by tdstedman
Does anyone know when Oneida, NY last had regular passenger service?
Thanks,
Tim
Thanks,
Tim
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O-6-O wrote:I'm originally from Oneida and this is a great question. I remember going down to the station as little boy with mom & dad to pick up an aunt that used to visit us viaThanks for sharing this postcard! Reminds me a bit of the architecture of the newer Rome station. When was the Oneida Depot built?
the train from Albany. That was always a treat because we lived in south Oneida about a 1/4 mile from the Shore. Seeing those grey lighting striped EMD's was a diversion
from the regular RS3 show I was watching. Today the Oneida Towers highrise (senior housing) on Farrier Ave is on the exact location of the old station. I'm curious myself
as to the answer.
A tad before my time but this is the old girl. A real looker.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nymad ... neida6.jpg
lvrr325 wrote:Although the mainline was relocated outside of the city, as part of the new line an S-curved connector was built off CP-266 to a remnant of the old main to serve a few freight customers, possibly including one on the old O&W (I'd have to do some more research to find out how long that lasted).Yes, I believe there was a connection to the old O&W track. In the O&W days, there was a wye that connected the NYC main to the O&W main just east of Lake St. After the NYC main was moved, one leg of the wye remained (curving north from the old NYC main) to connect to the old O&W main, which then went down to service Agway (now Mazullo's furniture). I think the tracks were there up until the late 70's, though I don't know if there was any service to speak of by then. I lived in the area and cannot recall seeing any movements. I believe the tracks that were next to Agway are now next to the restored Munns depot.