19561976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Northern Central Railway PRR 18631911 Pennsylvania Railroad
Northern Extension of the Rochester, Nunda and Pennsylvania Railroad PRR 18721872 Rochester, Nunda and Pennsylvania Railroad
Northern New York Railroad NYC 18951897 New York and Ottawa Railroad
Norwood and Montreal Railroad NYC 18841889 Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
Norwood and St. Lawrence Railroad NSL19011974 Ogdensburg and Norwood Railway
Nyack and Northern Railroad ERIE 18681892 Nyack and Southern Railroad
Nyack and Southern Railroad ERIE 18991944 Erie Railroad
Nypano Railroad ERIE 18961941 Erie Railroad
Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad RUT 18641898 Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railway
Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railway RUT 18981899 Rutland Railroad
Ogdensburg and Morristown Railroad NYC 18711886 Utica and Black River Railroad
Ogdensburg and Norwood Railway ONRY19651977 St. Lawrence Railroad
Olean Railroad PS&N 18801881 Allegany Central Railroad
Olean, Bradford and Warren Railroad PRR 18771916 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway
Olean and Salamanca Railroad PRR 18821883 Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad
Ontario, Carbondale and Scranton Railway NH 18891957N/A
Ontario Eastern Railroad ONER19811987N/A
Ontario Southern Railroad PRR 18751879 Lake Ontario Southern Railway
Orange County Railroad L&HR 18881907 Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
Oswego Railroad Bridge Company NYC 18721885 Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
Oswego and Rome Railroad NYC 18631913 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Oswego and Syracuse Railroad DL&W 18391945 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Otis Railway 18991916 Catskill Mountain Railroad
Otis Elevating Railway 18851899 Otis Railway
Owasco River Railway OR LV/ NYC 18811976N/A
Oyster Bay Extension Railroad LI 18861913 Long Island Rail Road
Pecksport Connecting Railway NH 18861957N/A
Peekskill Valley Railroad 1873N/A7 miles (11.3 km) long 2 ft (610 mm) gauge
Penn Central Transportation Company PC19681976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Penn Yan and New York Railway NYC 18771885 Syracuse, Geneva and Corning Railway
Penndel Company PRR 19551976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pennsylvania Railroad PRRPRR19001968 Penn Central Transportation Company
Pennsylvania, New York and Long Island Railroad PRR 19021907 Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad
Pennsylvania and New York Canal and Railroad Company LV 18671888 Lehigh Valley Railroad
Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad LNE 18871895 Lehigh and New England Railroad
Pennsylvania and Rochester Railroad PRR 19121916 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway
Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad PRR 19071976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pere Marquette Railroad C&O 19041917 Pere Marquette Railway
Pere Marquette Railway PM C&O 19171947 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Perry Railroad B&O 18821899 Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway
Philadelphia, Reading and New England Railroad NH 18921899 Central New England Railway
Pine Plains and Albany Railroad RUT 18721872 Harlem Extension Railroad
Pittsburgh and New York Railroad B&O 18811881 Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad
Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad PS&N18991947N/A
Pittsburgh, Titusville and Buffalo Railway PRR 18801881 Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
Plattsburgh and Dannemora Railroad D&H 1878
Plattsburgh and Montreal Railroad D&H 18501868 Montreal and Plattsburgh Railroad
Pochuck Railroad LNE 18971944N/A
Port Chester Terminal Railroad 1901
Port Dickinson and Chenango River Railroad DL&W 1881N/A
Port Jervis and Monticello Railroad NH 18751886 Port Jervis, Monticello and New York Railroad
Port Jervis, Monticello and New York Railroad NH 18861902 Port Jervis, Monticello and Summitville Railroad
Port Jervis, Monticello and Summitville Railroad NH 19021957N/A
