Albion, NY
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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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Railroad Smash-Up
A freight train bound cast struck the Albion work train at Eagle Harbor, on this branch of the Central road, this morning at about 8 o’clock, and there was a bad smash-up. The engineer of the work train was quite badly hurt, and the road was blocked until after noon, causing the noon train to…
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Albion Railroad Depot Consumed
The railroad depot at Albion took fire yesterday morning about seven o’clock and was totally consumed. The Albion station was on the Niagara Falls Road Branch of the New York Central Railroad. Source: Courier & Republic, Buffalo, NY, 20 June 1873, p. 2, NYS Historic Newspapers.