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Train 5 Looses Wheel
On Saturday morning last as [Erie Railroad] train 5 was running near Ewing crossing, some two miles south of this place [Randolph, NY], one of the small wheels under the front of the engine broke and flew into an innumerable number of pieces. The engineer immediately applied the air brake, but the train ran some…
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NYPANO Punctuality
This news clipping talks about the punctuality of the trains on the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad, while taking a swipe at the Erie Railroad. Source: The Weekly Courant, Randolph, NY. January 27, 1881
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Erie Railroad Wreck in Gowanda
This new clipping describes a wreck on the Erie Railroad near Gowanda, NY which injured the engineer, Thomas Griffin, and killed the fireman, Charles Becker. Source: The Weekly Courant, Randolph, NY. January 27, 1881
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Five Dead in Wreck at Tioga Center
Five Men Burned to Death.—-Train 12 on the Erie Railroad Wrecked and Burned. Express train 12, bound eastward, passes this station at 2:21. On Saturday last it passed here nearly on time. At Salamanca, it is transferred to the Erie track, and if no accident befalls it it reaches New York at 7:25 the following…
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Rochester & State Line Popular for Eastern Travel
The Rochester & State Line Railroad is becoming a very popular route for people going east from this section. The trains on the Atlantic make very close connections at Salamanca, and at Rochester the trains on the New York Central make good connections with those of the State Line. Source: Weekly Courant. Randolph, New York.…
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Railroad Accident
Six Freight Cars Thrown from the Track at the Lockport Junction – The Work Train and Crew Ordered to the Scene of the Accident, Etc We are obliged to chronicle another railroad accident on the Central railway last night. As the heavy laden freight train which passed through this city a few minutes after eight…
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Proposed Railroad Extension
A Titusville telegram under date of the 5th inst. says :Mr. J. W. Jones, President of. the Pittsburgh, Titusville and Buffalo Railroad Company, has been here the week past in consultation with Superintendent Wilson of that road, relative to several important movements, extending the importance of the whole line, which when consummated, will be of…
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Narrow Escape from a Terrible Death
NARROW ESCAPE FROM A TERRIBLE DEATH. A Car Jumps Off a Thirty Foot Embankment.[Special to the Telegram,] Olean, Aug. 14.- A terrible accident occurred yesterday at Four Mile Station, on the Olean, Bradford & Warren railroad. While Conductor Murphy, William Crane and George Cook, were attempting to run an empty car by gravity on the…
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The Erie Narrowed
Standard Gauge – A Day Without A Railroad Train – Waiting Passengers – Quick Work – An Ovation – Again On Time Never was the enterprise and push characteristic of our age more fully exemplified than in narrowing the gauge of the Erie last Tuesday. For the last few weeks extra gangs of men had…
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Narrow Gauging of the Erie Railroad
The western division of the Erie road was narrow gauged yesterday (Tuesday). The whole work was accomplished within twelve hours. The inside line of spikes were established ready to receive the rail, and it was quick work. All the broad gauge cars had been removed from the division before the gauge was changed. There was,…