Cuba, NY

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 1886 Inspection Report of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad

    Below is an inspection report of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad from the 1886/1887 Annual Report of the New York State Railroad Commissioners, Volume 1. It details the results of an inspection of the railroad in October 1886. Note: The report refers to it as the “Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway” but…

  • Genesee Valley Canal Railroad Approaches Cuba

    -The construction train on the Genesee Valley Canal railroad has now reached what is known as Hicks’ corners, a point about two miles west of this village. Track is being laid at the rate of two-thirds of a mile per day. Although the smoking engine has not put in an appearance at Cuba as soon…

  • Fast Train on the N. Y., P. & O. R. R.

    A new through express train, No. 8, from Chicago to New York, is now running over the N. Y., P. & O. R. R., passing Jamestown at 7:38 a. m. The train stops only at Corry and Jamestown on the eastern division, and makes the trip from Meadville to Salamanca in two hours and 45…