The Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad (MA&N) is a
class III railroad
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operating in Central and Northern
New York. Specifically, it serves
Oneida,
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,
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, and
St. Lawrence
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counties. It operates over trackage of the former
New York Central Railroad
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.
Class I and II regional railroad partners are
CSX Transportation
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(interchanging in
Utica and
Carthage
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) and
New York, Susquehanna & Western (interchanging in Utica).
The railroad is a subsidiary of
Genesee Valley Transportation Company
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.
Southern Division
This division operates 45 miles of track from Utica, through
Holland Patent,
Remsen,
Boonville, and terminating in
Lyons Falls.
The
Adirondack Scenic Railroad
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has trackage rights over the line from Utica to Remsen.
The southern division also operates a seven-mile
spur
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into the city of
Rome
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off the CSX
mainline. The spur is accessed with trackage rights for thirteen miles over the CSX track from the Utica interchange to the Rome spur junction.
Northern Division
The northern division operates 15.6 miles of track from the CSX interchange in Carthage southeast to
Lowville. This trackage is now out of service.
A spur northeast and east from Lowville to
Newton Falls fell into disuse after the closure of a paper mill in
Newton Falls, but it recently has been partially refurbished.
References
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External links
Official Website
New York (state) railroads