Throughout this month, we've been looking at New York City streetcars and rapid transit, but did you know there existed another, much larger interurban system in upstate New York? From 1909 to 1948, the mighty New York Central Railroad controlled several interurban railroads that connected the lakeside city of Rochester with the Finger Lakes Region towns of Syracuse, Oneida (pronounced Ohn-Ida, trust me), Rome, and Utica. While its history is long and complex, this country interurban is sadly all mostly gone yet still has a compelling story to tell. On today's Christmas Eve Trolley Thursday, let's climb aboard the New York State Railways and explore the history of this fascinating interurban!
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Thursday, December 24, 2020
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