The Syracuse, Lake Shore and Northern Railroad, an interurban railway, was incorporated on September 9, 1905, after it was purchased by the Beebe Syndicate.
[1] The line ran from Syracuse, New York, to Baldwinsville, New York, a distance of 14 miles (23 km) with a short branch to the New York State Fair grounds ending at Long Branch Park[2] west of the city for a total of 23.53 miles (37.87 km) of electric track.
[3] By 1911, the company had 13 fast electric limited trains leaving Syracuse daily for Baldwinsville, Phoenix, Fulton, Minetto and Oswego.
[4] 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.