Below is a list of articles from newspapers and magazines about the railroads and towns of Western New York. Click on the title to read the entire article.
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Carbarn Comment
by Harold Ahlstrom The following are notes from railroad historian Harold Ahlstrom and were found at the Fenton Historical Society in Jamestown, NY. In the study of interurban lines, there were many facets and areas of interest. My specialty was always the rolling stock, what the company had, and the use and scheduling of same.…
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140 Years of Railroad History in East Aurora
The month of January marked an important milestone in the history of East Aurora, the 140th anniversary of the beginning of railroad service to the village. While the railroad may not seem as significant in the town’s history as the Roycroft or Fisher-Price Toys, it played an important role in transforming East Aurora from a…
Aurora and Buffalo Railroad, Buffalo and Allegany Valley Railroad, Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad, Buffalo and Washington Railway, Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad, East Aurora, NY, Holland, NY, South Wales, NY, Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
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Old Route of the Erie Railroad
From a paper produced by William J. McNamara, April 29, 1956; provided by the Historical Society of Dunkirk, New York; comments added by Roy A. Davis, Railroad Vice President, Historical Society of Dunkirk, NY; edited by Cheryl Lopanik, September 28, 1997. The construction of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad from Dunkirk, New…
Cuba, NY, Dunkirk, NY, Erie Railroad, Forestville, NY, Laona, NY, Perrysburg, NY, Sheridan, NY, Smith Mills, NY
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The Renaming of Murray Station
“A few months ago, Miss Irene Gibson called me to find out if I knew when Murray Station became Fancher. An official had received a letter asking the question, but could find no answer. I started digging. “Landmarks, 1894, described Murray Station as ‘a rural hamlet on the N.Y.C. & H.R.R. a few miles west…
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Chautauqua Traction Line Was Active Means Of Transportation In Early 1900’s
An article from a railroad historian about the Chautauqua Traction company and railroading around Westfield and Mayville, NY. He uses a lot of acronyms, including “C. T.” – Chautauqua Traction Company, “J. W.” – the Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad, and “B. & L. E.” – the Buffalo and Lake Erie traction company. WESTFIELD –…
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Planned Railroad Through Zoar Valley Started 97 Years Ago
Bob Holbrook relates that his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. McDuffy, lived on South Hill, Otto, and that in 1864 his grandfather helped to build shanties to house the Irish immigrants who worked on the railroad. Bob claims that before the timber was cut the almost finished right-of-way through the woods was a delightful place for…
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Erie Speeds Repairs on Wrecked Bridge
Source: Gowanda News. Gowanda, NY. October 20, 1955. Provided by Phil Palen
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Erie Freight Wrecks on Creek Bridge
An Erie freight train roaring across the Cattaraugus Creek bridge about 12:40 a.m. Wednesday morning was derailed from an undetermined cause, piling up 63 freight cars, about half of which were scattered along the bank or dumped into the stream. No one was reported injured. The pictures above, taken by Al McDonald, early Wednesday morning…
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Freight Wreck Loss Put at $250,000
SHATTERED CARS PILED 40 FEET DEEPIN VALLEY OF CATTARAUGUS CREEK 64 Leave Track, Rip Out Two Trestles Of Bridge;Debris Is Strewn for Quarter of a Mile By Jack West Buffalo Evening News Staff Reporter GOWANDA, Oct. 12 – The valley of Cattaraugus Creek was filled 40 feet deep with shattered freight cars in the spectacular…
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Burned Out Journal On Erie Freight Is Cause For Delay
The Erie Railroad River Line was blocked at North Cuba for more than four hours Monday morning when a journal on a refrigerator car burned out and caused the car to leave the rails. The car was part of westbound freight No. 191. The accident occurred about seven thirty o’clock and the line was cleared…
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Okay Abandoning of Youngstown, Lewiston Railway
The Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway today had permission of the Interstate Commerce commission to abandon its six-mile line between Youngstown and Lewiston. An Associated Press dispatch from Washington said the ICC authorized the move yesterday. Wilbur H. Shumaker, president of the Youngstown Cold Storage company, owner of the line, said today that final permission…
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New York Central Timetable – July 18, 1948
A July 18, 1948 system timetable for the New York Central Railroad. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
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1945 History of the Buffalo and Washington Railway
The pages are an excerpt from a 1945 report entitled “THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY – Corporate, Financial and Construction History of Lines Owned, Operated and Controlled To December 31, 1945”. It provides some interesting facts about the Buffalo and Washington Railway. Source: “THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY – Corporate, Financial and Construction History of Lines Owned,…
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The Man in the Tower
January 1944 by Edward Hungerford They ran higgledy-piggledy over the western part of New York State . . . . When the Towerman was a newspaper reporter in Rochester years ago, he knew them all; the lordly Fall Brook, whose offices and shops were in Corning in the Southern Tier (since come to be one…
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Building of Pennsylvania Railroad Line Through Yates…
The following (long) 1941 article by Donald Disbrow recounts the history of the Elmira Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Note that there are a few errors and areas requiring clarification in the article: Source: Chronicle-Express, Penn Yan, NY, 30 January 1941, p. 1. NYS Historic Newspapers.
