As late as the late 1960s into the early 1970s there still existed a fair amount of R&E R Rwy relics.
Between Mertensia Road and NY Rt. 332 east of Victor, at a location called Hathaways which was out in the middle of a large cow pasture, one could find two concrete catenary poles. A passing siding had been located there but today a housing development has obliterated all evidence of the R&E. However, just to the east was a short bridge over Beaver Creek which may well still be extant.
Further east, south of Seneca Castle and east of Ontario Co. road 20, the R&E passed under the PRR Sodus Bay Secondary Track via a long cut. Explored this one day back in the early 1970s and found a concrete catenary pole standing just west of the PRR r/o/w. At some point in time the PRR had removed their bridge over the R&E and replaced it with a fill. To the east of the fill one could still make out where a R&E/PRR interchange had been located.
In April, 1974 I undertook a hike on the R&E R Rwy r/o/w from Victor-west. Found several catenary poles on the ground and one still standing in a cut south of Bushnells Basin. At the time much of the r/o/w was extant and in good condition. Crossing the NYS Thruway took some time and today it would no doubt take much longer given the increase in traffic. Found one short bridge still extant and several broken glass insulators. Today one would have difficulty replicating this hike account development.
On Maple Ave. in Victor the R&E station still exists. This was, back in the 1970s, the Victor Library.
Out on Ontario Co. Rd. 4 at Gates Rd. stands what was a R&E R Rwy substation that was long ago converted to a home.
On the internet site existingstations.com one can find several R&E stations that still stand.
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