Jewettville, sometimes called “Jewett”, was a station in Erie County on the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway. The station was at the intersection of the railroad and Old Glenwood Road. It was built in 1894 and torn down in August 1963.
History
The line between Buffalo and Ashford was built in 1883 by the Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad and was later operated by the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway, and the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad. Passenger service on the line ended on 15 October 1955 when the B&O ended its Buffalo – Pittsburgh service. Freight service dwindled over the years and different sections of line were abandoned and removed over the years. As of 2024 only two short segments of the line were still in use – from Buffalo south to Orchard Park and from Ashford north to West Valley.
Digital Artifacts
- At 7:58 of this video a train stops and then leaves Jewettville depot.
- This video, shows the last train to come through Jewettville in 2010, hauling the rails that had been removed from other parts of the line.
