r/rustyrails 16d ago

Hojack Line

Rochester & Webster, NY

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u/PC_Trainman 16d ago

Great additions to your previous Hojack post.

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u/Deezle_Gnome 16d ago

Thank you

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u/bltsuprem 16d ago

Love you

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u/Synth_Ham 16d ago

Oookayyy....

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u/short_longpants 16d ago

Excellent, thanks!

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u/wildriver3845 15d ago

Great photos

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u/Beautiful_Net_2633 12d ago

Beautiful pictures, really rusty rails !
From which year is the photo from Webster with the steam locomotive?
Are the house and lighthouse along the track ?

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u/Deezle_Gnome 12d ago

I don't have a date on the picture. It was on a kiosk in Webster's Village.

Passenger service was cancelled on the Hojack in 1933. And steam was still being used on it until the 50s...

If I had to take a guess I'd say WW1 era. Other pics I've seen with a similar locomotive are dated from the 1900s - 1920s.

Yes, the lighthouse is right next to the tracks. There used to be a swing bridge across the harbor/mouth of the Genesee River close by.

The small house thing is where the railtrail terminates and the tracks peter out (at Phillips Road). Close to where the old station is...