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Electric Railroad to McGraw?

Discussion relating to the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, the Erie, and the resulting 1960 merger creating the Erie Lackawanna. Visit the Erie Lackawanna Historical Society at http://www.erielackhs.org/.

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Electric Railroad to McGraw?

  by chen1234
 
I was cruising an online topo map database tracing the route of the now-defunct Cincinnatus Branch of the DL&W/EL Railroad (former Erie and Central NY Railroad) when I came across this.

http://docs.unh.edu/NY/cort03ne.jpg

The map shows an "Electric Railroad" branching off of the Cinci's main line and going into the middle of McGraw. Does anyone know anything about this line?

Re: Electric Railroad to McGraw?

  by TB Diamond
 
Cortland County Traction Company.

Passenger service Cortland-McGraw, 5 miles, abandoned on Friday, 13 February, 1931. Freight service to McGraw was continued for a time but the trolley trackage in the village, as part of the abandonment agreement, was sold to the DL&W. A connection between the trolley line and the Cincinatus branch was built so that former trolley line customers in McGraw could be served by the DL&W.

Information from the book Cortland County Traction by Richard F. Palmer and Shelden S. King.
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