St. Lawrence

Company History: The SLAW was launched in 1977 to be the designated operator on a pair of lines owned by the Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Authority in New York. It ran east from Ogdensburg to Norwood (where they interchanged with Conrail) then northwest to Waddington. The St. Lawrence was a subsidiary of National Railway Utilization Corporation which was a big player in the per diem boxcar boom of the 1970s. In 1990, the OB&PA canceled SLAW’s lease and operation of the line was taken over by St. Lawrence & Raquette River Railroad.

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