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1892 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, 1892. The report showed that the railroad owned three locomotives with four driving wheels and had leased a locomotive with six driving wheels for the months of August, September and December 1891…
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The New Road
NIAGARA JUNCTION RAILWAY CO. INCORPORATED AT ALBANY. List of the Incorporators Capital Stock – Description of Road – Will Be Five and a Half Miles Long – Standard Guage – Construction to Commence at Once. The Niagara Junction Railway Company was incorporated yesterday. This is the road which the Cataract Construction Company intends to erect…
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Water for Clarence Station
Clarence. The West Shore railway is laying pipe to convey water from Millpond, three-quarters of a mile west of Clarence Station, to supply water for passenger and freight trains. Water engines and tubs will be removed from Akron to Millpond and Clarence. The water will be forced from the pond by steam pumps. Source: Buffalo…
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DL&W Stations in Town of York – 1892
The following is an excerpt of a complaint by residents of the town of York against the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad after the railroad stopped passenger service to the three stations in town – Greigsville, Craigs, and Linwood. IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPLAINT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF YORK, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, v. THE DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. April 18 , 1892. A numerously-signed petition of residents of the town of York, Livingston county, was duly filed…
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WNY&P/Lackawanna Rumor
It is reported that the Lackawanna will build thirty-eight miles of road between Brocton, N. Y., and Erie, Pa., and will make a deal with the Western New York and Pennsylvania. By the terms of the deal the latter will use the new road to get into Erie and in return the Lackawanna trains will…
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1891 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, 1891. This report noted that W. E. Griggs was appointed as the receiver for the railroad on July 26, 1890. The report showed that the railroad owned three locomotives with four driving…
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Pullman Cars for the WNY&P
The Western New York and Pennsylvania has made a contract with the Pullman Palace-car Company for ten passenger coaches to be delivered in time for the excursion season. They are to be the finest Pullman canmake. Source: The Chautauqua News. Sherman, NY. May 27, 1891
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Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad News
Below are a selection of small news items related to the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad that appeared in the April 11, 1890 issue of the Cattaraugus Republican newspaper in Salamanca, NY. The net earning of the Wnyanp railroad for February were $251,872. The Western New York & Pennsylvania expects 75 cars a day…
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Erie News
Below are a selection of small news items related to the Erie Railroad that appeared in the April 11, 1890 issue of the Cattaraugus Republican newspaper in Salamanca, NY. The new Erie bridge at Batavia will be 190 feet long, the longest single span bridge on the road. The net earnings of the Erie railroad…
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A Train Load of Silk
A train load of silk passe through Salamanca recently enroute from San Francisco to New York. The train consisted of ten cars and was drawn by two engines. The silk was still in bond, and each car bore the seal of the U. S. custom-house at San Francisco, with a notice on each car that…