New York, Ontario and Western Railway Co. records, 1868-1956.
Collection Number: 1949
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
New York, Ontario and Western Railway Co. records, 1868-1956.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
1949
Abstract:
Includes volumes of copies of deeds showing trackage locations; volumes of dispatchers'
diaries; volumes of engineers' survey books; one volume of official notices of schedule
and route changes; map and survey; timetable; map and profile of the Pecksport Loop
line.
Creator:
Helmer, William Floyd, 1926-
Quanitities:
4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Includes 7 volumes of copies of deeds showing trackage locations (1868-1912); 48 volumes
of dispatchers' diaries used at Norwich and noting the weather, accidents, and unusual
occurrences on the Northern Division (1890-1893, 1896, 1898-1940); 19 volumes of engineers'
survey books (c. 1910), which give specifications for improvements in track and structures;
official notices of schedule and route changes (1948-1956); map and survey; timetable
(1954); map and profile of the Pecksport Loop line. Chenango County, Madison County,
Oneida County, Oswego County.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
New York, Ontario, & Western Railway Co. records, #1949. Division of Rare and Manuscript
Collections, Cornell University Library.
Names:
New York, Ontario, and Western Railway Co
Subjects:
Railroads -- New York (State) -- Timetables.
Railroads -- New York (State) -- Surveying.
Railroads -- New York (State) -- Management.
Railroads -- New York (State) -- Design and construction.
Railroads -- New York (State) -- Maintenance and repair.
Railroads -- New York (State) -- Oswego County.
Railroads -- New York (State) -- Oneida County.
Railroads -- New York (State) -- Madison County.
Railroads -- New York (State) -- Chenango County.
Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Deed Books - 7 loose leaf volumes (that show trackage locations)
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| Box 1 |
Chenango County
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1868-1895 | |
| Box 1 |
Chenango County
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1868-1912 | |
| Box 1 |
Madison County
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1868-1910 | |
| Box 1 |
Oneida County
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1868-1896 | |
| Box 1 |
Oswego County
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1868-1882 | |
| Box 1 |
Oswego County
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1868-1882 | |
| Box 1 |
Chenango County
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1869-1882 | |
| Box 2 |
Diaries, 14 volumes 1890-1893 , 1896 ,
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1890-1893, 1896, 1898-1906 | |
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Scope and Contents
Daily entries include brief weather report and any unusual occurence along the right
of way (e.g. man killed by engine, wreckers working at some particular spot, etc.)
Note: These and ones listed below used by dispatchers at Norwich controlling Northern
Division trains.
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| Box 2 |
19 notebooks used as engineer's survey books.
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Scope and Contents
Notebooks contain varied information - abutment descriptions, location sites photographed,
surveying information, etc. Note: c. 1910, when line was being improved ...locates
exactly and gives specifications for track and structures.
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| Box 3 |
Notices - 2-12, 14-16.
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1948-1956 | |
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Scope and Contents
Official notices pertaining to schedule changes, changes in routing, etc. Also General
Order #387, Rev. no. 1, July 1, 1952
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| Box 3 |
Timetable - N. 75 effective Sunday Apr. 25, 1954 Eastern Standard Time.
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Apr. 25, 1954, 1954 | |
| Box 3 |
"Analysis of Operations of the Rutland Railway Corporation as compared with the New
York, Ontario, and Western Railway prepared by Lewis D. Freeman, trustee, N.Y., O.
& W. Railway." 21 pp. Middletown, N.Y.
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May 14, 1956 | |
| Box 3 |
Diaries, 23 volumes.
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1907-1929 | |
| Box 4 |
Diaries, 11 volumes.
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1930-1940 | |
| Box 4 |
Map and profile of the Pecksport Loop Line.
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| Box 4 |
Survey BR. 52, Utica, N.Y. (Proposed construction in Red)
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Aug. 1913 | |