Limestone, NY is a hamlet in southern Cattaraugus County just north of the Pennsylvania state line. Both the Erie Railroad and the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway (BR&P) had stations in Limestone. The photo above shows the Erie station in the middle and the BR&P station the left of the photo.
Erie Railroad
Limestone was a station on the Erie Railroad’s Bradford branch from Salamanca to Bradford, PA.
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway
The BR&P station shown above was built in 1909 and destroyed in 1921 when a derailed train crashed into the station, as shown below.
Clippings
Timetables
A May 16, 1881 timetable of trains on the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad (formerly the Erie Railway). Olean [NY] Daily Herald, October 13, 1881. NYS Historic Newspapers.
A timetable for the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway effective July 4, 1886. The Post. Ellicottville, NY. November 25, 1886.
A June 7, 1891 timetable of trains on the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railway. Traveler’s Official Guide, June 1891. Google Books.
A timetable for the Buffalo Division of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway effective June 6, 1893. Found on Wikimedia Commons.
A timetable, effective June 14, 1896, of trains on the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway. Scan of an Official Railway Guide posted by Daniel Miller to the Facebook “Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Ry. Virtual Historical Society” group.