New York, Ontario and Western Railway Co. - circa 1900's Unissued $5,000 Railroad Bond
Inv# RB5668A Bond
$5,000 4% Unissued Gold Bond printed by Franklin Bank Note Co., NY. Great! The New York, Ontario and Western Railway, also known as the O&W or NYO&W, was a regional railroad that originated in 1868 and ceased operations on March 29, 1957, following a US bankruptcy judge's order for liquidation. It was the first notable US railroad with its mainline entirely abandoned.
The railroad started as the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad, which was established by Dewitt C. Littlejohn in 1868. The mainline extended from Weehawken, New Jersey, in the greater New York City area to Oswego, New York, a port city on Lake Ontario. It had branch lines to Scranton, Pennsylvania; Kingston, New York; Port Jervis, New York; Monticello, New York; Delhi, New York; Utica, New York; and Rome, New York. The part south of Cornwall, New York, was operated over the New York Central Railroad's West Shore Railroad via trackage rights.
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