Clymer, NY

The former Pennsylvania Railroad station in Clymer, NY on April 13, 1968. Facebook “Railroad Station Historical Society” group.

Clymer is a village in the southwest corner of Chautauqua County. The first railroad in Clymer was the Buffalo and Oil Creek Cross Cut Railroad, which was built in 1865. The line through Clymer went through many name changes before becoming the Chautauqua Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Detail of an 1881 map showing the location of the Buffalo and Oil City Cross-Cut Railroad (“B. & O. C. C. C. R. R.”) Clymer, NY depot. From “Chautauqua County 1881, New York” published by F.W. Beers and Co. in 1881. Found on HistoricMapWorks.com.

A 1952 paper entitled “Clymer and its People – Then and Now” by Mrs. Effie W. Ruslink commented that:

Clymer was bonded for $20,000. shortly after the Civil War to assist the Buffalo and Oil Creek Cross Cut Railroad. The Company had received a charter in 1865 to connect Brocton with Corry, a distance of 43.2 miles. On June 8, 1878 the railroad was abandoned, but on January 7, 1879 it resumed operations and has been one of the greatest factors in the development of Clymer.

Clippings

Station Photographs

The former Pennsylvania Railroad station in Clymer, NY on April 13, 1968. Facebook “Railroad Station Historical Society” group.

Other Photographs

Maps

A 1905 topographic map showing the village of Clymer and the Chautauqua Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Detail of a 1952 Pennsylvania Railroad Central Region map showing the lines in Western New York. Pennsylvania Railroad. 1952. Found on Multimodalways.com.

Timetables

Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad, or potentially the Buffalo, Chautauqua Lake and Pittsburg Railroad, timetable effective November 21, 1878. Though titled the “Chautauqua Lake R. R.” the later railroad with that name ran on a completely different route. Westfield Republican. Westfield, NY. January 8, 1879

A January 8, 1879 timetable of trains running on the Buffalo, Chautauqua Lake and Pittsburgh Railway. Westfield [NY] Republican, 8 January 1879, p. 4, NYS Historic Newspapers

A timetable for the Buffalo, Chautauqua Lake and Pittsburgh Railway effective August 4, 1879. The Chautauqua News. Sherman, NY. December 24, 1879.

A June 14, 1891 timetable of trains on the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad Pittsburg Division. Traveler’s Official Guide, June 1891. Google Books.

A timetable of trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad Chautauqua Branch effective November 29, 1903. Travelers Official Guide of the Railway and Steam Navigation Lines, February 1904. Found on Google Books.

Other Things

Learn More

Wikipedia. “Clymer, New York“