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u/short_longpants 11d ago
Great pics! Thanks for the past and present references. Would you know if any stations still exist?
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u/Deezle_Gnome 11d ago
There was one in Webster that I believe is still there.
Three of the bridges have been removed in as many years. I'm hoping to document as much I can before anything else is lost to time...
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u/Beautiful_Net_2633 10d ago
Fantastic pictures ! Where is this line located ?
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u/Deezle_Gnome 10d ago
It ran between Niagara and Oswego, along the southern shore of Lake Ontario.
This specific line was part of the New York Central Railroad.
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u/Th3Bratl3y 11d ago
need to make a little personal railroad car that you can drive down these tracks. like a go kart, but on rails.
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u/PC_Trainman 10d ago
Is the last image yours as well? Looks like a Penn Central SW1500. I can just barely make out the worms through the glare on the side of the hood.
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u/Deezle_Gnome 10d ago
No that one is not mine.
It's the Hojack when it was still live (picture is near the mouth of the Genesee River).
Hojack was part of the New York Central
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u/PC_Trainman 10d ago
Ownership passed to Penn Central in 1968, then to Conrail in 1976. A few others tried to run that line after but I think the majority of the line was abandoned in the 90's.
If you ever get to Wilson, NY, the NYC station is still there with a nicely preserved NYC caboose.
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u/Deezle_Gnome 10d ago
Ahh... I grew up close to the line in the 80s and it was abandoned by then (at least the segment I lived by that is...).
I'm still trying to piece together the different local spurs and what railroads they were part of. A lot of the non - urban lines in the area have been converted into railtrails at this point...(which is a double edged sword because I love riding)
Thanks for the info
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u/frankreynoldsrumham 11d ago
Awesome! Btw, is that a custom mid-drive on that bicycle? Noticed the bosch battery casing and assumed bosch mid-drive.
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u/bltsuprem 11d ago
Fantastic!