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Stations Burglarized
Last Tuesday night, the Ellicottville station on the Rochester and Pittsburg road, was burglarized for the third time in six months. The Great Valley station was entered the same night. Tramps are supposed to have committed the deed. The plunder obtained was not valuable. Source: The Olean [NY] Democrat, 17 March 1885, p. 6, NYS…
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Gossip of “The Idler”
Speaking of a credit business, one thing is certain, somebody has got to do a tick trade when railroads keep their employes behind months. There is the Lackawanna & Pittsburgh, which has not given its workman a dollar in over five months. How can they pay in advance? But such treatment on the part of…
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1885 Poor’s Report on the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad
The PDF below is the section of the 1885 Poor’s Manual of Railroads report on the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad for 1885. Below is an excerpt with the history of the company: In 1853 the Buffalo and Allegheny RR. Co. was chartered to build a line from Buffalo to Yorkshire, N. Y., 40…
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Railroad Smash-Up
A freight train bound cast struck the Albion work train at Eagle Harbor, on this branch of the Central road, this morning at about 8 o’clock, and there was a bad smash-up. The engineer of the work train was quite badly hurt, and the road was blocked until after noon, causing the noon train to…
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1884 Inspection Report on the Silver Lake Railroad
The 1884 report of the New York State Railroad Commissioners included the following inspection of the Silver Lake Railway. SILVER LAKE RAILROAD. This line is a standard gauge, extending from the village of Gainesville, on the New York, Lake Erie and Western railway, to the village of Perry, at the foot of Silver lake, a distance…
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Over The Mountains To Bradford
One of the pleasantest excursions to Bradford has been arranged for tomorrow by N. Kuhn. The train will leave the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia depot at 8.30 and the passengers to Olean, where they will be transferred to the Olean, Bradford & Warren narrow guage road. The route thence over the mountains is very…
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Niagara Falls Excursion
The Buffalo Road will give their first electric light excursion of the season to the Niagara Falls, on Thursday, June 26, for the especial benefit of the towns along the Olean division from Kinzua to Olean. The fare for the round trip from Kinzua, Sugar Run, Corydon, and Onoville, is $2.00, West Run [note: This…
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West Shore’s First Train
Will Reach Bufalo at 3:30 P.M. Today, Coming From Syracuse. SYRACUSE, Nov. 16. – The first through train on the New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad from here to Buffalo left this morning at 8 o’clock. Among the officers on board were Theodore Houston, Vice-President of the road; J. E. Childs, Assistant General superintendent;…
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First Train in Akron
Akron is having a grant blow-out today. The first train on the West Shore, will arrive there and the citizens propose to celebrate the event in grind style. One hundred guns will be fired and all the fatted calfs in the village will be slaughtered for the occasion. All are Invited to be there. Source:…
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1883 Inspection Report on the Sodus Bay and Southern Railroad
An excerpt from the Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1883, Volume 1 of an inspection on the Sodus Bay and Southern Railroad, which later became part of the Northern Central Railroad. SODUS BAY AND SOUTHERN RAILROAD. Organized in 1852…