coal dock at North Fair Haven and cut-back the northern end of the line to Fair Haven in 1937. After World War II, the Lehigh Valley gradually-abandoned the branch. In 1952–1953, it further cut-back the branch from Fair Haven to Cato, New York. The construction of the New York State Thruway, in 1954, eliminated the interchange with the New York Central at Weedsport, New York, leading to a further abandonment between Cato and Auburn, New York in 1957. In 1968, the Lehigh Valley Railroad, now under Pennsylvania Railroad control, abandoned the branch between Auburn and Moravia, New York. In the last years of Lehigh Valley operation, the line north of Owego was split into two secondary tracks: the Mead Secondary, from the end of the line just north of Moravia to Freeville, New York, where it interchanged with the Lehigh Valley's Elmira and Cortland Branch the Freeville Secondary, from Freeville south to Owego The remaining Auburn Branch between Sayre and Owego was not included in Conrail, given the parallel Erie Lackawanna Railway main line, and was abandoned after April 1, 1976. Owego-Harford Although the New York Department of Transportation spent $832,000 to rehabilitate the line north of Owego, neither of the two secondary tracks was included in Conrail. Additional subsidies from the State of New York led to Conrail operation of the entire Sayre–Mead line, although the line was abandoned north of Locke, New York after August 31, 1976. Ownership remained with the bankrupt Lehigh Valley Railroad. In April, 1978, the Lehigh Valley further abandoned the portion between Locke and Dryden, New York. A final abandonment in 1979 removed the line between Dryden and Harford Mills, New York. On January 1, 1980, the Delaware and Hudson Railroad replaced Conrail as the operator of the line north of Owego. In 1981, the Tioga County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) acquired the line from the trustees of the Lehigh Valley Railroad; then leased it back to the D&H. The D&H terminated the lease in 1985, after closure of the Arco Petroleum Products storage facility in Harford Mills. The Tioga Central Railroad operated both freight and excursion service on the line from 1986–1992, when the IDA replaced them with the Owego and Harford Railway. The O&H continues to operate the line today. Notes References 1865 establishments in New York (state) Railway companies established in 1865 Railway companies disestablished in 1895 Defunct New York (state)