New York Railroad Archive

Lake View, NY

A 1905 topographic map showing the routes of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, Nickel Plate Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroads through the towns of Derby, North Evans, and Lakeview, NY. Author’s Illustration.

Lake View is a village in the town of Hamburg, NY. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway and Chautauqua Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad both had stations in Lake View.

Map showing the locations of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (“L.S.& M.S. R.R.”), Nickel Plate (“N.Y.C. & St. L. R.R.”), and Pennsylvania Railroad (“Penna R.R.”) stations in Lake View, NY. Author’s illustration from a 1909 map from Historic Map Works.

Pennsylvania Railroad and Nickel Plate Road

A 1920s view of the Lake View, NY station used by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York, Chicago and St. Louis (Nickel Plate) Railroad. Nickel Plate Historical and Technical Society.
A 1964 view of the Lake View, NY station used by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York, Chicago and St. Louis (Nickel Plate) Railroad. The station was torn down soon after this photo was taken. seiz2day.com.

A 1913-1914 Nickel Plate Road shippers’ guide did not list any customers in Lake View.

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad

The Buffalo and State Line Railroad completed its line through Lake View in February 1852. The line was later operated by the Buffalo and Erie Railroad (1857 – 1869), Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (1869 – 1877), New York Central and Hudson River Railroad (1877 – 1914), and New York Central Railroad (1914 – 1968).

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