USA #250 STAMP SYRACUSE NEW YORK RPO CDS SENECA LAKE SHIP TRAIN ADV COVER 1895

USA Scott #250 stamp with indistinct ? 25th Trip 11 1895 Syracuse & ? RPO cds on illustrated advertising cover for the Seneca Lake Steam Naviagation Company showing paddlewheel ship and view of train over bridge with caption, Glenora on Seneca Lake. Sent to E.V.W. Rossiter Treasurer NY & HRR Co. New York, NY. (New York & Harlem Railroad Company)

According to Wikipedia: (more at site) The New York and Harlem Railroad (now the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line) was one of the first railroads in the United States, and was the world's first street railway.[1][2] Designed by John Stephenson, it was opened in stages between 1832 and 1852 between Lower Manhattan to and beyond Harlem. Horses initially pulled railway carriages, followed by a conversion to steam engines, then on to battery-powered Julien electric traction cars.[3][4][5] In 1907, the then leaseholders of the line, New York City Railway, a streetcar operator, went into receivership. Following a further receivership in 1932, the New York Railways Corporation converted the line to bus operation. The Murray Hill Tunnel now carries a lane of road traffic, but not the buses.

The line became part of the New York Central Railroad system with trackage rights granted to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad into Manhattan. It is now part of the Metro-North Railroad system, and the only Manhattan trackage of that system. As of 2017, Metro-North operates commuter passenger service from Grand Central Terminal, via Southeast (change from electric to diesel power), to Wassaic. The trackless right-of-way from Wassaic to Chatham is being converted to the Harlem Valley Rail Trail.

Sent 1895, opened cleanly at top, light general wear & toning. Very Fine condition.

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