Syracuse, Lake Shore and Northern Railroad

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| railroad_name=Syracuse, Lake Shore and Northern Railroad

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

| start_year=1905

| end_year=1917

| successor_line=Empire State Railroad Corporation

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| hq_city=Syracuse, New York

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The Syracuse, Lake Shore and Northern Railroad, an interurban railway, was incorporated on September 9, 1905, after it was purchased by the Beebe Syndicate.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J2zH-zcuU-MC&q=%22empire+state+railroad%22&pg=PA314 |title=The Electric Interurban Railways in America |author1=Hilton, George W. |author2=Due, John |year=2000 |name-list-style=amp |access-date=March 4, 2011 |publisher=Stanford University Press, 1960, p.314|isbn=9780804740142 }} The line ran from Syracuse, New York, to Baldwinsville, New York, a distance of {{Convert|14|mi|km}} with a short branch to the New York State Fair grounds ending at Long Branch Park{{cite news |title=Passengers used to travel throughout area by trolley |newspaper=Syracuse Herald-Journal |first=Joe |last=Ganley |location=Syracuse, New York |date=March 21, 1997}} west of the city for a total of {{Convert|23.53|mi|km}} of electric track.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BohkF-kBZHEC&q=Syracuse+and+East+Side+Street+Railway&pg=PA253|title=McGraw electric railway manual: the redbook of American streetcars. Volume 13|year=1906|publisher=American Street Railway Investments, 1906 p. 254|access-date=February 18, 2011}}

By 1911, the company had 13 fast electric limited trains leaving Syracuse daily for Baldwinsville, Phoenix, Fulton, Minetto and Oswego.{{cite news |title=Fast Limited Every Hour to Oswego |newspaper=Syracuse Herald |location=Syracuse, New York |date=October 8, 1911}}

In 1917, the company was reorganized as the Empire State Railroad, also called Empire State Railway. Streetcar service on the route ran until 1931 when it was abandoned.{{cite web|title=New York Interurbans and Streetcar Railroads|url=http://www.american-rails.com/new-york-interurbans.html|publisher=American-rails.com, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317231933/http://www.american-rails.com/new-york-interurbans.html|archive-date=March 17, 2011|access-date=February 16, 2011}}