This is from an unidentified
newspaper clipping dated 1932

Recalling the old Midland Railroad

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   J.C. Finch of Sherburne, NY recalling the old Midland Railroad :

   "I remember the Sunday School excursion that Frank Stone speaks of that ran from Norwich to Ithaca, for I was one of the passengers on that excursion with my father. That was the last train that ran over the road that catered to passengers. I was only seven years old at that time living in Plymouth.

   "They had wood-burning engined at that time. My father and uncle, Mr. Abraham Bennett, had a wood job on Pigeon Hill and furnished wood for the railroad company, delivered at Beaver Meadow. Mr. Milo Miles who operated a sawmill at Beaver Meadow, rented a flat car from the railroad company, would load the car with lumber, release the hand-brake, start the car with a pinch bar and the load of lumber was on the way to Norwich, coasting on the down grade, following the Canaswacta Creek."