New York Railroad Archive

Atlantic and Great Western Railroad

  • 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…

  • Reminiscences of the Atlantic & Great Western

    Thirty Years Ago the Jamestown Freight Station Was an Insignificant Affair – Interviews With Veterans in the Service It was 30 years ago today that Frank S. Jones, ticket agent at the uptown office of the J. C. & L. E. railway and local freight manager for the Pennsylvania Railroad, began his career as a…

  • 1879 Annual Meeting of the Buffalo and Southwestern Railroad

    The Annual Meeting of the Buffalo and Southwestern Company. The regular annual election of the Buffalo and Southwestern Railway Co. was held yesterday. The election of thirteen directors took place in the morning with the following results: James Adams, W. H. H. Newman, W. S. Bissel, L. S. Jenks, Henry Martin, Jno. F. Moulton, Geo.…

  • Discussion of Mogul and Consolidation Engines on the Atlantic & Great Western Railway

    On November 14, 1878 the roadmasters of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway held a meeting in Meadville to discuss a variety of topics relating to the operation of the railroad. Among the topics was the use of Mogul and Consolidation engines. The following is a copy of the proceedings dealing with the use of…

  • Atlantic and Great Western Railroad!

    Laying of the Rails to Jamestown to-day.Arrival of the First Train from New York.HISTORY OF THE ROADDinner to Mr. Kennard, Chief-Engineer.Speeches, Toasts, &c., &c. RECENT HISTORY OF THE WORK. This great enterprise, which has for a decade of years absorbed the interest of capitalists and commercial men, as well as the business public, both east…

  • The A. & G. W. R. R. Co. of N. Y.

    On the 2d day of December 1858 a company was organized in this place under the above corporate name for the purpose of building a branch of the Erie & New York City Railroad, of about 10 miles in length, to connect the latter road with the A. & G. W. R. R. of Pa.…

  • Depot Location

    The following 1860 article is about the location of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad depot in Jamestown, NY. This would be the first of four stations in Jamestown on what would become the Erie Railroad. The Depot is located, and the Irishmen, spades and carts are grading the surface. Instead of the place being…

  • Look out for the Cars!!

    The following article concerns the arrival of the tracks of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad. With the completion of this line, Jamestown had a rail connection to Salamanca, and from there to the Erie Railroad and New York City. “HERE SHE COMES !!”The Cars at Dexterville!!LIGHT IN THE EAST !! Hip, Hoorah! The cars…

  • 1860 Annual Meeting of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad

    The following article about the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad is from the July 19, 1860 issue of The Railroad Record magazine. Much of the report is based on the report of the work of the contractor building the line westward from the New York and Erie Railroad…

  • The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad

    “In the Assembly, the bill to authorize the sale of the Erie and New-York City Railroad to the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad Company was ordered to be reported complete.”