Potsdam and Watertown Railroad NYC 18521860 Watertown and Rome Railroad
Poughkeepsie Bridge Company NH 18711892 Poughkeepsie Bridge and Railroad Company
Poughkeepsie Bridge Railroad NH 18881907 Central New England Railway
Poughkeepsie Bridge and Railroad Company NH 18921892 Philadelphia, Reading and New England Railroad
Poughkeepsie and Connecticut Railroad NH 18881889 Central New England and Western Railroad
Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railroad NH 18661875 Poughkeepsie, Hartford and Boston Railroad
Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railway NH 18931907 Central New England Railway
Poughkeepsie, Hartford and Boston Railroad NH 18751887 Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad , New York and Massachusetts Railway
Prattsburg Railway 19171962N/A
Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad 1874Electrified in 1899
Prospect Park and South Brooklyn Railroad 1888Electrified in 1899
Putnam and Dutchess Railroad 18711872 New York, Boston and Northern Railway
Raquette Lake Railway NYC 18991933N/A
Raymondville and Waddington Railroad 19071908 Norwood and St. Lawrence Railroad
Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad D&H 18321945 Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad NH 18701882 Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad
R.J. Corman Railroad/Allentown Lines RJCN19962002N/A
Rochester and Charlotte Railroad B&O 18811881 Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad
Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad ERIE 18511976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Rochester and Honeoye Valley Railroad LV 18881895 Rochester and Southern Railroad
Rochester, Hornellsville and Lackawanna Railroad PS&N 18861889 Lackawanna and Southwestern Railroad
Rochester, Hornellsville and Pine Creek Railroad PRR 18721876 Geneva, Hornellsville and Pine Creek Railway
Rochester and Lake Beach Railroad NYC 18881888 Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Terminal Railroad
Rochester and Lake Ontario Railroad NYC 18521855 New York Central Railroad
Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad NYC 18501853 New York Central Railroad
Rochester, New York and Pennsylvania Railroad PRR, PS&N 18811916 Allegany Central Railroad, Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway
Rochester, Nunda and Pennsylvania Railroad PRR, PS&N 18701877 Rochester, Nunda and Pittsburgh Railroad
Rochester, Nunda and Pennsylvania Extension Railroad PS&N 18721872 Rochester, Nunda and Pennsylvania Railroad
Rochester, Nunda and Pittsburgh Railroad PRR 18771881 Rochester, New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
Rochester and Ontario Belt Railway NYC 18821887 Rochester and Lake Beach Railroad
Rochester and Pine Creek Railroad B&O 18701877 Silver Lake Railroad
Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad B&O 18811885 Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad
Rochester and Southern Railroad LV 18951903Lehigh Valley Railway
Rochester and Southern Railroad LV 18951895 Rochester and Southern Railroad
Rochester and State Line Railroad B&O 18691881 Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad
Rochester and Syracuse Railroad NYC 18501853 New York Central Railroad
Rockaway Railway LI 18711872 South Side Railroad of Long Island
Rockland Central Railroad NYC 18701873 Jersey City and Albany Railroad
Rockland Central Extension Railroad NYC 18721872 Rockland Central Railroad
Rome and Clinton Railroad NH 18691944 New York, Ontario and Western Railway
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad NYC 18611913 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Terminal Railroad NYC 18861890 Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
Rondout and Oswego Railroad NYC 18661872 New York, Kingston and Syracuse Railroad
Rutland Railroad RUTRUT18991950 Rutland Railway
Rutland Railway RUTRUT19501961 New York Central Railroad
Rutland–Canadian Railroad RUT 18981901 Rutland Railroad
Rutland and Washington Railroad D&H 18501865 Troy, Salem and Rutland Railroad
Sackets Harbor and Ellisburg Railroad 18511858 Sackett's Harbor, Rome and New York Railroad
