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The Cornell Railroad Historical Society, a chapter of the National
Railway Historical Society, will be having a special presentation
at the next regular meeting, Sept. 14, at 7:30 pm in 1120 Snee Hall
on the Cornell Campus. The meeting is open to the public.

Our speaker will be Sheldon King who will talk about the Elmira,
Cortland & Northern, otherwise known as "Ezra Cornell's Railroad".
Mr. King is a noted upstate rail author who previously presented
us with material from his book, "The Route of Phoebe Snow - A Story
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad". Mr. King is
reportedly working on a book about the Lehigh Valley Railroad and
will talk about the Elmira, Cortland & Northern. This railroad was
originally the Ithaca & Cortland, and was fostered and funded to a
large extent by Ezra Cornell. It had a junction with the Southern
Central at Freeville, and later was extended all the way to Camden,
north of Oneida Lake, and to Horseheads, adjacent to Elmira. Never
a moneymaker, it nevertheless served Cornell's university for many
years and remnants can be found even today. Eat in Coyote Loco and
you will be in the former EC&N East Ithaca station!

The CRHS meets on the second Tuesday of each month in room 1120 Snee
Hall (Geology building). The doors are open by 7:00 pm and the meeting
starts at 7:30. Programs range from videos to slide presentations to
guest speakers. Meetings are open to the public and we welcome anyone
with an interest in railroads, trolleys, model railroads, both
modern and historical.

-Doug Flanagan
 President, CRHS