Vandalia and South Vandalia are hamlets in the town of Carrollton, NY. There were railroad stations using both names in the two hamlets.
Erie Railroad
Vandalia was a station on the Erie Railroad between Carrollton and Allegany stations. I have not been able to find any photos of the station and the only reference I could find to its location was one Erie Railroad valuation map that shows the depot on the south side of the tracks just east of Canfield Street, currently named N 9 Mile Road.
Pennsylvania Railroad
Vandalia, or sometimes South Vandalia, was a station on the Pennsylvania Railroad’s River Line that started in Olean and passed through Salamanca. The station was likely built around 1882/1883 when the line was completed and was named “South Vandalia.” In 1899 it was renamed as “Vandalia” station. I am not sure, but I believe it was located where the tracks crossed the road just north and west of the “S” in “South Vandalia” in the topographic map above.
The line was first constructed 1882 or 1883 by the Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad and was operated by the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway / Railroad (1882 – 1887), Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad / Railway (1887 to 1900), and the Pennsylvania Railroad (1900 – 1962). The line was abandoned by the PRR in 1965.
South Vandalia and State Line Railroad
The very short-lived South Vandalia and State Line Railroad connected to the Western New York and Pennsylvania, which later became the Pennsylvania Railroad, at South Vandalia.
Digital Artifacts
