Oneida Railway

{{Short description|Interurban railway in New York}}

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|railroad_name=Oneida Railway

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|locale=Oneida, New York to Syracuse, New York

|start_year=1907

|end_year=1930

|successor_line=New York State Railways

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The Oneida Railway, which was an interurban rail, was established in 1907 when the New York Central Railroad electrified {{Convert|49|mi|km}} of the West Shore Railroad between Syracuse, New York and Utica, New York.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J2zH-zcuU-MC&pg=PA314|title=The Electric Interurban Railways in America |author1=Hilton, George W.|author2=Due, John|name-list-style=amp|publisher=Stanford University Press|year=1960|page=314|isbn=0-8047-4014-3}} The interurban railroad used nontraditional third-rail pickup for power instead of the typical overhead catenary. In 1909 the system merged with the New York State Railways system which remained in business until 1930.{{cite web|url=http://www.american-rails.com/new-york-interurbans.html|title=New York Interurbans and Streetcar Railroads|accessdate=February 16, 2011|publisher=American-rails.com|year=2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317231933/http://www.american-rails.com/new-york-interurbans.html|archivedate=March 17, 2011|url-status=dead}}