New York Central Railroad
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New York Central Timetable – July 18, 1948
A July 18, 1948 system timetable for the New York Central Railroad. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
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New York Central Memo September 30, 1935
[The following is a memo sent to officers and employees of the New York Central railroad in 1935.] New York Central System F.E. Williamson New York Central BuildingPresident 230 Park Avenue New York September 30. 1935 TO ALL NEW YORK CENTRAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES: It is not necessary for me to tell any member of the…
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Petition to Abandon Fentonville Station
This 1929 article notes the petition of the New York Central Railroad to halt stops at the Fentonville station in Chautauqua County. For many years this line was operated by the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad (the “valley branch” referenced in the article). Source: Westfield [NY] Republican, 21 August 1929, p. 5, NYS Historic…
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1919 New York Central Railroad Rear End Collision in Dunkirk, NY
A rear-end collision between two New York Central passenger trains occurred at Dunkirk, on July 1, 1919 resulting in the death of 8 passengers and the injury of 170 others. The following are the official Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) report on the accident and a series of articles and editorials in Railway Age magazine about…
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Searching for Mucal’s Relatives
Coroner Snow has asked tho assistance of the chief of police of Port Jervis in finding the relatives of Michael Mural, the man who was found in a dying condition on the Central railroad west of Dellwood station Saturday morning and who expired Sunday morning at the Batavia hospital. The body is still at the…
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Excursion Season Opens on July 19th
The New York Central Will Bring More Visitors To Niagara This Year Than Ever Before Source: Niagara Falls Gazette. Niagara Falls, NY. April 9, 1910. fultonhistory.com
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Central Takes Over G.C. & S. R. R.
The second district public service commission authorized the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad company to issue bonds to fund its purchase of the Geneva, Corning and Southern Railroad. Source: Niagara Falls Gazette. Niagara Falls, NY. February 14, 1910. Article found on fultonhistory.com.
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Trains Cut In Two
Two Firemen Injured — Three Freight Cars Smashed Rochester, Feb 17 – A freight train crossing from the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg tracks to No. 3 track on the New York Central at Lincoln Park, was struck and cut in two by the eastbound Continental Limited on the West Shore. Both engineer and fireman on…
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Blizzard is the Worst in Years
Source: The Niagara Sun, Lockport, NY, 4 February 1902, p. 1, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Bad Wreck on Central
A Passenger and Freight Train in Collision at Fancher To-Day ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 3.—A telephone message from Medina says a wreck which nearly demolished trains, and injured two persons; occurred at Fancher, on the Falls division of the New York Central railroad this morning. The west bound passenger train which left Rochester at 8:15,…