Canandaigua and Corning Railroad, Canandaigua and Elmira Railroad, Chemung Railroad, Dundee, NY, New York and Erie Railroad, Northern Central Railway, Penn Yan, NY, Pennsylvania Railroad Elmira Branch, Sodus Bay and Southern Railroad, Watkins, NY
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Niagara Junction Railway Has New Engine House and Commodious Service Building
Buildings and New Trackage Provided at Cost of $132,000; Will Greatly Facilitate Service to Up-River Industrial Plants CONSTRUCTION of a new engine house and service building, together with all necessary trackage, to provide for the concentration of the operation and maintenance work of the Niagara Junction Railway company, the electric railroad which gives freight switching service to the upriver industrial establishments, was…
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Early History of Western New York’s Railroads
This long article from November 1937 is a hodgepodge of small factoids about railroad history in Western New York, including some that are wrong (the Erie Railroad reached Dunkirk in 1851, not Chicago). Nonetheless, there are some interesting little tidbits of interesting information in the article. By William H. Rial Batavia, NY The city of…
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Dolly Varden Passenger Train Makes Its Last Trip
The Dolly Varden passenger train making its last trip from Dunkirk to Titusville carried about 100 people. Hundreds of stations were filled with people to see the train go by. Claude Timmons, Conductor punches his last ticket. Dunkirk, 13 June 1937. Claude Timmons has punched his last passenger ticket as Conductor on the DAV&P Railroad.…
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad, Dunkirk, NY, Falconer, NY, Gerry, NY, Jamestown, NY, Lilly Dale, NY, Mayville, NY, Sinclairville, NY
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Tiny Locomotive is Sold for Junk
YOUNGSTOWN, May 3-Once a part of the quaint countryside picture, because of its diminutiveness, the locomotive of the Lewiston & Youngstown Frontier Railway has been broken down and marked for a junk yard. The tender alone survived because of its promise of being able to serve as a flat car. Louis S. Silberberg, president of…
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New York Central Memo September 30, 1935
[The following is a memo sent to officers and employees of the New York Central railroad in 1935.] New York Central System F.E. Williamson New York Central BuildingPresident 230 Park Avenue New York September 30. 1935 TO ALL NEW YORK CENTRAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES: It is not necessary for me to tell any member of the…
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Ischua Station Is Discontinued
Albany, July 6.—The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has been authorized by the Public Service Commission to discontinue the services of an agent at its Ischua station in Cattaraugus county. The authorization was granted on condition that the railroad company place the Ischua station under the jurisdiction of the agent at Franklinville and that the company maintain…
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Pennsy to Discontinue Agent at Ischua Station
Albany, July 8.—The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has been authorized by the Public Service Commission to discontinue the services of an agent at its Ischua station in Cattaraugus county. The authorization was granted on condition that the company place the Ischua station under the jurisdiction of the agent at Franklinville and maintain the waiting room of…
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Milk Train Conductor
This short notice in the Richfield Springs newspaper talks about the “milk train” that ran on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Richfield Springs Branch. Source: Richfield Springs [NY] Mercury, 11 May 1933, p. 5. NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Erie Equips Complete Division with Signals and Interlockers
This September 1929 article from the Railway Signaling magazine describes the installation of new signals and interlocking plants on the Erie Railroad‘s Meadville Line between Salamanca, NY and Meadville, PA.
