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  • Early History of Western New York’s Railroads

    This long article from November 1937 is a hodgepodge of small factoids about railroad history in Western New York, including some that are wrong (the Erie Railroad reached Dunkirk in 1851, not Chicago). Nonetheless, there are some interesting little tidbits of interesting information in the article. By William H. Rial Batavia, NY The city of…

  • Dolly Varden Passenger Train Makes Its Last Trip

    The Dolly Varden passenger train making its last trip from Dunkirk to Titusville carried about 100 people. Hundreds of stations were filled with people to see the train go by. Claude Timmons, Conductor punches his last ticket. Dunkirk, 13 June 1937. Claude Timmons has punched his last passenger ticket as Conductor on the DAV&P Railroad.…

  • Tiny Locomotive is Sold for Junk

    YOUNGSTOWN, May 3-Once a part of the quaint countryside picture, because of its diminutiveness, the locomotive of the Lewiston & Youngstown Frontier Railway has been broken down and marked for a junk yard. The tender alone survived because of its promise of being able to serve as a flat car. Louis S. Silberberg, president of…

  • New York Central Memo 
September 30, 1935

    [The following is a memo sent to officers and employees of the New York Central railroad in 1935.] New York Central System F.E. Williamson New York Central BuildingPresident 230 Park Avenue
New York 
September 30. 1935 TO ALL NEW YORK CENTRAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES: It is not necessary for me to tell any member of the…

  • Ischua Station Is Discontinued

    Albany, July 6.—The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has been authorized by the Public Service Commission to discontinue the services of an agent at its Ischua station in Cattaraugus county. The authorization was granted on condition that the railroad company place the Ischua station under the jurisdiction of the agent at Franklinville and that the company maintain…

  • Pennsy to Discontinue Agent at Ischua Station

    Albany, July 8.—The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has been authorized by the Public Service Commission to discontinue the services of an agent at its Ischua station in Cattaraugus county. The authorization was granted on condition that the company place the Ischua station under the jurisdiction of the agent at Franklinville and maintain the waiting room of…

  • Milk Train Conductor

    This short notice in the Richfield Springs newspaper talks about the “milk train” that ran on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Richfield Springs Branch. Source: Richfield Springs [NY] Mercury, 11 May 1933, p. 5. NYS Historic Newspapers.

  • Erie Equips Complete Division with Signals and Interlockers

    This September 1929 article from the Railway Signaling magazine describes the installation of new signals and interlocking plants on the Erie Railroad‘s Meadville Line between Salamanca, NY and Meadville, PA.

  • Petition to Abandon Fentonville Station

    This 1929 article notes the petition of the New York Central Railroad to halt stops at the Fentonville station in Chautauqua County. For many years this line was operated by the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad (the “valley branch” referenced in the article). Source: Westfield [NY] Republican, 21 August 1929, p. 5, NYS Historic…

  • Building of PRR Yard in Ebenezer

    SOUTH SIDE CALLED SELFISH Becker Says Freight Yards In Houghton Park Would Aid Industry Opposition by South Buffalonians to a 32-track yard and repair shops, which the Pennsylvania railroad proposes to bulld in Indian Church road was characterized as selfish Saturday by Councilman Joseph W. Becker of the North district, who announced his intention of…