Sackett's Harbor, Rome and New York Railroad 18601862N/A
Sackets Harbor and Saratoga Railroad D&H 18521857 Lake Ontario and Hudson River Railroad
St. Lawrence Railroad SLAW19771990 St. Lawrence and Raquette River Railroad
St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railroad NYC 18911892 Mohawk and Malone Railway
St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railway NYC 1895Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of CSX Transportation
St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway STLH CP 19962001 Canadian Pacific Railway
St. Lawrence and Raquette River Railroad SLRR19901998 New York and Ogdensburg Railway
Salamanca, Bradford and Allegheny River Railroad PRR 18801881 Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
Saranac and Lake Placid Railroad D&H 18901903 Chateaugay and Lake Placid Railway
Saratoga and Fort Edward Railroad D&H 1832 Saratoga and Washington Railroad
Saratoga and Hudson River Railroad NYC 18641867 New York Central Railroad
Saratoga Lake Railway B&M 18801886 Troy, Saratoga and Northern Railroad
Saratoga and Mount McGregor Railway 18971898 Saratoga Northern Railway
Saratoga, Mount McGregor and Lake George Railroad 18821888 Mount McGregor Railroad
Saratoga Northern Railway 18991901 Hudson Valley Railway (electric)
Saratoga and St. Lawrence Railroad 18851897 Bombay and Moira Railroad
Saratoga and Schenectady Railroad D&H 1831
Saratoga and Schuylerville Railroad 19451956N/A
Saratoga and Washington Railroad D&H 18341855 Saratoga and Whitehall Railroad
Saratoga and Whitehall Railroad D&H 18551868 Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad
Schenectady and Duanesburgh Railroad D&H 18731903 Delaware and Hudson Company
Schenectady and Margaretville Railroad 19061907 Delaware and Eastern Railway
Schenectady and Mechanicville Railroad D&H 1867
Schenectady and Susquehanna Railroad D&H 18691873 Schenectady and Duanesburgh Railroad
Schenectady and Troy Railroad NYC 18361853 New York Central Railroad
Schoharie Valley Railroad D&H 18651874 Schoharie Valley Railway
Schoharie Valley Railway D&H 18801941N/A
Schuylerville and Upper Hudson Railroad B&M 18691877 Mechanicville and Fort Edward Railroad
Scottsville and LeRoy Railroad 1836N/A
Sea Beach Railway 18961912 New York Consolidated Railroad Electrified in 1898
Sea Beach and Brighton Railroad 18861892 Brighton and Bensonhurst Railroad
Seneca County Railway LV 18911903Lehigh Valley Railway
Sharon and Ceres Terminal Railroad 19041904 New York and Pennsylvania Railway
Shawmut Connecting Railroad PS&N 19001905 Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad
Silver Creek and Dunkirk Railway NYC 18901894 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Silver Lake Railroad B&O 18771886 Silver Lake Railway
Silver Lake Railroad B&O 1869 Rochester and Pine Creek Railroad
Silver Lake Railway B&O 18861910 Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway
Skaneateles Railroad 18661941 Skaneateles Short Line Railroad
Skaneateles Railroad 18361841 Skaneateles and Jordan Railroad
Skaneateles and Jordan Railroad 18411851N/A
Skaneateles Short Line Railroad SSL19401981N/A
Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad LI 18701892 Long Island Railroad North Shore Branch
Sodus Bay and Southern Railroad PRR 18821886 Elmira and Lake Ontario Railroad
Sodus Point and Southern Railroad PRR 18521875 Ontario Southern Railroad
South Brooklyn Railroad and Terminal Company 18871899 South Brooklyn Railway
South Brooklyn Railway SBK1900Electric until 1961
South Brooklyn and Flatbush Railroad 18851887 South Brooklyn Railroad and Terminal Company
South Side Railroad of Long Island LI 18601874 Southern Railroad of Long Island
Southern Railroad of Long Island LI 18741880 Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad
Southern Central Railroad LV 18651895 Lehigh and New York Railroad
Southern Hempstead Branch Railroad LIRR 18751882 Stewart Railroad
Southern New York Railroad 18881970N/A
Southern Westchester Railroad 18711872 New York, Housatonic and Northern Railroad
Southfield Branch Railroad 18681894N/A
Springville and Sardinia Railroad 18781886N/A
Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad NYC 18671913 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Staten Island Railroad SIRC B&O 19711991N/A
Staten Island Railroad B&O 18511872 Staten Island Railway
Staten Island Railway B&O 18731944 Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway
Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad B&O 18801899 Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway
Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway SIR B&O 18991971 Staten Island Railroad
Sterling Mountain Railway 18641955N/A
Stewart Railroad LIRR 18731892 Long Island Rail Road
Stony Clove and Catskill Mountain Railroad NYC 18811901 Ulster and Delaware Railroad
Suffern Railroad ERIE 19071907 Erie and Jersey Railroad
Suspension Bridge and Erie Junction Railroad ERIE 18681896 Erie Railroad
Syracuse and Baldwinsville Railroad DL&W 18861891 Syracuse and Baldwinsville Railway
Syracuse and Baldwinsville Railway DL&W 1891N/A
Syracuse and Binghamton Railroad DL&W 18511856 Syracuse and Southern Railroad
Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Railroad DL&W 18571945 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Syracuse and Chenango Railroad NYC 18731877 Syracuse, Chenango and New York Railroad
Syracuse and Chenango Valley Railroad NYC 18681873 Syracuse and Chenango Railroad
Syracuse, Chenango and New York Railroad NYC 18771883 Syracuse, Ontario and New York Railway
Syracuse, Geneva and Corning Railway NYC 18751909 Geneva, Corning and Southern Railroad
Syracuse Junction Railroad NYC 18731879 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Syracuse Northern Railroad NYC 18681875 Syracuse and Northern Railroad
Syracuse and Northern Railroad NYC 18751875 Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
Syracuse Northwestern Railroad NYC 18741875 Syracuse, Phoenix and Oswego Railroad
Syracuse, Ontario and New York Railway NYC 18831891 West Shore Railroad
Syracuse, Phoenix and Oswego Railroad NYC 18711885 Syracuse, Phoenix and Oswego Railway
Syracuse, Phoenix and Oswego Railway NYC 18851889 Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
Syracuse and Southern Railroad DL&W 18561857 Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Railroad
Syracuse and Utica Railroad NYC 18361853 New York Central Railroad
Syracuse and Utica Direct Railroad NYC 18531853 New York Central Railroad
Terminal Railway of Buffalo NYC 18951914 New York Central Railroad
Ticonderoga Railroad D&H 18891957 Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Tioga Railroad ERIE 18761885 New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Tioga Central Railroad TIOC19871992 Owego and Harford Railway
Tioga Coal, Iron Mining and Manufacturing Company NYC 18331851 Corning and Blossburg Railroad
Tivoli Hollow Railroad NYC 18931913 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Tonawanda Railroad NYC 18321850 Buffalo and Rochester Railroad
Tonawanda Island Railroad TIRL19831996N/A
Tonawanda Island Bridge Company NYC 18831913 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Tonawanda Valley Railroad 18801881 Tonawanda Valley and Cuba Railroad
Tonawanda Valley and Cuba Railroad 18811886 Attica and Freedom Railroad
Tonawanda Valley Extension Railroad 18801881 Tonawanda Valley and Cuba Railroad
Troy and Bennington Railroad B&M 18511946 Boston and Maine Railroad
Troy and Boston Railroad B&M 18481887 Fitchburg Railroad
Troy and Greenbush Railroad NYC 18451976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Troy and Rutland Railroad D&H 18491865 Troy, Salem and Rutland Railroad
Troy, Salem and Rutland Railroad D&H 18651868 Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad
Troy, Saratoga and Northern Railroad B&M 18861892 Fitchburg Railroad
Troy Union Railroad B&M/ D&H/ NYC 18511964N/A
Tunesassa and Bradford Railroad 1905
Ulster and Delaware Railroad NYC 18751932 New York Central Railroad
Unadilla Valley Railway UV18901960N/A
Union Railroad ERIE 18511946 Erie Railroad
Union Railroad DL&W 18561858 Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Railroad
Union Terminal Railroad of Buffalo PRR 18841917 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway
