entirely pleasant experience for weary travelers, particularly in winter. Not until the state legislature intervened was this resolved; the Tonawanda blinked first and extended its line to the Auburn terminal, abandoning its old station on Buffalo Street. The Auburn and Rochester station was on Mill Street, near State Street. The track into the station ran on what is today Central Avenue, having crossed East Avenue where today the Can of Worms stands. The trip from Auburn to Rochester was seventy-six miles. If the train was on time, that took three hours and forty minutes. Demise On 1 August 1850, the Auburn and Rochester Railroad merged with the Auburn and Syracuse Railroad to form the Rochester and Syracuse Railroad. In turn, this merged with the Direct Railway between Syracuse and Rochester five days later and was consolidated into the New York Central Railroad in 1853. The route is operated today by Finger Lakes Railway from Auburn to Victor with the section from Victor to Rochester abandoned with parts converted to a trail. In 1992, a Cobblestone Railroad Pumphouse constructed about 1845 and located at the hamlet of Fishers in Ontario County, New York was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Notes References Predecessors of the New York Central Railroad Railway companies established in 1836 Railway lines opened in 1841 Railway companies disestablished in 1850 Defunct New York (state) railroads 1836 establishments in New York (state) American companies disestablished in 1850 American companies established in 1836