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*May 20, 2021 - Updated the [[FAQ]] with a key to the column headings.
*May 20, 2021 - Updated the [[FAQ]] with a key to the column headings.

Revision as of 13:39, 20 May 2021

In the early 1990s, I had been compiling a database of existing railroad stations in New York. After gathering about 200 stations, I decided to construct a web site. While researching these stations has been personally rewarding, I feel that sharing this information on the Internet helps others who are interested in the history and preservation of classic railroad stations.

This site has been in place since 1996 and was the first of its type, cataloging railroad stations by state, on the Internet. Subsequent states followed such as, for PA, NH, and OH.

If you have photos, send them in: email me. A small credit line at the bottom is helpful, although I can add it. The photos of the old site were small to save space back in 1996. Now I'm standardizing on something around 1600 pixels wide.

See the FAQ for what the column headings mean.

Recent Updates

  • May 20, 2021 - Updated the FAQ with a key to the column headings.
  • May 15, 2021 - Finished Cortland County with updated photos and data.
  • May 15, 2021 - Finished Onondaga County with updated photos and data. One trolley stop is left that I can't find in Brewerton. Who knows when I'll find it.
  • May 15, 2021 - Continued St Lawrence County with updated photos and data. Thanks to Leo Ames for undertaking this county.
  • April 23, 2021 - Started St Lawrence County with updated photos and data (the updated ones have lat/long info). Leo Ames has been contributing all of the photos and info. Thank you to Leo. Out of this, we found the Grasse River Railroad, Cranberry Lake depot, is gone.
  • March 21, 2021 - Finished Cayuga County with updated photos and data. I removed the West Shore in Weedsport from the Verify page and added it to the Cayuga County page. Thanks to an old article and the Cayuga County Real Property Office.
  • March 21, 2021 - Started Onondaga County with updated photos and data.
  • March 13, 2021 - Finished Chemung County with updated photos and data.
  • February 20, 2021 - Added the NYC Exchange St Buffalo freight house to Erie County. I need a photo of it.
  • February 12, 2021 - Added the RL&B Gasport station to Niagara County and removed from the Verify list. Thanks to the Town of Royalton Historian.
  • February 12, 2021 - Added the RL&B Middleport station to Niagara County. Thanks to the Town of Royalton Historian.
  • February 10, 2021 - Updated the Erie freight station in Jamestown (Chautauqua) with the correct location and a photo. Thanks to Dave Becker.
  • February 10, 2021 - Removed the NYO&W station at Parker, Chenango County. It had been torn down a couple of years ago and had been vacant and rough shape for a couple of decades.
  • January 26, 2021 - Added the D&H station at Nineveh, Broome County, which had been on the Verify List for a while. The info comes from the Town of Colesville Historian, "a gentleman purchased it and took it apart. Rebuilt it and turned it into a home. It sits in Harpursville on Rt. 79. The house number is 3310."
  • Please send updated photos in. See email below. A tip - if you are looking at a county, click the photo. You'll see a large version along with a history of the photos for that station below the photo. Most right now are going to have one photo. But if you look at a county I've updated, like Orleans, you'll see the current photo and an older photo. That gives you a chance to see how the station has changed. Also, if you click the main photo and it's been updated, you can see a larger version of it.
  • I'll be changing the Street column over to latitude & longitude. As I work through the counties updating photos, I've noticed not only the ones with missing streets but towns that have changed street names, especially those short or dead-end streets typically found around railroad stations. So "Railroad Street" where the railroad no longer runs becomes "Veterans Way", for example. Instead of dealing with all of that, I'll just convert it to Lat/Long.
  • November 2019 Re-Launch - I've converted this site to a Wiki format to make it easier to maintain. I went through over 200 emails that I received since I last updated the (old) site, and you may notice fewer stations on each county page. The majority of these removals were due to fires or tear-downs. I've also updated some photos and other facts that were sent to me. I still have emails I'm going through, so stay tuned for more updates.
  • If you have photos, send them in: email me. A small credit line at the bottom is helpful, although I can add it. The photos of the old site were small to save space back in 1996. Now I'm standardizing on something around 1600 pixels wide.

Counties

Links

Links to other NY station sites and a few in the rest of the U.S.

Verify

Please check here and help locate missing stations.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions.