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First R&P Train to Perry
The first Rochester & Pittsburg train into Perry arrived there at 11:30 a. m., July 5th, drawn by engine number seven, Shell Hess, engineer, S. H. Dasonboy, fireman, Superintendent Merchant’s private car containing the following persons: George E. Merchant, general manager, Rochester and Pittsburg railroad; E. G. Matthews, general superintendent, Silver Lake railroad; J. P.…
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The Grand Narrow Gauge Gridiron of Southwestern New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania
Comparatively few of our readers are aware of the extent to which the narrow gauge railroad system of northwestern Pennsylvania and southwestern New York has been carried, much less do they realize the extent of that system when pushed to perfection. Two interests, those of Erie and its allies, and the Buffalo, New York and…
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Genesee Valley Canal Railroad Progress
GENESEE VALLEY CANAL RAILROAD. From the Rochester Express we clip the following : “A construction train is now running on the Genesee Valley Canal Railroad from this city to Fowlerville, or Spencer’s basin, within ten miles of Mt. Morris. Between Mt. Morris and Fowlerville the grading is completed for the distance of six miles, and…
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DL&W Corning Station
The following article talks about the location of the New York, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, later Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, station in Corning, NY. Source: Elmira Daily Advertiser, 27 March 1882, p. 5. NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Construction of the Warren to Salamanca Line
This March 1882 article shows the progress made by the Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad to build their line from Warren, PA to Salamanca. It’s not that historically significant, but it gives me a chance to use the word “jollification,” which turns out to be a real word. See the Olean – Salamanca Line page…
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Genesee Valley Canal Railroad Approaches Cuba
-The construction train on the Genesee Valley Canal railroad has now reached what is known as Hicks’ corners, a point about two miles west of this village. Track is being laid at the rate of two-thirds of a mile per day. Although the smoking engine has not put in an appearance at Cuba as soon…
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Ice Houses in Mayville
A new ice company is to be formed in Mayville and three or four large ice-houses along the west shore of Chautauqua Lake and on the line of the Mayville Extension Railroad are talked of. Source: Buffalo [NY] Express, 4 March 1882, Fultonhistory.com
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A Nice Little Scheme
This editorial from the February 3, 1882 Buffalo Evening News newspaper discusses a plan for the New York, Lackawanna and Western Railroad to acquire a piece of property on the waterfront from the City of Buffalo for, what the writer claims, is an artificially low price. This piece of property, where the Delaware, Lackawanna and…
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RWO Station Agent Changes
-Mr. Ed. Dillingham, station agent on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad at Ransomville, has been transferred to Charlotte, Monroe county, His successor is D. G. Hitchcock, of Lyndonville, a gentleman thoroughly competent to fill that position. Source: Suspension Bridge Journal, Niagara Falls, NY, 14 January 1882, p. 2, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Angelica’s New Railroad
The first train on the extension of the Allegany Central Railroad between Angelica and Friendship went over the line Monday afternoon. It reached Angelica about two o’clock in the afternoon and was greeted with enthusiasm by the natives. Every window was full of wondering individuals. Children and grandparents climbed up on stumps to get a…