O & W

The New York, Ontario, & Western Railway interchanged with four railroads at the Winton Rail Junction, where remnants of its busy past remain in the Erie Railroad trestle, signal bases, mile markers and ties, and the former O&W freight station in Peckville. It prospered as an important tourist carrier to resort hotels in the Lower Catskills and also hauled milk and dairy products. The addition of the 55-mile Scranton Division, the Ontario, Carbondale & Scranton, allowed it to carry anthracite coal, creating the line's most profitable endeavor by linking mining and shipping. To handle coal traffic, the O&W built a distribution yard in Mayfield, where a roundhouse, turntable, powerhouse, coal trestle, and other engine and rolling stock servicing facilities were built in 1892 and 1893. The railroad declared bankruptcy in 1937 and closed on March 29, 1957.

Blakely, Pennsylvania · United States