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Ten Freight Cars Derailed
A Wreck on the Erie Near LittleValley Thursday — No One Injured Trains from Dunkirk eastward on the Erie via Salamanca found it necessary Thursday to use that part of the B. & S. W. branch between Dayton and Jamestown and the main line between Jamestown and Salamanca in order to reach the latter place…
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Blizzard is the Worst in Years
Source: The Niagara Sun, Lockport, NY, 4 February 1902, p. 1, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Bad Wreck on Central
A Passenger and Freight Train in Collision at Fancher To-Day ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 3.—A telephone message from Medina says a wreck which nearly demolished trains, and injured two persons; occurred at Fancher, on the Falls division of the New York Central railroad this morning. The west bound passenger train which left Rochester at 8:15,…
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Railroad Wreck at Fancher!
While the first section of Train No. 336 on the Central Railroad of the station at Fancher, east of Albion, this morning the engine of the second section crashed into the rear coach of the first section, smashing it somewhat and causing the coach to take fire. The coach was considerably damaged by the flames.…
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Opening of JC&LE Westfield Extension
The following is from a 1921 history of Chautauqua County and describes the train coming to Westfield to celebrate the Centennial anniversary of the county. This was the opening of the extension of the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie railroad, which occurred on Saturday, June 21st, 1902. This little piece of road lies wholly within Chautauqua county, and extends through its most picturesque scenery. Descending at the rate of one hundred feet to the mile, it passes through deep cuts, over high but substantial trestle works, winding among the hills and along dark chasms and wild scenery, until the blue waters of Lake Erie appear in view, terminating in Westfield, close by the precipitous bank of Chautauqua creek. On the second day of the Centennial [June 25, 1902], a long train passed over this road, loaded with passengers from Jamestown, Falconer and Southern Chautauqua county, to participate in the ceremonies of the day. Source: Downs, John P. 1921. History of Chautauqua…
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Standard Gauge
First Train Reached Bolivar on Sunday, November 24. The first standard gauge train to run into Bolivar reached the Shawmut station at five o’clock, Sunday afternoon, Nov. 24, a date to jot down in your diary. A work train drawn by Engine 9 with S.E. Heers at the throttle and John Jacques in the fireman’s…
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1901 NYS Report on the Jamestown and Chautauqua Railway
Below is the report filed by the Jamestown and Chautauqua Railway with the New York State Board of Railroad Commissioners for the year ending June 30, 1901. The report showed that the railroad owned three locomotives with four driving wheels and leased one with six driving wheels. It owned 11 first-class passenger cars, one second-class passenger car,…
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1901 NYS Report on the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railway
Below is the annual report of the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railway for the year ending June 30, 1901. The report mistakenly refers to the railroad as the “Jamestown, Chautauqua and Erie” in the title but has the correct name of the company at the end. This is a very short report because at…
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1901 NYS Report on the Niagara Junction Railway
The report filed by the Niagara Junction Railway with the New York State Board of Railroad Commissioners for 1901. The report lists two locomotives; one with six drivers and one with four. This is the first mention in these reports of locomotive with six drivers and may reference locomotive #1, a 0-6-0 locomotive purchased in…
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1901 NYS Report on the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Electric Railway
Attached below is a portion of the Annual Report of the New York State Railroad Commissioners for 1901 describing the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Electric Railway. Source: Nineteenth Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York for 1901, Volume II, p. 897. Found on Google Books.