The Syracuse Northwestern Railroad was established in 1874 to construct a railroad from Woodard to Haymarket Square in Syracuse, New York.
[1] The company was consolidated under the Syracuse, Phoenix and Oswego Railroad in 1875 and was sold under a judgement in 1885 under the name Syracuse, Phoenix and Oswego Railway.
The Syracuse Northwestern Railroad Company was chartered on September 19, 1874, to build from Woodard to Haymarket Square in Syracuse.
[2] Syracuse, Phoenix and Oswego Railroad was sold under a judgement of the New York Supreme Court on January 31, 1885, and reorganized without change of name on February 16, 1885, under Syracuse, Phoenix and Oswego Railway.
The road opened on September 7, 1885, and leased to the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad (RW&ORR) on December 8, 1885.