# 2025-00627: Another Small Town Railroad Bites the Dust in New York

2025-00627, Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern Railroad Corporation-Abandonment Exemption-in Lewis and Jefferson Counties, N.Y., is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-14, effective 2025-02-13 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00627
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00627
- Title: Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern Railroad Corporation-Abandonment Exemption-in Lewis and Jefferson Counties, N.Y.
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-14
- Effective: 2025-02-13
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Another Small Town Railroad Bites the Dust in New York

## Summary

Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern Railroad is officially ending service and abandoning a 16-mile rail line between Lowville and Carthage, New York, plus a small track in Lyons Falls. No trains have run here for two years, and any freight can take other routes. This change affects local communities in Lewis and Jefferson Counties and clears the way for the railroad to stop maintaining these tracks soon.

## Effects PRIA read

- 16‑Mile Rail Line Abandoned Near Lowville: mixed, low. Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern Railroad is abandoning an approximately 16.0‑mile rail line between milepost 58.1 and milepost 74.0 (Lowville to Carthage, NY), plus 0.5 miles of spur and 300 feet of main line in Lyons Falls. The line traverses ZIP codes 13367, 13368, and 13619, no trains have run on…
- Freight Can Be Rerouted Off This Line: mixed, low. The railroad certified that no local freight moved over the line in the past two years and that any overhead freight traffic can be rerouted over other lines. This notice formalizes that trains will cease on the listed segments unless an offer of financial assistance or stay is filed.
- Employee Protection Under Oregon Short Line: benefit, medium. Any employee adversely affected by the abandonment will be protected under the Oregon Short Line Railroad decision (360 I.C.C. 91 (1979)), and parties may file a petition for partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) to challenge whether that protection is adequate.
- Opportunity for Offers and Trail Use With Deadlines: benefit, low. Interested parties may file formal expressions of intent to submit an offer of financial assistance (OFA) or requests for interim trail use/railbanking; petitions to stay (non‑environmental issues), OFA expressions, and trail use requests must be filed by January 24, 2025, petitions to reopen and r…

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## Sources
- [2025-00627 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/14/2025-00627/mohawk-adirondack-and-northern-railroad-corporation-abandonment-exemption-in-lewis-and-jefferson)
- [2025-00627 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-14/pdf/2025-00627.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00627 (as of 2026-06-08).