History Syracuse Northern Railroad

the syracuse northern railroad company chartered on february 25, 1868, , opened business on november 9, 1871, routes watertown, new york. around 1875, syracuse northern railroad extended line pulaski , lacona. rome, watertown , ogdensburg railroad (rw&or) leased rail shortly after.

syracuse northern railroad - 1874

in 1874, company advertised had direct route between syracuse , watertown, ogdensburg, cape vincent, kingston, plattsburg, burlington, vermont , points in northern new york.

r. dew. mann general pass agent , james w. brown superintendent in syracuse.

the railroad ran total distance of 8 miles (13 km) , extended penn central tracks west of route 11 in village of pulaski northward village of lacona rejoined penn central. railroad passed through streets , backyards of pulaski , paralleled route 11 village of sandy creek, crossed route 11 , present interstate route 81 before reaching lacona. right-of-way passes through gently rolling terrain, largely wooded open fields. 1974, cuts , fills original grade apparent, structure observed 1 stone arch , abutments of salmon river bridge in pulaski.

rome, watertown , ogdensburg railroad

the company sold under foreclosure , reorganized syracuse , northern railroad company , consolidated on july 31, 1875 rome, watertown , ogdensburg railroad.

in 1913, rome, watertown , ogdensburg railroad became part of new york central , hudson river railroad , reverted nycrr in 1914.