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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 2629726, member: 27"]
One of the newspaper articles says average of 2 trains a day use the tracks.

The newspaper is wrong in saying NYS&W owns this line (I am referring specifically to the Jamesville Secondary Track).  It is owned by the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency, which leases it to NYS&W.  I assume the lease include provisions that make NYS&W responsible for upkeep during the length of the lease.  I bring this up just to point out OCIDA took ownership specifically to facilitate setting up the type of passenger shuttle service we are discussing here.

The New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway (NYS&W) is a regional carrier that started service in the Syracuse Metropolitan Area in the early 1980’s. The former DL&W line from Syracuse to Binghamton was proposed for abandonment by Conrail and subsequently taken over for operating purposes by the NYS&W in 1982. Conrail maintained the portion of the line from Jamesville to Syracuse and interchange of freight traffic with the NYS&W took place at Jamesville. In 1993, the Jamesville Secondary Track, which was the nine-mile segment from Jamesville to connection with the Conrail main line in Syracuse was put up for sale. As part of an effort to begin a passenger shuttle service, Conrail agreed to convey the property to the County Industrial Development Agency (IDA), which leased it to the Syracuse, Binghamton & New York Railway (SB&NY) a subsidiary of Delaware Otsego, the parent company of NYS&W. The SB&NY in turn has operated OnTrack, using New York State funds for the necessary capital improvements.

[URL]http://www.smtcmpo.org/docs/reports/RailFinalReport2003-04.pdf[/URL]
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