The Central New York Railroad is a shortline railroad operating local freight service along ex- Southern Tier Line trackage (ex-

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/ Erie Lackawanna Railway mainline trackage) in the U.S. states of

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and

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. The line begins at Port Jervis, following the

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to Deposit and the

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from Lanesboro, where it passes over the

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, to

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. It is a subsidiary of the Delaware Otsego Corporation, which also owns the

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, operator of through trains over the line (along with the

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, lessor).

History

The CNYK began operations on December 12, 1972 Railroad Retirement Board
Employer Status Determination: Central New York Railroad Corporation
, May 24, 2005 between Cassville and Richfield Springs, New York, having purchased the trackage from the Erie Lackawanna Railway (EL). The line being operated by the CNYK was opened by the

Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna Valley Railway The Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna Valley Railway was formed in 1866 and came under the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1870. References Defunct New York (state) railroads Predecessors of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western R ...

in November 1872 as a branch, and passed to the EL through consolidation. (EL successor

Conrail Conrail , formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. The trade name Conrail is a portmanteau based on the company's legal name. It continues to do bus ...

sold the old Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna Valley main line through Cassville to the

in 1982.) The CNYK suspended service in early 1988 and was authorized to abandon the line in August 1995, at which time the corporation became inactive.Edward A. Lewis, American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition, Kalmbach Publishing, 1996, p. 351 Though the CNYK was inactive from 1988-2004, the CNYK was still in existence. Delaware Otsego brought the CNYK back to life on December 31, 2004, when it leased the

- Port Jervis section of the Southern Tier Line from the

. The line is a former

property and this trackage was opened in December 1848,Christopher T. Baer
PRR Chronology
(Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society), accessed December 2008 and passed through the Erie Lackawanna and Conrail to Norfolk Southern. When the CNYK leased the line, the Norfolk Southern retained

overhead trackage rights Railway companies can interact with and control others in many ways. These relationships can be complicated by bankruptcies. Operating Often, when a railroad first opens, it is only a short spur of a main line. The owner of the spur line may co ...

to serve through freight traffic.

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Finance Docket No. 34643
January 21, 2005 Since the CNYK does not own any locomotives or other rolling stock, all trains over the CNYK are operated by Delaware Otsego's New York Susquehanna & Western Railway subsidiary, interchanging with the Norfolk Southern at Binghamton.Central New York Railroad
accessed December 2008

References

External links

Central New York Railroad
{{DEFAULTSORT:Central New York Railroad New York (state) railroads Pennsylvania railroads Railway companies established in 1972 Spin-offs of the Erie Lackawanna Railway Spin-offs of the Norfolk Southern Railway Central New York