Blakeley, NY

Blakeley is a hamlet in the town of Aurora, Erie County, NY. It was a stop on the Buffalo Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. I am not exactly sure where the station was located, but it appears to have been where Blakeley Road crosses the railroad tracks.

History

The Buffalo and Washington Railway reached Blakeley in late 1870. In 1872 the company was renamed as the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway. The line was operated by the Buffalo and Washington (1870 – 1872), the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway (1872 – 1887), the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (1887 – 1895), the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway (1895 – 1900), the Pennsylvania Railroad (1900 – 1968), the Penn Central Railroad (1968 – 1976), Conrail (1976 – 1999) and the Norfolk Southern Railroad (1999 – 2007). In 2008 Norfolk Southern leased the segment from Buffalo to Machias Junction to the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad.

Clippings

One Boy Killed and One Fatally Hurt

December 24, 1902

Station Photographs

Maps

Detail of a 1952 Pennsylvania Railroad Central Region map showing the lines in Western New York. Pennsylvania Railroad. 1952. Found on Multimodalways.com.

Timetables

Part of a 1908 Pennsylvania Railroad passenger timetable showing the line from Buffalo, NY to Emporium PA. eBay.

Learn More

Wikipedia. “Blakeley, New York“