Western New York is known as the Snow Belt and this article describes the impact of a January 1904 storm on the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad, the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railway, New York Central Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad, and different electric trolley lines.
Source: Buffalo[NY] Evening News, 3 O’Clock Edition, p. 1, 21 January 1904, Fultonhistory.com