Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Poor’s Report: BNY&P Railroad – 1885
The PDF below is the section of the 1885 Poor’s Manual of Railroads report on the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad for 1885. Below is an excerpt with the history of the company: In 1853 the Buffalo and Allegheny RR. Co. was chartered to build a line from Buffalo to Yorkshire, N. Y., 40…
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1883 Inspection Report of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad
The 1883/1884 report of the New York State Railroad Commissioners included the following report of the inspection of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad. BUFFALO, NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA RAILROAD. The Buffalo division is a single track line, extending from the city of Buffalo to Olean, and south to the Pennsylvania State line, a…
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The Grand Narrow Gauge Gridiron of Southwestern New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania
Comparatively few of our readers are aware of the extent to which the narrow gauge railroad system of northwestern Pennsylvania and southwestern New York has been carried, much less do they realize the extent of that system when pushed to perfection. Two interests, those of Erie and its allies, and the Buffalo, New York and…
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Genesee Valley Canal Railroad Progress
GENESEE VALLEY CANAL RAILROAD. From the Rochester Express we clip the following : “A construction train is now running on the Genesee Valley Canal Railroad from this city to Fowlerville, or Spencer’s basin, within ten miles of Mt. Morris. Between Mt. Morris and Fowlerville the grading is completed for the distance of six miles, and…
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The City’s Railroad Stock
A newspaper article about a resolution before the Buffalo Common Council for the city to sell its stocks in the Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad and Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad. The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred a resolution directing the sale of the city’s stock in the Buffalo & Jamestown and Buffalo,…
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Complimentary
The editor of the Emporium Independent came to Buffalo a few days ago, and upon returning home he thus speaks of some of the officials of the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railway: “During our stay in that Queen City of the lakes, we met several of the principal officers of the B., N. Y.…