Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad
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Chautauqua Traction Line Was Active Means Of Transportation In Early 1900’s
An article from a railroad historian about the Chautauqua Traction company and railroading around Westfield and Mayville, NY. He uses a lot of acronyms, including “C. T.” – Chautauqua Traction Company, “J. W.” – the Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad, and “B. & L. E.” – the Buffalo and Lake Erie traction company. WESTFIELD –…
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Mayville Main Section May Lose Car Service
MAYVILLE , Dec 10 – George E. Maltby, general manager of the J. W. & N. W. and Chautauqua Traction lines, has been in Mayville during the last few days and held conferences with officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad. In connection with the hearing before the Public Service commission, A. N. Broadhead, president of the…
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Electrification of Western New York Railroad
The article below discusses the plans of the new owners of the steam-powered Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railway to convert the line to be electrically-powered and rename it as the Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad. The new owners, the Broadhead family of Jamestown, also owned the Chautauqua Traction Company, Jamestown Street Railway Company, and…