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Petition to Abandon Fentonville Station
This 1929 article notes the petition of the New York Central Railroad to halt stops at the Fentonville station in Chautauqua County. For many years this line was operated by the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad (the “valley branch” referenced in the article). Source: Westfield [NY] Republican, 21 August 1929, p. 5, NYS Historic…
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Building of PRR Yard in Ebenezer
SOUTH SIDE CALLED SELFISH Becker Says Freight Yards In Houghton Park Would Aid Industry Opposition by South Buffalonians to a 32-track yard and repair shops, which the Pennsylvania railroad proposes to bulld in Indian Church road was characterized as selfish Saturday by Councilman Joseph W. Becker of the North district, who announced his intention of…
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Would Abandon Gorge Railroad in Youngstown
Albany, Nov. 20-The Lewiston & Youngstown Frontier Railway Company has filed a petition with the public service commission asking for the approval of declaration of abandonment of portions of its electric street railway in the village of Youngstown, Niagara county, and adjoining towns. The portions of the line sought to be abandoned are from Fort…
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Abandonment of L&YFR in Youngstown
ALBANY, Nov. 20.-The Lewiston & Youngstown Frontier Railway Co. filed a petition today with the public service commission asking for the approval of declaration of abandonment of portions of its electric street railway in the village of Youngstown, Niagara County, and adjoining towns. The portions of the line sought to be abandoned are from Third…
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Ashville-Mayville Trolley Line Closed
Is authorized by Public Service Commission to Abandon 13-mile stretch. The Chautauqua Traction company was authorized Friday by the public service commission to abandon a thirteen-mile stretch of its route between Ashville and Mayville. Commissioner Pooley, who wrote the opinion, points out that while the route is a public convenience, it has sustained substantial losses…
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Poor’s Report: Niagara Junction Railway – 1925
Below is the listing for the Niagara Junction Railway in the 1925 edition of the Poor’s Railroad Section. Source: Poor’s Railroad Section 1925, p. 229, Google Books.
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Lehigh Valley Ad – Niagara Falls & Buffalo, 06/09/1925
An advertisement of a new Lehigh Valley Railroad train operating in the summer of 1925 between Buffalo and Niagara Falls, NY. Source: The Niagara Gazette. Niagara Falls, NY. nyshistoricnewspapers.org
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New Lights for Lake
Decorative Standards to Be Placed in Front of New Pennsylvania Station. Decorative lighting standards will be placed on Water street in front of the new Pennsylvania station and the group of hotels at the lake, according to a decision of the village board at the regular meeting last Monday evening. Four or five light units…
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Sub-Station Burns
The sub-station of the Chautauqua Traction Company at Stow was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon. A high tension wire rubbing against the roof of the structure started the blaze, which resulted in a loss of about $40,000. Traffic on the trolley lines between Jamestown and Westfield was seriously impaired by the fire. Source: The Fredonia…
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Mayville Main Section May Lose Car Service
MAYVILLE , Dec 10 – George E. Maltby, general manager of the J. W. & N. W. and Chautauqua Traction lines, has been in Mayville during the last few days and held conferences with officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad. In connection with the hearing before the Public Service commission, A. N. Broadhead, president of the…
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1923 Pennsylvania Railroad List of Stations and Sidings
This document is a detailed list of all the stations, freight and passenger, and sidings on the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1923, including details on the customers serviced by the sidings.
