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The T. V. Railroad
he T. Y. Railroad. The new owners of the old T. V. Railroad from Attica to Arcade have changed its name to the Buffalo, Attica and Arcade Railroad, will broaden the guage and open up the new line this fall. New iron rails and ties are being used in the construction of this road, and…
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1894 NYS Report on the Chautauqua Lake Railway
Below is the report filed by the Chautauqua Lake Railway with the New York State Board of Railroad Commissioners for the year ending June 30, 1894. The report showed that the railroad owned five locomotives with four driving wheels. It added two locomotives between July 1893 and June 1894 for a cost of $7,865. The railroad owned…
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1894 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 1894, the first year the railroad was in operation, though the report notes that it is still under construction. The railroad was listed as owning two locomotives with four driving wheels, eight flat cars, and eight service…
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1894 Inspection Report on the Silver Lake Railway
The 1894 report of the New York State Railroad Commissioners included a complaint against the Silver Lake Railway. IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPLAINT OF JOHN K. HAMMOND v. THE SILVER LAKE RAILWAY COMPANY. June 6, 1894 . On May 27, 1894, John K. Hammond, giving his address as Perry N. Y. , complained against…
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Model City Boom
This 1894 newspaper story described the development of Model City, a planned community just east of Lewiston, NY on the Hojack Line of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad. Source: Niagara [NY] Falls Gazette, 4 May 1894, p. 1, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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An Unknown Man Killed
BATAVIA, Jan. 11. – The body of an old man, frightfully mangled, was found near the Lackawanna station at Alexander yesterday. From papers in his possession it is supposed that he was Peter Johnson, an inmate of the soldiers’ home at Bath, who had been to Buffalo to draw his pension and was stealing a…
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1893 NYS Report on the Jamestown Street Railway
The following report from the Jamestown Street Railway comes from the 1893-1894 Report of the Railroad Commissioners of New York State. Source: Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioners of New York State 1893-1894, Volume 2, Found on Google Books.
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Derailed Coaches at Gerry
The wrecking crew on the D. A. V. & P. railway worked all day Sunday in replacing two coaches which were derailed by a broken wheel near Gerry last week. The afternoon passenger train was delayed an hour Sunday by the wrecker. Source: The Evening Journal, Buffalo, NY, 25 September 1893, p.8, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Bolivar Breeze News Items On The Central New York and Western Railroad
The following is a collection of articles from the Bolivar Breeze newspaper in Bolivar, NY about the Central New York and Western Railroad, a predecessor of the Pittsburgh, Shawmut and Northern Railroad. January 6, 1893 Engine 4, of the C.N.Y. & W. snapped a drive wheel tire in the yards here yesterday noon, and as…
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Articles About the Lackawanna and Southwestern Railroad
The following is a collection of short newspaper articles about the Lackawanna and Southwestern Railroad, a predecessor of the Pittsburgh, Shawmut and Northern Railroad. These articles are from the Bolivar Breeze newspaper in Bolivar, NY and were provided by Richard Palmer. October 1, 1892 The L.& S.W. Sold The Lackawanna & Southwestern railroad property was…