Pennsylvania Railroad Buffalo Line
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Ischua Station Is Discontinued
Albany, July 6.—The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has been authorized by the Public Service Commission to discontinue the services of an agent at its Ischua station in Cattaraugus county. The authorization was granted on condition that the railroad company place the Ischua station under the jurisdiction of the agent at Franklinville and that the company maintain…
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Pennsy to Discontinue Agent at Ischua Station
Albany, July 8.—The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has been authorized by the Public Service Commission to discontinue the services of an agent at its Ischua station in Cattaraugus county. The authorization was granted on condition that the company place the Ischua station under the jurisdiction of the agent at Franklinville and maintain the waiting room of…
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Building of PRR Yard in Ebenezer
SOUTH SIDE CALLED SELFISH Becker Says Freight Yards In Houghton Park Would Aid Industry Opposition by South Buffalonians to a 32-track yard and repair shops, which the Pennsylvania railroad proposes to bulld in Indian Church road was characterized as selfish Saturday by Councilman Joseph W. Becker of the North district, who announced his intention of…
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1923 Pennsylvania Railroad List of Stations and Sidings
This document is a detailed list of all the stations, freight and passenger, and sidings on the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1923, including details on the customers serviced by the sidings.
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Trapped By Train
Franklinville Man Killed in Narrow Cut by Train Which he was Trying to beat to Station. Olean, March 7.-While attempting to beat a train to the Ischua station shortly after 8 o’clock yesterday morning, Albert Miller, 35 years old, a farmer of Franklinville, was trapped in a cut on the Pennsylvania railroad station and ground…
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Engine Sparks Set Fire and Destroy Station
Sparks from a locomotive set fire to a passenger station owned by the Pennsylvania railroad at Indian Church road and the city line shortly after 1:45 o’clock this morning. The station was destroyed and the damage is estimated at $500. Source: Buffalo [NY] Evening News, 22 April 1913, p. 1, Fulton History.
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Arcade, NY Railroad Facilities, 1912
The following description of the railroads is from a 1912 book on the history of Arcade, NY. In the early part of the year 1852 stock was subscribed along a proposed route by which the villages of Arcade and Attica were to be connected by rail. The roadbeds, culverts, etc., were completed in 1853 and…
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1906 Inspection Report of the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad / Pennsylvania Railroad
Below is the 1906 inspection report of the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway, operated since 1900 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. From the introduction: On August 21, 22 and 23, 1906, I made an inspection of the lines of the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway in this State and respectfully submit the following report…
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Three Men Killed
This article described the head-on collision of two Pennsylvania Railroad trains on the Buffalo line between Delevan and Lime Lake, NY. The wreck killed three men – a Fireman Frederick McCarthy, Engineer Frank Bedford, and Brakeman M. P. Cullinan, all of Buffalo. Source: The Wyoming County Herald, Arcade, NY, 29 July 1904, p. 1, NYS…
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One Boy Killed and One Fatally Hurt
A December 24, 1902 newspaper article about a Pennsylvania Railroad train striking two boys who were crossing the tracks at Blakeley’s Crossing in East Aurora, NY. Source: Buffalo [NY] Evening News, 24 December 1902, p. 1. NYS Historic Newspapers.