Pennsylvania Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad Buffalo Line, Pennsylvania Railroad Chautauqua Line, Pennsylvania Railroad River Line, Pennsylvania Railroad Rochester Line
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The First Thirty Years of Our Railway
This is an article from the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway employees magazine from December 1920. It is an interesting view of the history of the railroad, including its predecessors, including the Rochester and State Line Railroad, and the Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad. Source: Scan from Google Books.
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad, Rochester and State Line Railroad
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Panama Rocks Company, Inc.
This October 1919 article discussed the purchase by the Panama Traction Company of the Panama Rocks tourist attraction. The traction company successfully operated the Rocks over the summer and purchased them as a destination on the planned line from Ashville to Panama. Source: Jamestown [NY] Evening Journal, 18 October 1919, p. 4, Fultonhistory.com
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1919 New York Central Railroad Rear End Collision in Dunkirk, NY
A rear-end collision between two New York Central passenger trains occurred at Dunkirk, on July 1, 1919 resulting in the death of 8 passengers and the injury of 170 others. The following are the official Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) report on the accident and a series of articles and editorials in Railway Age magazine about…
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Commission Saved Depot Railroad Tried to Close
Decision Prevents Abandonment of Pembroke Station. Petition to the Public Service Commission be the United States Railroad Administration for the discontinuance of the Tonawanda branch of the New York Central station at Pembroke and the establishment of a non-agency station. dispensing with the services of Harold W. Baten, son of Dr. Rates of Batavia, and…
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Stolen Pork Found in Attic
A HALF TON OF CHOICEST PORK LOIN IS HID IN ATTIC OF VACANT HOUSE —- Meat was Discovered Last Sunday Where it was Carefully Hid Away in anUnfrequented Farm House – Officers Believe it is Result of SystematicPilfering from Railroad Trains, Which Run Slowly Eastbound in thatVicinity – Detectives are Working on the Case. More…
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Trapped By Train
Franklinville Man Killed in Narrow Cut by Train Which he was Trying to beat to Station. Olean, March 7.-While attempting to beat a train to the Ischua station shortly after 8 o’clock yesterday morning, Albert Miller, 35 years old, a farmer of Franklinville, was trapped in a cut on the Pennsylvania railroad station and ground…
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Two Men Are Killed in Tail-End Wreck
TWO MEN ARE KILLED IN TAIL-END WRECK—-FREIGHTS CRASH IN FOG NEAR THE GRAVEL PITS—-WEST OF RED HOUSE STATION—-Two Brakemen Gave Lives in Accident Caused by Dense Atmosphere –A Number of Cars Were Demolished and Contents Spilled on Right of Way Steamburg, Oct 4. – (Special.) – Two brakemen were killed early this morning by a…
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Locomotive Fire at Millers
The engine on train 52, due here at 7:50 a, m., back fired at Millers station one morning last week, due to a reversible blower. The cab of the engine caught fire but the blaze was promptly exetinguished by the heroic effort of the Millers fire department-but not until after the seat cusbions and some…
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Has Bought The Rails
Panama Traction Company Preparing to Build Line From Sugar Grove to Jamestown. The Panama Traction company has closed the contracts for the rails necessary for the construction of the ten miles of railroad line between Sugar Grove and Jamestown. It was announced today that work upon the grading of the line would commence as soon…
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Car Hit By Train in Elberta
Tuesday morning, Nov. 20, Ray Fitch suffered a fracture of both legs, one of them in two places, when his auto was hit by a New York Central freight train at Elberta station, three miles cast of here, on the R. W. & O. branch. The train stopped and he was picked up and taken…
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Panama and Ashville R. R.
