Erie Railroad
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Old Route of the Erie Railroad
From a paper produced by William J. McNamara, April 29, 1956; provided by the Historical Society of Dunkirk, New York; comments added by Roy A. Davis, Railroad Vice President, Historical Society of Dunkirk, NY; edited by Cheryl Lopanik, September 28, 1997. The construction of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad from Dunkirk, New…
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Erie Speeds Repairs on Wrecked Bridge
Source: Gowanda News. Gowanda, NY. October 20, 1955. Provided by Phil Palen
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Erie Freight Wrecks on Creek Bridge
An Erie freight train roaring across the Cattaraugus Creek bridge about 12:40 a.m. Wednesday morning was derailed from an undetermined cause, piling up 63 freight cars, about half of which were scattered along the bank or dumped into the stream. No one was reported injured. The pictures above, taken by Al McDonald, early Wednesday morning…
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Freight Wreck Loss Put at $250,000
SHATTERED CARS PILED 40 FEET DEEPIN VALLEY OF CATTARAUGUS CREEK 64 Leave Track, Rip Out Two Trestles Of Bridge;Debris Is Strewn for Quarter of a Mile By Jack West Buffalo Evening News Staff Reporter GOWANDA, Oct. 12 – The valley of Cattaraugus Creek was filled 40 feet deep with shattered freight cars in the spectacular…
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Burned Out Journal On Erie Freight Is Cause For Delay
The Erie Railroad River Line was blocked at North Cuba for more than four hours Monday morning when a journal on a refrigerator car burned out and caused the car to leave the rails. The car was part of westbound freight No. 191. The accident occurred about seven thirty o’clock and the line was cleared…
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Stolen Pork Found in Attic
A HALF TON OF CHOICEST PORK LOIN IS HID IN ATTIC OF VACANT HOUSE —- Meat was Discovered Last Sunday Where it was Carefully Hid Away in anUnfrequented Farm House – Officers Believe it is Result of SystematicPilfering from Railroad Trains, Which Run Slowly Eastbound in thatVicinity – Detectives are Working on the Case. More…
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Two Men Are Killed in Tail-End Wreck
TWO MEN ARE KILLED IN TAIL-END WRECK—-FREIGHTS CRASH IN FOG NEAR THE GRAVEL PITS—-WEST OF RED HOUSE STATION—-Two Brakemen Gave Lives in Accident Caused by Dense Atmosphere –A Number of Cars Were Demolished and Contents Spilled on Right of Way Steamburg, Oct 4. – (Special.) – Two brakemen were killed early this morning by a…
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Le Roy Railroad History
The article below gives the question and answer about Le Roy, NY history from a high school contest in 1916. QUESTION 17. Give the present and past names of the four railroads of Le Roy and the year that trains were first run on each of them. Answer. The first railroad to ran a train…
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Landslide on Erie Near Cattaraugus
Engine of Train Plowed into Mass ofEarth off Track – Damage to One Coach Dunkirk, Jan. 9 – While an incoming passenger train on the Erie railroad was running along near Cattaraugus yesterday morning, the engineer saw something across the track which he took to be a big snowdrift. When the engine went plowing into…
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Wellsville’s New Station
A new artistic and very cozy station has been erected at Wellsville, on the Allegheny Division, and, while proving how well the Erie is progressing in the general betterment, the benefit will be gained by Wellsville itself, as a result of the attractive structure, can easily be imagined. Because the town is going to the…