One of my goals of writing this site to help others who are interested in these subjects find more information. This page is a living document with links to different web sites and documents that I have found useful.
General References
Poor’s Manual of the Railroads
These books provided historical, financial, and operating information about the railroads operating in the United States.
- 1900: Poor’s Manual of the Railroads of the United States, Thirty-Third Annual Number, 1900. Google Books.
- 1904: Poor’s Railroad Manual, Thirty-Seventh Annual Number, 1904. Google Books.
- 1905: Poor’s Manual of the Railroads of the United States, Thirty-Eighth Annual Number, 1905. Google Books.
- 1916: Poor’s Manual of Public Utilities, 1916. Google Books.
- 1925: Poor’s Railroad Section, 1925. Google Books.
Places
New York State
New York State Engineer and Surveyor Annual Reports
- 1881: Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor on the Railroads of the State of New York For the Year Ending June 30, 1881. Google Books.
Railroad Commissioners’ Annual Reports
The New York State Board of Railroad Commissioners issued yearly reports that included information on every railroad in the state. They typically covered a period through the end of September of a given year and were issued early the following year. For example, the Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1883 was transmitted to the legislature on January 14, 1884. In some years the reports had multiple volumes.
Below is list link to of reports labeled by the end year and publication year. The report listed in the example above would be “1883/1884”
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- Annual Report 1855/1856: Volume 1
- Annual Report 1856/1857: Volume 2
- Annual Report, 1883/1884: Volume 1, Volume 2
- 2nd Annual Report, 1884/1885: Volume 1, Volume 2
- 3rd Annual Report, 1885/1886: Volume 1
- 4th Annual Report, 1886/1887: Volume 1
- 6th Annual Report, 1888/1889: Volume 1, Volume 2
- 6th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1888, Volume I. Google Books.
- 6th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1888, Volume II. Google Books.
- 7th Annual Report, 1889/1890: Volume 1, Volume 2
- 7th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1889, Volume I. Google Books.
- 7th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1889, Volume II. Google Books.
- 9th Annual Report, 1891/1892: Volume 2
- 10th Annual Report, 1892/1893: Volume 1, Volume 2
- 10th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1892, Volume I. Google Books.
- 10th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1892, Volume II. Google Books.
- 11th Annual Report, 1893/1894: Volume 1, Volume 2
- 12th Annual Report, 1894/1895: Volume 1, Volume 2
- 12th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1894, Volume I. Google Books.
- 12th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1894, Volume II. Google Books.
- 13th Annual Report, 1895/1896: Volume 1, Volume 2
- 13th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1895, Volume I. Google Books.
- 13th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1895, Volume II. Google Books.
- 15th Annual Report, 1897/1898: Volume 1, Volume 2
- 15th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1897, Volume I. Google Books.
- 15th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1897, Volume II. Google Books.
- 16th Annual Report, 1898/1899: Volume 1, Volume 2
- 16th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1898, Volume I. Google Books.
- 16th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1898, Volume II. Google Books.
- 17th Annual Report, 1899/1900: Volume 1, Volume 2
- 17th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1899, Volume I. Google Books.
- 17th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1899, Volume II. Google Books.
- 18th Annual Report, 1900/1901: Volume 1
- 19th Annual Report, 1901/1902: Volume 1, Volume 2
- 19th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1901, Volume I. Google Books.
- 19th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1901, Volume II. Google Books.
- 20th Annual Report, 1902/1903: Volume 2
- 21st Annual Report, 1903/1904: Volume 1, Volume 2
- 21st Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1903, Volume I. Google Books.
- 21st Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1903, Volume II. Google Books.
- 22nd Annual Report, 1904/1905: Volume 2
- 23rd Annual Report, 1905/1906: Volume 1, Volume 2
- 24th Annual Report, 1906/1907: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Public Service Commissioners
1907: First Annual Report of the Public Service Commission, Second District, For the Six Months Ending December 31, 1907. Google Books.
Cattaraugus County
Adams, William (editor). 1893. Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Syracuse, NY: Lyman, Horton & Co., Limited.
Everts, L. H. . 1879. History of Cattaraugus Co., New York with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia.
Chautauqua County
- Downs, John P. 1921. History of Chautauqua County and its People. American Historical Society, Inc. Volume I, Volume II.
Tompkins County
Hardy C. Lee (revised and expanded by Winton G. Rossiter and John Marcham). “A History of Railroads in Tompkins County“
General
Electric Railway Journal
- 1910, July to December: Electric Railway Journal, DATE, p. PAGE, Google Books.
- 1915, January to June: Electric Railway Journal, DATE, p. PAGE, Google Books.
- 1915, July to December: Electric Railway Journal, DATE, p. PAGE, Google Books.
- 1917, January to June: Electric Railway Journal, DATE, p. PAGE, Google Books.
Railroads
Atlantic and Great Western Railway
Atlantic & Great Western Railway. 1863. First Annual Report of the Atlantic & Great Western Railway. Buffalo, NY: Wheeler, Mathews & Warren, Com’l Adv. Printing House.
Atlantic & Great Western Railway. 1866. The Atlantic and Great Western Railway : connections, stations, distances, map, &c., &c. : the great through route between the East and West, Northwest, South, and Southwest
Erie Railroad
Minor, George. 1911. The Erie System. New York, NY: Erie Railroad Company.
Mott, Edward. 1899. Between the Ocean and the Lakes – The Story of Erie. New York, NY: J.S. Collins.