The construction of the first railroad in this state to be operated wholly by gasolene power is provided for in a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the up-state Public Service Commission to the Panama Traction Co., for a six mile line between Panama and Ashville, through a sparsely settled rural section of…
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New Signal System
Chautauqua Traction Company, Jamestown, N. Y.-The Julian-Beggs Signal Company, Terre Haute, Ind. , has received a contract to install signal and speed control appliances on the lines of the Chautauqua Traction Company and the Jamestown, Westfield & Northwestern Railroad. It is estimated that the cost of the installation on the two roads will be about…
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Car Line to Panama Rocks
Work is progressing rapidly on the track-laying for the Ashville to Panama line of the Panama Traction Co. At the Ashville end of the proposed line, already nearly three miles of the grading is completed. Ties and track material are on hand, and actual laying of rails was started near Ashville. One bridge has been…
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Stuck by Trolley
Coroner J. E. Helwig this afternoon held an inquest into the death of George Ard of Hamburg, who was riding in Julius Schultz’e auto-truck when it was run down by a Lockport trolley car at Hoffman station on June 28th. at the North Tonawanda city court room this afternoon. Four witnesses was sworn. Evidence showed…
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Le Roy Railroad History
The article below gives the question and answer about Le Roy, NY history from a high school contest in 1916. QUESTION 17. Give the present and past names of the four railroads of Le Roy and the year that trains were first run on each of them. Answer. The first railroad to ran a train…
Buffalo and Cohocton Valley Railroad, Buffalo and Geneva Railroad, Buffalo, Corning and New York Railroad, Buffalo, New York and Erie Railroad, Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway, Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad, Erie Railroad, Le Roy, NY, Lehigh Valley Railroad, New York Central Railroad “Peanut Line”, New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad, Niagara Bridge and Canandaigua Railroad, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad, Rochester and State Line Railroad
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1916 Report on the Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway
The following information about the Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway was published in the “Poor’s Manual of Public Utilities” in 1916. Source: Poor’s Manual of Public Utilities. 1916. Found on Google Books.
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Poor’s Report: Niagara Junction Railway – 1916
Below is the listing for the Niagara Junction Railway in the 1916 edition of the Poor’s Manual of Public Utilities. The two electric locomotives listed would have been #3 and #4, which were purchased in 1913 when the line was electrified. Source: Poor’s Manual of Public Utilities, 1916, p. 470. Google Books.
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Up-State Railroad Sold
New Yorker Buys the Buffalo and Susquehanna for Bondholders. BUFFALO, N. Y., Sept. 13 – The property of the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railway, consisting of about 80 miles of trackage, several stations, and rolling stock, and operating between Buffalo and Wellsville, N. Y., was sold here today to Morton G. Bogue of New York, representing…
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Ask West Somerset Station
Devoe P. Hodson, public service commissioner, today heard testimony on the application of the residents of Newfane, Sommerset and Hartland in Niagara county for the New York Central company to establish a regular station at West Somerset. Witnesses stated they would be greatly convenienced by the establishment of a station at this point. Decision was…
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Accident Near Sportsman’s Club
A serious accident in which three people were injured occurred on the Chautauqua traction line last Thursday afternoon. Two heavy traction cars collided head on in the vicinity of the Sportsman’s Club between Victoria and Stow with the result that one of the cars was badly damaged and three persons injured. The injured were: Fred…
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Electrification of Western New York Railroad
The article below discusses the plans of the new owners of the steam-powered Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railway to convert the line to be electrically-powered and rename it as the Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad. The new owners, the Broadhead family of Jamestown, also owned the Chautauqua Traction Company, Jamestown Street Railway Company, and…
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Buffalo & Susquehanna Sold
CORNING, N.Y., Dec. 5 – The Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad was sold under foreclosure at Coudersport, Penn., to-day for $5,000,000. The purchase was made by a protective committee representing the first refunding 4 per cent. bonds. Alvin W. Krich, President of the Equitable Trust Company of New York, is chairman of the committee. Source: New…
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J. C. & L. E. Now Owned by Broadheads.
Jamestown, Nov. 7. At midnight the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railway became the property of S. B. and A. N. Broadhead of this city, who previous to the sale of the road by Thomas P. Heffernan, as referee, at Mayville on October 7th, had contracted to pay $457,500 for the road. On the day…
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Station Removed
A September 4, 1913 article about the removal of the station building at Chace’s, NY on the former Silver Lake Railway, which became part of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway on October 1, 1910.
