Mount Morris is a village and town in Livingston County and was a station on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western (DL&W) Railroad, Erie Railroad, and Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). It was the northern terminus of the Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad.

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

Mount Morris was on the DL&W Main Line. The line through Mount Morris was completed in 1882 but I don’t have any photos of the original station. The brick station shown in the photos appears to have been built circa 1905/1906. An August 4, 1905 issue of “The Railway Age” noted that:

Delaware Lackawanna & Western is making extensive improvements all along the line . Foundations for new stations at Mount Morris and Oswego, N. Y., have just been completed and the superstructures will be erected as soon as possible.

DL&W History

This line was built in 1882 by the New York, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, which was leased by the DL&W immediately after the line was built. The DL&W operated the line until 1960 when the it merged with the Erie Railroad to form the Erie Lackawanna Railroad. The line was operated by the Erie Lackawanna between 1960 and 1976 and Conrail from 1976 to 1982. In June 1982 the Genesee and Wyoming Railroad acquired the line from Groveland to Greigsville and has operated it since that time.

The last passenger train operated over the line on June 30, 1962.

DL&W Station Photographs

Other DL&W Photographs

Erie Railroad

Mount Morris was the southern terminus of the Erie Railroad Mount Morris Branch. As seen in the map above the Erie had a turntable south of the station to turn locomotives.

Erie Station Photographs

Pennsylvania Railroad

Mount Morris was on the Rochester Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). The Station in Mount Morris was east of Genesee Street and between Lake Street to the north and Murray Street to the south.

Other PRR Photographs

Clippings

Timetables