New York and Erie Railroad
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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.
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Dayton Depot Burned
This article, originally published on September 1, 1853, was found in the 1901 history of the town of Dayton, NY. It recounts the destruction of the New York and Erie Railroad depot in Dayton, NY. From the Independent Chronicle, Gowanda, September 1, 1853. About 9 o’clock on Monday evening, we discovered that a conflagration was…
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Locomotive Trial Trip
We have been furnished by Mr. H.L. Martine, Superintendent of the Machine Shop at Scranton, with the result of an experiment made on the 18th ult., upon the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad, which seems to challenge the world for its equal in the capacity and draught of locomotive engines: “The Ontario is a ten…
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New Railroad Enterprise
When it was chartered by New York State, the New York and Erie Railroad was prohibited from running through other states or connecting to railroad in other states and was required to have its western terminus on Lake Erie. The railroad recognized that it would eventually need to expand westward and this 1852 article discusses…
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Opening of the Buffalo and New York City and Portage High Bridge
Buffalo and New York City Railroad.—We have received an invitation from this company, to attend the celebration on the 25th, of the completion of the high bridge across the Genesee river at Portage and of the opening of the Railroad from Attica to Hornellsville. The bridge is two hundred and thirty-four feet above the bed…
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Canandaigua and Jefferson Railroad
This article from the September 20, 1851 issue of the American Railroad Journal announced the completion of the Canandaigua and Jefferson Railroad between Canandaigua to Jefferson, NY (now known as Watkins). The actual name of the railroad was the Canandaigua and Elmira Railroad, but was sometimes referred to in the press as the “Canandaigua and…
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A Great Bargain!
The 1836 advertisement below illustrates one of the impacts of the building of the New York and Erie Railroad, and most railroads, – land speculation. People realized that having access to the railroad would allow them to ship raw materials like timber to new markets. Towns along the potential route of the railroad lobbied and…