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Electrification of the Junction Line Complete
Improvement Brings the City Another Tremendous Stride To Its Ultimate Position as the Supreme Electric City of the World. A milestone in the progress of Niagara Falls towards its ultimate goal of supremacy as the all-electric city of the world was reached and passed this week, when the Niagara Junction Railway turned over from steam…
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Searching for Mucal’s Relatives
Coroner Snow has asked tho assistance of the chief of police of Port Jervis in finding the relatives of Michael Mural, the man who was found in a dying condition on the Central railroad west of Dellwood station Saturday morning and who expired Sunday morning at the Batavia hospital. The body is still at the…
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Engine Sparks Set Fire and Destroy Station
Sparks from a locomotive set fire to a passenger station owned by the Pennsylvania railroad at Indian Church road and the city line shortly after 1:45 o’clock this morning. The station was destroyed and the damage is estimated at $500. Source: Buffalo [NY] Evening News, 22 April 1913, p. 1, Fulton History.
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Settlement Not In Sight
A May 1913 article about the strike against the Chautauqua Traction company and Jamestown Street Railway company. This is too long of an article for me to retype and the scan is poor enough that the OCR software doesn’t do a good job so I won’t include the text of the article. Sorry! Source: Buffalo…
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Raise Tracks
J. C. & L. E. Railway to Make Many Improvements to Avoid the High Water. With the near approach of spring the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railway has commenced extensive operations with a view to raising the tracks between Jamestown and Clifton above high water mark. It will be remembered that during the recent…
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Landslide
J. C. & L. E. Train Had Close Call to Serious Wreck at this Place Saturday Afternoon. Train 4 on the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie railroad, which left Jamestown at 1:25 p.m. Saturday had a narrow escape from being badly wrecked at this place, between the Main street and Lake Shore depots. Only for…
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New Trolley Line Now Seems Assured
Below is are two articles from the same date about a new trolley line from Hamburg to Falconer, NY. The line was never built. Believed That Work on Extension fromFalconer to Hamburg will be Commencedin Near Future – Right of WayNegotiations On. Falconer, Jan. 10 – During the past few days there has been much…
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Landslide on Erie Near Cattaraugus
Engine of Train Plowed into Mass ofEarth off Track – Damage to One Coach Dunkirk, Jan. 9 – While an incoming passenger train on the Erie railroad was running along near Cattaraugus yesterday morning, the engineer saw something across the track which he took to be a big snowdrift. When the engine went plowing into…
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Nickel Plate Customers in Westfield, NY – 1913
A 1913-1914 Nickel Plate Road Shippers’ Guide listed the following customers in Westfield: Note 1: Private Siding on line N. Y., C. & St. L. R. R. Note 2: Private Siding on line of some other road, but which can be reached by switching from N. Y., C. & St. L. R. R.
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Mayer’s Faith in B. & L. E. Not Shaken
Says Traction Company Was Not Organized by Sheehan and Himself. “I have faith in this property and the territory it serves,” declared Joseph B. Mayer of New York, who is here today, in speaking of the re-organization of the Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction company, “and I believe the securities of the company will eventually…
Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company, Dunkirk and Fredonia Street Railway, Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railroad
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J. C. & L. E. News
Traffic Manager W. P. Smith, of the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railway, has been called to New York to confer with Receiver George Bullock and the other officials there, concerning a proposed change of timecard, by which the morning train taken off a week ago may be restored and the United States mail service…
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DL&W Wreck at Leicester
Seventeen freight cars were piled upon the Lackawanna tracks at Leicester on Monday. It took the wrecking crew four hours to open traffic. Source: The Dansville [NY] Express, 12 September 1912, p. 3. NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Fire Destroys Power House at Jamestown, N. Y.
