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A Collision
A March 30, 1901 article about a collision between a passenger train on the New York Central‘s Niagara Falls Branch and a trolley on the Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge street railway on Second Street in Niagara Falls, NY. Source: Niagara Courier, Niagara Falls, NY, 30 March 1901, p. 3, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Jamestown Road’s Good Connection
D. J. Bill. General passenger agent of the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railroad, says that, beginning on May 1st. a new branch of that road will be opened as far as Westfield. This will give the road a direct connection with the Lake Shore and the Nickel Plate railroads, and it is the purpose…
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Two Very Bad Wrecks
Below is a scan of a long article in the February 8, 1901 issue of the Cattaraugus Republican newspaper published in Salamanca and Little Valley, NY. It concerns a wreck on the Erie Railroad main line in Carrollton, NY, just south of Salamanca. The first paragraph summarizes the article: Tuesday evening a fatal collision occurred…
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Interlocking System
It is Being Installed at the Western End of the Erie Switch Yards The men who occupied the box car which was burned at the boatlanding Wednesday noon are machinists engaged on important work for the Erie railway company, instead of Italians as stated in The Journal of yesterday. For several weeks they have been…
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WNY&P Ad
An August 28, 1900 ad for the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway excursions from Buffalo to Chautauqua Lake. Source: The Buffalo [NY] Review, 28 August 1900, p. 4, Fultonhistory.com
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Olcott Beach Ad
This ad from an August 28, 1900 newspaper touts the newly-established rail connection between Buffalo and Olcott Beach on Lake Ontario via the Buffalo and Lockport Railway and the the Lockport and Olcott Railway. Source: The Buffalo [NY] Review, 28 August 1900, p. 4, Fultonhistory.com
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1900 NYS Report on the Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway
This report from the describes the layout and operation of the Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway. Source: Eighteenth Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of New York State for the Year 1900. Found on Google Books.
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1900 Inspection Report: Silver Lake Railway
The 1900 report of the New York State Railroad Commissioners included the following inspection of the Silver Lake Railway SILVER LAKE RAILWAY. (Inspected August 22, 1900.) The Silver Lake Railway extends from Silver Springs, on the line of the Erie Railroad and the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway, to Perry, a distance of 6.86 miles.…
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New Sidings For Fruit Shippers
A short article about the Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway building sidings for fruit shippers along the line to enable those companies to load their fruit without blocking the main track. Source: The Daily Cataract-Journal, Niagara Falls, NY, 31 August 1900, p. 2, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Lehigh Valley Depew – Blasdell Line
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company has prepared plans to build a railroad from Depew to Blasdell. The road will run parallel to the Terminal railroad and will strike the outer edge of the Steel Company’s land. Source: Buffalo [NY] Evening News, 21 July 1900, p. 12, NYS Historic Newspapers.