Welcome to The West Shore Railroad in the Mohawk Valley. Here you'll find some photos of the line that ran from Rotterdam Jct., New York to Utica, New York. First as the West Shore and Buffalo Railroad, then the New York Central and Penn Central's West Shore. Ending with Conrail's Cushing Branch and CSX's Cushing Industrial Track.

Check out some pictures of the old New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad NEW

Check out some pictures of the line when she was a New York Central Branch Line.

Scrapping the West Shore in 1982

Railfanning The Cushing branch With Joe Klapkowski

Check out some pictures of the Cushing branch taken in the summer of 2003

Check out some pictures of the scrapping of the Cushing Branch

Events in West Shore History

Mohawk Division System Map from 1964

Special thanks to the Davis Family, Steve Myers, Jerry Snyder, Rob Stubbs, Walt Danylak, Joe Klapkowski, Kevin Cunningham and Don Ross for letting me use their pictures

Have some photos or info on the West Shore Mohawk Division that you'd like to share? email me!

fjgrailroad@gmail.com

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