My father captured eastbound #90 led by an E8A/E7A combo at its 10 minute station stop at the New York Central's majestic downtown station at Syracuse in the winter of 1959. NYC would abandon the 5 miles of passenger only track and station in downtown Syracuse by summer of 1962 so that a highway could be built (today's I-690). NYC\\\'s July 1959 timetable shows 12 e/w passenger trains in each direction, including the combined Commodore Vanderbilt/20th Century Ltd, passed through the station. And there was also twice daily connecting service to Watertown and Massena.

Photographed by John Barlow, 1959.
Added to the photo archive by John Barlow, June 20, 2023.
Railroad: New York Central.

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