The Syracuse and Utica Railroad was chartered May 1, 1836, and had to pay the state for any freight displaced from the

Erie Canal The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east-west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Completed in 1825, the canal was the first navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, vastly reducing t ...

. The full line opened July 4, 1839, extending the line further to

Syracuse, New York Syracuse ( ) is a City (New York), city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, Onondaga County, New York, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in the state of New York following New York City, Buffalo, New York, Buffa ...

Rome, New York Rome is a city in Oneida County, New York, United States, located in the Central New York, central part of the state. The population was 32,127 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Rome is one of two principal cities in the Utica–Ro ...

(and further to

Auburn, New York Auburn is a city in Cayuga County, New York, United States. Located at the north end of Owasco Lake, one of the Finger Lakes in Central New York, the city had a population of 26,866 at the 2020 census. It is the largest city of Cayuga County, the ...

via the already-opened

Auburn and Syracuse Railroad The Auburn and Syracuse Railroad was incorporated on May 1, 1834, to provide easy access between Syracuse, New York, and the Erie Canal. Construction was begun in 1835, but was delayed during the Panic of 1837. Although the economic downturn lin ...

). The road was consolidated into the

New York Central Railroad The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Midw ...

in 1853.

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The Central New York Modelers

Oneida County Historical Society Year Book, Vol. 1 1881 pages 144 through 155. Transcribed by Richard Palmer
- Street scene in Utica about 1850, thought to be the engine "Lightening". {{DEFAULTSORT:Syracuse and Utica Railroad Predecessors of the New York Central Railroad Defunct railroads in Syracuse, New York Defunct New York (state) railroads Railway companies established in 1836 Railway lines opened in 1839 Railway companies disestablished in 1853 1836 establishments in New York (state) 1853 disestablishments in New York (state)