The O&W Railroad Part 1

Ray Kelly, local railroad and trolley historian, will presents a program on the New York, Ontario and Western Railway, more commonly known as the O&W or NYO&W, a regional railroad that ran throughout New York.

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I am a railroad employee that maintains the still active crossings of the O&W in Middletown and the LHR elsewhere. This was so well done. Lots of fan effort clearly put into this. Thank you for sharing the story of the NYO&W

[@RobertLipson-yu6kl]

I remember in 1954 my mom & I crossed the bridge between 2 hillsides over route 55 in Ferndale. The bridge was so humongous. It was 30 yards high & 70 yards across. I remember the train crossed another large bridge between 2 sides of a mountain just west of Liberty. I remember seeing the train crossing that bridge from my kitchen table in 1956. After the train crossed the bridge it went through a huge gorge through that mountain that was @ least 30 yards deep. On the other side the embankment where the train ran provided the seating for us for home football games when the new Liberty HS was built. The O&W station in Liberty became a very popular hangout in 1970. The ticket counter became the bar for the bartenders. It attracted customers from all over the county. Memorabelia from the attic was displayed on the walls. The 1917 calendar on the wall above the bar had the same dates as 1970.