1905 NYS Report on the Niagara Junction Railway

Below is the report filed by the Niagara Junction Railway with the New York State Board of Railroad Commissioners for the year ending June 30, 1905.

The report listed the same two locomotives, one with six drivers and one with four, as in previous years. This year the report showed four flat cars, a decrease from the six listed in previous years. The company listed a credit of $346.47 for the “Sale of old flat cars.”

It notes that the railroad had 13.89 miles of track, down from 13.77 miles in 1904. The company spent $110.69 on “Construction of new sidings to factories.”

The report listed six unprotected highway crossings and one highway crossed over grade (the street went over the railroad), which was unchanged from the previous year.

The report showed the same railroad crossings as in previous years: two steam railroad crossed over grade (the Niagara Junction Railroad crossed over the steam railroads), one street railroad crossed over grade, one street railroad crossed unprotected at grade.

It appears that the Railroad Commissioners were no longer tracking underpasses as the underpass of 10th Street under the tracks is not listed this year as it was in the previous year. They also seem to have changed the definitions. In the past “undergrade” meant the railroad passed over the street or other railroad. This year, the term “over grade” is used to refer to the same thing.

Source: 23nd Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1905, Volume II. Google Books.