Additional Regards Utica Roundhouses:
New York Central - Observer Dispatch featured the NYC roundhouse at Culver ( I believe) with many photos and some descriptive text - I believe this appeared in the Sunday Feb 8 1948 Paper. The date may not be correct - my copy came from Fulton Postcards website and is pretty much illegible - of anyone has a good clear copy, would be nice to see. This article is followed by another on March 7 1948 which describes centrals efforts to construct a dustproof house within the existing engine terminal in the "east Utica yards. Finally, the Utica Master Plan of 1950 (available
http://www.uticamasterplan.org/multimedia.html, click on link titled "Other Transportation Modes") discusses the extension of Culver ave northward and the requirement for bridge designers to coordinate with railroad's design engineers to avoid disruption of the New York Central Engine Terminals - the proposal is to locate the new bridge close to the throat of the yards. This portion of the master plan also reviews all of the rail service in the area - interesting slice of planning history.
New York Ontario And Western at Canal Branch - Taibi's "Rails Along the Oriskany" has some photographs showing the Canal Yard facilities - images on page 207 show the coaling tower, roundhouse and misc structures + yard throat. Page 271 shows the Canal branch roundhouse and turntable - operational but close to the structures demise. Another image on the same page shows the expanse of the canal yard, looking north.
Related, the image on page 200 of Taibi's book shows the lay of the land at the west end of Utica - the centrals engine terminal ( assume the adirondack division terminal) is active with lots of equipment and all trackwork intact. The O+W roundhouse is gone but the trestle and grade to the connection with lackawanna and New York Central is still in place ( as is the coal shed parallel to O+W); the lackawanna freight house is active, the north side lined with 2 tracks full of cars. A very interesting photograph of Utica at what appears to be the height of its industrial/economic development - urban renewal and the arterial are not yet on the scene. The years have truly been unkind to Utica.
Rails Along the Oriskany is a good book - the photos are interesting the photographic reproductions are not always as crisp as one might wish - does a great job in recording the history of the O+W in the area - anyone interested in local rail history should have this book on their shelf.