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New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway

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The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway is an American Class II freight railway operating more than 400 miles of track across New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. It was formed on June 17, 1881, through the consolidation of six smaller railroad companies, originally to carry anthracite coal out of Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley. The railway later carried passengers through the mid twentieth century before returning to freight operations. It went through bankruptcy in the 1970s and was revived after the Delaware Otsego Corporation acquired it in 1980, later adding a northern division serving Utica and Syracuse. Headquartered in Cooperstown, New York, it still connects Jersey City to Binghamton and interchanges with CSX and Norfolk Southern.

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1881 1
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1. New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (Wikipedia)
  • Formation and expansion
    On June 17, 1881, the Midland Railroad of New Jersey was consolidated with five other companies to form the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (NYS&W).
  • Part Of: Rail Transport, lead paragraph describes it as an American Class II freight railway
  • In Group: North American Railroads, Lead sentence
    of trackage in the states of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
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