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Empire United Railways
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| Location: | Syracuse, New York
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| Classification: | Interurban railway
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| Founded: | 1912 Dissolved: 1917
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| Predecessor(s): | None
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| Successor(s): | Empire State Railroad [1917,UNK]
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| Descr: | Formed by the Beebe Syndicate in 1912 through the consolidation of the Auburn & Northern and the Rochester Syracuse & Eastern. In 1913 the Syracuse Lake Shore & Northern was absorbed. The ex-RS&E main line ran from Rochester to Syracuse with branches from Port Byron to Auburn (ex-A&N) and from Syracuse to Oswego (ex-SLS&N). EUR entered receivership in 1915. In 1917 the ex-SLS&N and ex-A&N lines were reorganized as the Empire State Railroad while the ex-RS&E main line was made independent as the Rochester & Syracuse.
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| PNAER cars | Now: 0 [roster]
now/formerly owned:1 [roster]
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