Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
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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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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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Construction of the Warren to Salamanca Line
This March 1882 article shows the progress made by the Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad to build their line from Warren, PA to Salamanca. It’s not that historically significant, but it gives me a chance to use the word “jollification,” which turns out to be a real word. See the Olean – Salamanca Line page…
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The Railroad Located
A June 1881 newspaper article about the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (“Nickel Plate Railroad”) purchasing land in Dunkirk, NY for their shops and depot. It is interesting that the article refers to a “joint” company that included the Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western (later part of the Pennsylvania Railroad) and the New York,…
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Proposed Railroad Extension
A Titusville telegram under date of the 5th inst. says :Mr. J. W. Jones, President of. the Pittsburgh, Titusville and Buffalo Railroad Company, has been here the week past in consultation with Superintendent Wilson of that road, relative to several important movements, extending the importance of the whole line, which when consummated, will be of…