Gainesville, NY is a town in Wyoming County that was a station on the Rochester line of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway. The Silver Springs station on the Buffalo Line of the Erie Railroad was originally known as known as Gainesville.
History
The line was built by the Rochester and State Line Railroad and reached Gainesville in May 1878. The line was operated by the Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad (1881 – 1887), and the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway (1887 – 1932), and then the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Clippings
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Photographs
Maps
1904 map of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway system.
1910 map of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway
Timetables
A November 25, 1878 timetable of trains on the Rochester and State Line Railway. Olean [NY] Daily Herald, October 13, 1881. NYS Historic Newspapers.
Timetable of trains on the Erie Railway main line between Buffalo and Hornell effective June 1, 1881. The Nunda [NY] News, 3 June 1882.
A June 7, 1891 timetable of trains on the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railway. Traveler’s Official Guide, June 1891. Google Books.
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.