Union Village and Johnsonville Railroad D&H 18661874 Greenwich and Johnsonville Railroad
United States and Canada Railroad CN 18831960 Canadian National Railway
Upper Hudson Railroad B&M 18721872 Schuylerville and Upper Hudson Railroad
Utica and Black River Railroad NYC 18601913 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Utica, Chenango and Cortland Railroad DL&W 18701883 Erie and Central New York Railway
Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna Valley Railway DL&W 18661945 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Utica City Railroad NH 18621866 Utica and Waterville Railroad
Utica, Clinton and Binghamton Railroad NH 18681942 New York, Ontario and Western Railway
Utica, Horseheads and Elmira Railroad LV 18701871 Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railroad
Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railroad LV 18711878 Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railway
Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railway LV 18781884 Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railroad
Utica and Schenectady Railroad NYC 18331853 New York Central Railroad
Utica and Unadilla Valley Railroad 18881895 Unadilla Valley Railway
Utica and Waterville Railroad NH 18661868 Utica, Clinton and Binghamton Railroad
Valley Railroad DL&W 18691945 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Vermont and Canada Railroad CN 18451891 Central Vermont Railroad
Vermont Central Railroad CN 18701873 Central Vermont Railroad
Vermont Central Railroad CN 18491855N/ALeased the Vermont and Canada Railroad
Wabash Railroad WAB 18981915 Wabash Railway
Wabash Railroad WABWAB19421964 Norfolk and Western Railway
Wabash Railway WAB 19151942 Wabash Railroad
Wallkill Valley Railroad NYC 18771952 New York Central Railroad
Wallkill Valley Railway NYC 18661877 Wallkill Valley Railroad
Warwick Valley Railroad L&HR 18601882 Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
Watertown and Rome Railroad NYC 18321861 Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
Waverly and State Line Railway LV 18671903Lehigh Valley Railway
Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad WAG19541973N/A
Wellsville, Bradford and Eldred Railroad 18811893N/A (operated by Bradford, Eldred and Cuba Railroad)
Wellsville and Buffalo Railroad 19151916N/A
Wellsville, Coudersport and Pine Creek Railroad B&O 18811954 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad
West Brooklyn Railroad 18871889N/A (operated by Brooklyn, Bath and West End Railroad)
West Davenport Railroad D&H 18911891 Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad
West Shore Railroad NYC 18851952 New York Central Railroad
West Shore Hudson River Railroad NYC 18671877 New York, West Shore and Chicago Railroad
West Side and Yonkers Railway NYC 18791887 New York City and Northern Railroad
West Troy and Green Island Railroad D&H 1870
Westchester Railway 1881N/A (never completed)
Western New York Railway PRR 18951895 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway
Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad PRR 18871895 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway
Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway PRR 18951955 Penndel Company
Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway of New York PRR 18871887 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
Western Vermont Railroad RUT 18451865 Bennington and Rutland Railroad
Wharton Valley Railway NH 18881942N/A
Whitehall and Plattsburgh Railroad D&H 18661873 New York and Canada Railroad
Whitestone and Westchester Railroad LI 18711887 Long Island City and Flushing Railroad
Williamsport and Elmira Railroad PRR 18501860 Elmira and Williamsport Railroad
Williamstown and Redfield Railroad 1865N/A
Windsor Beach and Ontario Railroad NYC 18871888 Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Terminal Railroad
Yonkers Rapid Transit Railway NYC 18791887 New York and Northern Railway

Street and electric railways

Other passenger carriers
Private carriers
Not completed

Notes

  1. This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

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