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RE: (erielack) Leicester
Randy
Having lived there a while they do call it "Lester"--the brick DL&W depot is now privately-owned and in excellent shape. The community was known as Moscow until c. WWI but the railroad, probably to avoid confusion with Moscow, Pa., on the Scranton Division, named it Leicester, when the line was opened c. 1881-82.MJC
> Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 07:13:59 -0400
> From: jananran_@_mymailstation.com
> To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
> Subject: Re:Re: (erielack) Wilseyville, then, Willseyville, later
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> Now we can get to another point of confusion -- pronunciation.
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> Did they follow the example of Worcester, MA (pronounced "Wooster") and call Leicester "Lester?"
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> Randy Brown
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> All,
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> My D.L.&W. "List of Officers, Agents, Stations, Equipment, Facilities..." from April 1, 1911 shows:
> Lestershire at MP 208.54 on the Buffalo Division, where Johnson City is today, and
> Leicester at MP 349.98 on the Buffalo Division, about 3 miles west of Mt. Morris.
>
> The same documentation shows "Wilseyville" on the Ithaca Branch; later documentation shows: "Willseyville".
>
> Vinnie
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