I found this website about a month ago, it's actually pretty interesting!
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyche ... s/cvrr.htm
I know it didn't last long very long or go that many places, but it was most likely the first narrow guage RR in the US, so it does bear some level of importance as far as I'm concerned. Does anyone here know more about it? Do any photos or maps exist? I know there is no trace of the old ROW (at least that I could find) left.
It's too bad they only stopped in Smithville Flats. If they could have extended it further and kept it alive for a few more years they could have linked up with the Erie & Central New York RR in Cincinattus and had a link to Cortland.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyche ... s/cvrr.htm
I know it didn't last long very long or go that many places, but it was most likely the first narrow guage RR in the US, so it does bear some level of importance as far as I'm concerned. Does anyone here know more about it? Do any photos or maps exist? I know there is no trace of the old ROW (at least that I could find) left.
It's too bad they only stopped in Smithville Flats. If they could have extended it further and kept it alive for a few more years they could have linked up with the Erie & Central New York RR in Cincinattus and had a link to Cortland.