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1883 Inspection Report on the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad
The 1883/1884 report of the New York State Railroad Commissioners included the following report of the inspection of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad. BUFFALO, NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA RAILROAD. The Buffalo division is a single track line, extending from the city of Buffalo to Olean, and south to the Pennsylvania State line, a…
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The Verdict of the Coroner’s Jury in the Carlyon Accident
A long article about an accident at the Carlyon station on the “Hojack Line” of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad in which an unsecured freight car was blown from a siding onto the main track where it was hit by an ongoing train. Source: Niagara Falls [NY] Gazette, 3 August 1883, p. 1, NYS…
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Workers Wanted
Wanted – Fifty teams to work on the West Shore railroad at East Buffalo; steady work;bwages $4 per day. Apply on work or at 62 Pearl st. Source: Buffalo [NY] Evening News, 27 June 1883, p. 16, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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War Over a Railroad Track
A May 28, 1883 article from The (NY) Evening Post describing the battles between the Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad to build their respective tracks over a plot of land near Buffalo. The Rochester and Pittsburgh was in the process at that time of building their line from Buffalo…
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New Trains on the “Peanut” Branch
Two new passenger trains have been put on the “Peanut” branch of the Central between Buffalo and Batavia leaving here at 6:25 A.M. and Batavia at 2:10 P.M., and stopped at Pembroke, Richville, Falkirk, Akron, East Clarence, Clarence Center, Transit, Getzville, Tonawanda, North Buffalo and Black Rock. Source: Buffalo [NY] Evening News, 3 May 1883,…
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The West Shore
An 1883 article discussing the fear among some people in Rochester that the New York Central Railroad was planning to purchase the “West Shore and Buffalo” road, the New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway. Though the writer dismissed this idea, the New York Central did lease the West Shore in December 1885. Source: Buffalo…
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Town Bonds Held to be Invalid
Town Bonds Held to be Invalid. In 1870 several towns interested decided to bond in aid of the Utica, Chenango and Cortland railroad company, and the Commissioners issued and delivered to said company their bonds. In return the railroad company commenced to grade the road and build bridges, but abandoned all work on its line,…
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The New Depots
This article is about the aftermath of the fire in the New York Central union station in Suspension Bridge, NY. Supt. Burrows has shown great zoal in providing substitutes for our burned depot. He has had 25 or 30 carpenters at work ever since the fire and they have accomplished wonders, considering the inclement weather,…
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Disastrous Fire
The newspaper article below from the January 6, 1883 edition of the Suspension Bridge (NY) Journal describes the fire that destroyed the New York Central Railroad passenger depot in Suspension Bridge on the night of January 2, 1883. The same issue had the following smaller tidbits about the fire: The railroad authorities have gone to…
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First Express Over the Genesee Valley Canal Railroad
A short article about the first express train between Rochester and Olean on the Genesee Valley Canal Railroad, also known as the Rochester Division of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway. The First regular express train over the Genesee Valley Canal Railroad, from Rochester to Olean, N.Y., 106 miles, was run yesterday, making good…