Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad
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The Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad operated between DeKalb Junction and Hermon
in St. Lawrence County, New York
over a four mile standard gauge
railroad. The Adirondack&St. Lawrence was founded by the St. Lawrence Pyrites Company on April 19, 1906, and shortly thereafter the line was opened. Not only due to a parallel railroad of the Clifton Iron Company, traffic was low and in 1925 the line was abandoned and torn up. Still today the right-of-way can be observed near DeKalb Junction. In Hermon, the roadbed is now used by Water Street.
The timetable which took effect on September 26, 1909, included four trains Monday through Saturday and one train on Sundays. The trains usually made connections at DeKalb Junction to the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
. Sunday passenger traffic ended the following year and in 1912, one of the four trains was cancelled altogether. The February 1920 timetable provides only two trains.
Hermon (village), New York
Hermon is a village in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 402 at the 2000 census.The Village of Hermon is in the north part of the Town of Hermon and is southwest of Canton.- History :...
in St. Lawrence County, New York
St. Lawrence County, New York
St. Lawrence County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 111,944. The county seat is Canton. The county is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which in turn was named for the Catholic saint on whose Feast day the river was discovered by...
over a four mile standard gauge
Standard gauge
The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...
railroad. The Adirondack&St. Lawrence was founded by the St. Lawrence Pyrites Company on April 19, 1906, and shortly thereafter the line was opened. Not only due to a parallel railroad of the Clifton Iron Company, traffic was low and in 1925 the line was abandoned and torn up. Still today the right-of-way can be observed near DeKalb Junction. In Hermon, the roadbed is now used by Water Street.
The timetable which took effect on September 26, 1909, included four trains Monday through Saturday and one train on Sundays. The trains usually made connections at DeKalb Junction to the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
The Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad, commonly known as The Hojack Line, operated along the south shore of Lake Ontario, from Niagara Falls, New York to Oswego, New York. Different segments of the line were abandoned at different times...
. Sunday passenger traffic ended the following year and in 1912, one of the four trains was cancelled altogether. The February 1920 timetable provides only two trains.