The New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad, or NYPANO, was a short-lived, 1880 to 1883, company that operated what would become the Erie Railroad Meadville line west of Salamanca.
History
The railroad was organized in March 1880 from the bankrupt Atlantic and Great Western Railroad. It was owned by five English investors in the A&GW who elected J. H. Devereaux, former president of the A&GW, as president of the new company. Devereaux was succeeded by Jarvis M. Adams who, on March 6, 1883, leased the NYPANO to the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad. On February 24, 1896 the NYPANO was sold under foreclosure to representatives of the Erie. In 1941 the property of the NYPANO Railroad Company was conveyed to the Erie.
The major accomplishment of the NYPANO was the June 22, 1880 conversion of the line from its original 6-foot gauge to standard gauge.
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Learn More
- Hungerford, Edward. 1949. Men of Erie. New York, NY: Random House
- Mott, Edward. 1899. Between the Ocean and the Lakes – The Story of Erie. New York, NY: J.S. Collins.