New York Railroad Archive

Chemung Railroad

  • Building of Pennsylvania Railroad Line Through Yates…

    The following (long) 1941 article by Donald Disbrow recounts the history of the Elmira Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Note that there are a few errors and areas requiring clarification in the article: Source: Chronicle-Express, Penn Yan, NY, 30 January 1941, p. 1. NYS Historic Newspapers.

  • Chemung Railroad

    THIS company was incorporated by special act of the New York Legislature, in May, 1845, for the purpose of constructing a railroad from the head of Seneca Lake to the Erie Railway, in the county of Chemung. The line was opened in 1849, having been leased, while in the course of construction, to what was…