 The shortline's name was taken from an earlier unrelated New York and Greenwood Lake Railway that merged into the Erie Railroad in 1943.The NY&GL suspended operations in 2012, when its last customer ceased operations.The railroad had various equipment, including locomotives NYGL 1267(GP9) and 1268(GP7), as well as Erie 436(SW9), EL 3372(U34CH) and former-LIRR 616 Alco FA-1 stored in Passaic, NJ.