Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
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DL&W Wreck at Leicester
Seventeen freight cars were piled upon the Lackawanna tracks at Leicester on Monday. It took the wrecking crew four hours to open traffic. Source: The Dansville [NY] Express, 12 September 1912, p. 3. NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Isn’t It About Time Lackawanna Railroad Is Ejected From Pier?
A January 8, 1910 article about arguing that the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad should be kicked out of their Lackawanna Terminal building because it was built on land that was illegally taken from the government.
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Fireman May Die
Three Badly Hurt in Collision on the Lackawanna. Buffalo, Nor. 8.-Harry J. Tompkins, the fireman who was injured in the collision on the Lackawanna railroad last night near Fargo, is in a critical condition and may die. Both legs were so badly crushed that amputation was necessary. Others injured were: J. W. Heffern, express messenger,…
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Died from Shock
Source: The Niagara Sun, Lockport, NY. 6 January 1903, p. 2. NYS Historic Newspapers.
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An Unknown Man Killed
BATAVIA, Jan. 11. – The body of an old man, frightfully mangled, was found near the Lackawanna station at Alexander yesterday. From papers in his possession it is supposed that he was Peter Johnson, an inmate of the soldiers’ home at Bath, who had been to Buffalo to draw his pension and was stealing a…
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DL&W Stations in Town of York – 1892
The following is an excerpt of a complaint by residents of the town of York against the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad after the railroad stopped passenger service to the three stations in town – Greigsville, Craigs, and Linwood. IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPLAINT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF YORK, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, v. THE DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. April 18 , 1892. A numerously-signed petition of residents of the town of York, Livingston county, was duly filed…
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WNY&P/Lackawanna Rumor
It is reported that the Lackawanna will build thirty-eight miles of road between Brocton, N. Y., and Erie, Pa., and will make a deal with the Western New York and Pennsylvania. By the terms of the deal the latter will use the new road to get into Erie and in return the Lackawanna trains will…
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Mall Service on the Lackawanna
Official information has been received at the Batavia Post office that the stage mail-service between Batavia and East Bethany will be discontinued on the 30th inst. Beginning December 1st East Bethany will receive its mail from the Lackawanna railroad, an order instituting a mail service on that road between Binghamton and Buffalo having just been…
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Burglars at East Alexander
Burglars visited J. C. Gardner’s coal office at East Alexander on the Lackawanna road last night, gaining an entrance by breaking four panes of glass and then tearing out the sash. A box of cigars, some plug tobacco, a quantity of smoking tobacco, a little small change and a few postage stamps were taken, amounting…
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War Over a Railroad Track
A May 28, 1883 article from The (NY) Evening Post describing the battles between the Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad to build their respective tracks over a plot of land near Buffalo. The Rochester and Pittsburgh was in the process at that time of building their line from Buffalo…