A June 1881 newspaper article about the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (“Nickel Plate Railroad”) purchasing land in Dunkirk, NY for their shops and depot. It is interesting that the article refers to a “joint” company that included the Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western (later part of the Pennsylvania Railroad) and the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad. I knew the two companies shared stations along the line between Brocton and Buffalo but am not sure what it means to be a joint company.
Source: The Chautauqua News, Sherman, NY, 29 June 1881, p. 1, NYS Historic Newspapers.