Shortly after the move to Cooperstown, the line purchased its second line, the Erie Lackawanna's 22-mile long Richfield Springs Branch in 1973 and operated it as the Central New York Railroad (CNYK). State funds were made available to rehabilitate the line in 1974, and regular freight service was operated. This line split off from the Utica Branch, and interchanged with the EL (later Conrail). When DO acquired the Utica and Syrcause branches from Conrail, the CNYK was integrated into the newly christened Northern Division. Service was suspended in 1988, and the line was abandoned in 1998 after years of disuse. The CNYK name was reactivated by the New York, Susquehanna & Western in 2004 when it was assigned to the Port Jervis-Bingamton segment of the Southern Tier Line leased from Norfolk Southern.
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