O&W Railway Historical Society To Present History Of Norwich Railroads
Published: September 15th, 2016
By: Grady Thompson

O&W Railway Historical Society to present history of Norwich railroads

NORWICH – The Ontario and Western (O&W) Railway Historical Society will be coming to the Chenango County Historical Society (CCHS) Museum to hold a presentation about the history of railroads in Norwich. The presentation will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 17, and will be open to the public.

According to CCHS Executive Director Sarah Mahan, at one point Norwich had several important functions on the New York O&W Railway. The railroad’s Northern Division repair shops were located in Norwich, where they would repair rolling stock and locomotives up until the railroad’s demise in 1957.

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