New York Railroad Archive

Model City, NY

Model City was a station on the Hojack Line of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad, later part of the New York Central Railroad.

  • Model City Railroad

    Model City-The route for the new Model City railroad begins at Ontario Boulevard and runs westerly through the alley between Broadway and Niagara Ave. one and one half miles, thence southerly for a half a mile, striking a point near the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg railroad, which it will follow until the Lewiston village line…

  • Model City Boom

    This 1894 newspaper story described the development of Model City, a planned community just east of Lewiston, NY on the Hojack Line of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad. Source: Niagara [NY] Falls Gazette, 4 May 1894, p. 1, NYS Historic Newspapers.