Mohawk On The Utica And Mohawk Valley
Here is the
West Shore Railroad looking East at Mohawk. On the left is a UMV
Car right after it crossed the Mohawk from Herkimer. U&MV Cars
used the West Shore to bypass Mohawk, Ilion and Frankfort on the way to Utica, but it also used the
Main Streets in Mohawk, Ilion and Frankfort to get to Utica.
Here are the
tracks in Main Street in Mohawk. Right in the center of the
postcard is where The Southern New York Railway turned left to head to
Richfield Springs and beyond. The Southern New York used the UMV
trackage to get to Herkimer and also to connect to Utica. It was
the closing of The New York State Railways in 1933 that caused the
Southern New York to abandon their trackage from Jordanville to
Herkimer.
Here's another
view of Main Street in Mohawk. Most of the buildings are
gone. The artist who painted this card got the color of the
trolley right. Yellow cars did travel between Little Falls and
Utica.