FORCES PLANTS TO CLOSE Fire Destroys Power House at Jamestown, N. Y. Jamestown, N. Y., Aug. 12.—Exploding coal gas in the power plant of the Jamestown Street Railway company and the Jamestown Lighting and Power company set the building afire and caused damage estimated at $25,000. Traffic on the local street railway and the Chautauqua…
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New J., C. & L. E. Timetable
One Additional Train Daily in Each Direction is Provided for in the Summer Schedule. The new timetable on the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie railway went into effect last Monday, with one additional train daily in each direction. Trains leave Jamestown now at 8:10 and 10:40 a. m., and 1:25, 4:25 and 5:45 p. m…
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New Equipment on J. C. & L. E.
The equipment of the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie railway is being increased steadily. On Thursday night a new freight locomotive arrived from Chicago, and another freight locomotive will be started from Chicago for the same destination Saturday. Source: Westfield Republican, 8 May 1912, p. 2, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Motor Cars on the J. C. & L. E.
WILL RUN EVERY HOUR Jamestown, April 18.—Tbe McKean gasolene motor car, ordered by the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie railway from the makers at Omaha, Neb., has arrived here. The car is 55 feet in length, with an engine of 200 horsepower, and, together with the Viele car brought here from Warren, Pa., some time…
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Changes at J., C. & L. E.
– J. D. Griffin, assistant to George Bullock, of New York, the receiver for the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie railroad, has made some sweeping changes among the officials and other employes of the road in Jamestown, and by this and other means hopes to be able to effect a saving of something like $600…
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Motor Cars
They Will Be Used on the J., C. & L. E. Road This Summer–A McKeen Car Purchased and the Viele Car Will be Tried Out. From a statement made by J. D. Griffin, assistant to Receiver Bullock, of the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railroad, this morning, it is assured that motor ears have been…
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Arcade, NY Railroad Facilities, 1912
The following description of the railroads is from a 1912 book on the history of Arcade, NY. In the early part of the year 1852 stock was subscribed along a proposed route by which the villages of Arcade and Attica were to be connected by rail. The roadbeds, culverts, etc., were completed in 1853 and…
Arcade, NY, Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad, Buffalo and Washington Railway, Buffalo, Attica and Arcade Railroad, Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad, Cuba, NY, Pennsylvania Railroad Buffalo Line, Sandusky, NY, Tonawanda Valley Extension Railroad
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Receiver Appointed
JAMESTOWN, NOV 16 – (Special). The news that a receiver had been appointed for the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railway and Chautauqua Steamboat Company was received with interest in Jamestown, and there seems to be a decided belief among business men that this step will open the way for the full development of the…
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Wellsville’s New Station
A new artistic and very cozy station has been erected at Wellsville, on the Allegheny Division, and, while proving how well the Erie is progressing in the general betterment, the benefit will be gained by Wellsville itself, as a result of the attractive structure, can easily be imagined. Because the town is going to the…
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Passing of the Silver Lake Road
An article from the October 13, 1910 issue of the Wyoming County Times newspaper about the October 1, 1910 sale of the Silver Lake Railway to the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway. Passing of the Silver Lake Road Saturday, October 1st, the Silver Lake Railway Company passed into history when the property was taken possession…
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Moon’s Station
Between Sinclairville and Frewsburg the train went right past a station called Moon. The station and a couple of farm houses were all there was to be seen but it was right there that E. C. Moon, general manager of the Lake Shore Railroad, originated, and he worked as telegraph operator in that same building.…
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Jamestown Fire; Damage $5000
JAMESTOWN, June 24- (Special). – Fire broke out in the roundhouse of the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railway yesterday and the damage amounted to between $3000 and $5000, which is covered by insurance. The fire started around the stack of the shops, which adjoin the roundhouse. Source: Buffalo [NY] Evening News, 24 June 1910,…
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Electrify J. C.
