History
The Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad was incorporated on August 18, 1881 to a railroad from the town of Machias to Buffalo. This was a “paper railroad” that didn’t build any track or operate any trains. On November 28, 1881 it was purchased by the Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad.
In October 1885 when the Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad was broken into two parts. The parts in Pennsylvania became the Pittsburgh and State Line Railroad and the parts in New York State became the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad. Though they were separate companies, the Pittsburgh and State Line it owned no equipment, and the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad operated its property, retained the revenues and paid the expenses.
In March 1887, the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad merged with the Pittsburgh and State Line Railroad to become the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway.
Learn More
- Pietrak, Paul. 1979. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway. Boston, NY: Self Published.
- Wikipedia. “Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway” This archive of Interstate Commerce Commission documents traces the corporate lineage of the company.