The Lackawanna and Southwestern Railroad was a narrow-gauge railroad that organized in May of 1889 and sold in November 1892. It was a predecessor of the Central New York and Western Railroad and the Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad.
History
The Lackawanna and Southwestern Railroad was a shot-lived railroad that was formed on May 7, 1889 as a reorganization of the Lackawanna and Pittsburgh Railroad Company. On October 2, 1889 the Lackawanna and Southwestern absorbed the 10-mile-long Rochester, Hornellsville and Lackawanna Railroad which ran between Hornellsville Junction (near Canaseraga) and Hornellsville.
The company almost immediately want into receivership and the property of the railroad was sold under foreclosure on Sept. 24, 1892 to John Byrne. On Nov. 19, 1892, Byrne conveyed that portion of the property formerly part of the original Lackawanna and Southwestern Railroad to the Central New York and Western Railroad. The portion originally owned by the Rochester, Hornellsville and Lackawanna Railroad Company was sold to other investors.
Map
The map above shows the routes of the Lackawanna and Southwestern and predecessors, including the:
- The Olean Railroad (green)
- The Friendship Railroad (red)
- The original Allegany Central Railroad (dark blue)
- The northern extension built by the Lackawanna and Pittsburg (purple)
- The extension from Angelica to Belfast built by the L&P (purple)
- The Rochester, Hornellsville and Lackawanna (light blue)
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