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Electric Railways of the Niagara River Region
This long October 1897 article talks about the facilities, equipment and operation of a number of electric railways operating around Buffalo and Niagara Falls NY. The railroads mentioned include the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Electric Railway, the Buffalo and Williamsville Electric Railway, the Buffalo, Bellevue and Lancaster Railway, the Buffalo, Gardenville and Ebenezer Railway, the…
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Brill Cars in Buffalo and Vicinity
This two-page article from the October 1897 issue of the “Street Railway Journal” discusses different cars produced by the J. G. Brill Company on electric railway companies in and around Buffalo, NY. This includes the Buffalo Railway, the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Electric Railway, the Buffalo, Bellevue and Lancaster Railway, the Niagara Falls and Lewiston…
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1897 Inspection Report on the Jamestown and Lake Erie Railway
Below is the report issued by Frank M. Baker, an inspector from the New York State Railroad Commissioners, on his August 31 – September 3, 1897 inspection of the Jamestown and Lake Erie Railroad. Source: 15th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending…
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Olean, Rock City & Bradford Progress
The Olean, Rock City & Bradford electric road is nearly completed. The track is all laid to the city, and workmen are now putting in the curve at the west end of state street to connect with the street railway tracks. The wiring is also nearly finished. Superintendent Pierce said this morning the road will…
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Three Injured in Collision
Jamestown, N. Y. , Aug, 5, – Two trains on the Jamestown and Lake Erie railway collided at the Falconer Junction. The passengers were injured. J. B. Collins of Jamestown had his left leg badly bruised and his chest injured. Rev. W. A. Hollock of Jamestown received a severe cut on the head. Mrs. Swetland…
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O., R. C. & B. Street Running in Olean
The Olean, Rock City & Bradford Electric Railway company was granted permission to run its passenger care up.State street under an agreement with the [Olean] Street Railway company and with the same restrictions imposed on that company, but not to operate freight care on the city streets. Source: Olean [NY] Herald, 4 August 1897, p.…
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Directors Satisfied
Met and Took Trip Over Olean, Rock City & Bradford Road. BRADFORD, Pa., July 15. – At a meeting of the Olean, Rock City & Bradford Electric Railroad company the following directors and stockholders were present: George E. Rogers and Frank Lowe of Greenfield, Mass.; W. E. Ferguson, Boston; Charles E. Hudson, Leominister, Mass.; George…
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Railroads Consolidate
Were Incorporated in Now York and Pennsylvania With a Long Name ALBANY, July 3.- The Olean, Rock City and Bradford Railroad Company of Pennsylvania, and the Olean, Rock City & Bradford Railway Company of New York, filed a certificate with the Secretary of State yesterday to the effect that they had consolidated under the name…
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1897 NYS Report on the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Electric Railway
The portion of the Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1897 describing the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Electric Railway. Source: Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York for the fiscal year ended June…
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1897 NYS Report on the Jamestown and Lake Erie Railway
Below is the report filed by the Jamestown and Lake Erie Railway with the New York State Board of Railroad Commissioners for the year ending June 30, 1897. The report showed that the railroad owned five locomotives with four driving wheels – the same number of locomotives as listed in 1895 (I don’t have the 1896 report).…