128 pp. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Updated and expanded version of 1951 booklet. Detailed history of the New York State Railways company which ran the largest electric railway system in New York State. It operated the city streetcars in Rochester, Syracuse and Utica, and the interurban lines between Rochester and Geneva, and between Rochester and Sodus Bay, Utica, Rome and Little Falls. It also operated separate systems in Canadaigus, Oneida, Rome and the Mohawk Valley. The book also includes information on the horsecar systems that preceded the steam and electric railways, dates of abandonments, and a bibliography.
