The Syracuse, Lake Shore and Northern Railroad, an interurban railway, was incorporated on September 9, 1905, after it was purchased by the Beebe Syndicate. The line ran from Syracuse, New York, to Baldwinsville, New York, a distance of with a short branch to the New York State Fair grounds ending at Long Branch Park west of the city for a total of of electric track.
By 1911, the company had 13 fast electric limited trains leaving Syracuse daily for Baldwinsville, Phoenix, Fulton, Minetto and Oswego.
In 1917, the company was reorganized as the Empire State Railroad, also called Empire State Railway. Streetcar service on the route ran until 1931 when it was abandoned.
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Defunct railroads in Syracuse, New York
Defunct New York (state) railroads
Railway companies established in 1905
Railway companies disestablished in 1917
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