Note that this article repeatedly refers to the “Buffalo, Lake Erie & Western” traction line. No such railroad existed and the railroad referred to as the “Buffalo, Lake Erie & Western” was actually the Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company. Work Commenced on Electrifying the J., C. & L. E. Railroad —New Station in Brooklyn…
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Suspect Release by the Chief of Police
No Evidence Offered Connecting Arde Gardina With Death of Herbert Bennett, MEDINA, May 18 – (Special) – Sheriff Callaghan and the District Attorney went back to Albion last night without any tangible evidence as to the cause of death of Herbert Bennett, whose body was found near the trolley tracks at Eagle Harbor on last…
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Receiver in Charge of B. & S. Railroad
This is an article about the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad entering receivership in 1910. Source: Belmont Dispatch. Belmont, NY. May 6, 1910. Found on USGenNet web site.
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Excursion Season Opens on July 19th
The New York Central Will Bring More Visitors To Niagara This Year Than Ever Before Source: Niagara Falls Gazette. Niagara Falls, NY. April 9, 1910. fultonhistory.com
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No Trains On This Road Since Last Wednesday
JAMESTOWN, Feb, ‘ 15.-(Special),- The Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railway is still blocked by the heavy snow that has packed into the cuts between Mayville and Westfield in the region known as the “gulf.” An additional locomotive was sent over from the Brooks Locomotive Works at Dunkirk to help buck the snowdrifts. but broke…
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Central Takes Over G.C. & S. R. R.
The second district public service commission authorized the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad company to issue bonds to fund its purchase of the Geneva, Corning and Southern Railroad. Source: Niagara Falls Gazette. Niagara Falls, NY. February 14, 1910. Article found on fultonhistory.com.
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Isn’t It About Time Lackawanna Railroad Is Ejected From Pier?
A January 8, 1910 article about arguing that the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad should be kicked out of their Lackawanna Terminal building because it was built on land that was illegally taken from the government.
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Change of L&YFR Tracks in Youngstown
This January 1910 newspaper notice announced the plans of the Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway to build a new section of tracks in the village of Youngstown. The tracks would from the current tracks at Church and Third Streets, go north on Third Street, west on State Street, North on Lake Road to Jackson Street…
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Gasolene Vs Steam
This new Motor Power Seems to Solve Transportation Question For Branch Lines. The experiments with gasolene motor cars which the Erie railroad has been conducting for more than two years bidfair to be successful. The management realized some time ago the need of a frequent and economical passenger service on branch lines where the traffic…
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A New Manager
M. Brush Succeeds H. A Macbeth on the J, C. & L. E. Road. H. A. Macbeth, whose unflagging zeal and energy developed the Chautauqua Steamboat company and Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railroad company to the highest point of efficiency, has resigned the position of general agent and his place is taken by G.…
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Turtle in the Attic
People in the station of Martinsville hearing steps in the attic imagined a burglar was on the premises. An officer was called and on investigation it was found a mudturtle was making its way over the beams, and every time he crawled over one he fell, causing a sound like footsteps. Source: The Brockport [NY]…
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Changing of Routes in Lewiston
This (not very readable) public notice describes proposed changes to the Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway route in Lewiston, NY. The railroad proposed to lay its tracks on Oneida Street from Fifth to Eighth Street and to abandon the existing track on Onondaga Street between Fifth and Eighth Streets. Source: Niagara Falls [NY] Gazette, 22…
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New Timetable Effective
Source: Westfield [NY] Republican, 23 September 1908, p. 4, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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To Stop Trains at Sheridan
Pennsylvania Road Ordered to Do So by Public Service Commission. The public service commission has issued an order under date of May 5th, requiring the Pennsylvania to make Sheridan a flag or signal station for trains Nos. 61 and 62, beginning May 11th. No. 61 is a northbound train, due here at 3:57 p. m.,…
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Collision Was Unavoidable
General Manager George E. Maltby, of the Chautauqua Traction Company has completed his investigations of the causes that led to the wreck on the traction live near Westfield last week and he authorizes the statement that the accident was not the fault of the street railway employes. “There were 40 spots on the surface of…
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Mechanics Lien
Timothy Burke and John M. Burke of Scranton, Pa., have filed against the Erie Railroad, the Nypano Railroad Company and the Erie Land and Improvement Company what is probably the largest sum in a mechanics lien ever received in this county. The property affected is the new roadbed of the Erie Railroad between Lakewood and…