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Yates Academy
Prepares for business, College and Teaching, situated within five minutes walk from depot at Lyndonville, on L. O.S. R. R. The success which it has deservidly had during the past four years, places it in point of discipline, scholarship and character among the foremost schools in Western New York, No Institution in the State gives…
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Change of Gauge
The preparations being sufficiently advanced, the change of gauge of the main line, the Utica Division, Surcease & Binghamton and the Oswego & Syracuse divisions was begin May 27 and successfully completed the same day. The change covered about 365 miles of main line, and preparations for it have been in progress for several months.…
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Narrow Gauge of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
A Difficult Task Successfully AccomplishedHow the Work Was DoneTrains Running Regularly Saturday A few years ago the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company changed the gauge of the Utica and Norwich division from four feet eight and one-half inches to six feet, in order that it might conform with the broad gauge of the main…
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Standard Gauging the DL&W Main Line
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western. A report comes from Scranton that this company has resolved to finally abandon the 6 feet gauge and that the change to 4 feet 8 1/2 inches will soon be begun. The change is, it is said, to be made gradually, beginning with the line from Scranton to Washington and the…
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Killed by the Cars
About five o’clock yesterday morning the mutilated remains of an unknown man were found lying near the track of the New York Central Railroad at Lancaster, about ten rods from the line of the town of Alden. Coroner Davis was notified, and immediately repaired to the place indicated. The body presented a sickening appearance. The…
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Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad Freight Agent
A short 1875 article about the competition for freight business between Buffalo and Jamestown, NY. The “B. & J.” referenced is the Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad and the “other route to Falconer” refers to the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad. B. & J. RAILROAD FREIGHT AGENT – The Jamestown Journal states that C C…
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Cheese Train
CHEESE TRAIN.-The Buffalo & Jamestown Railroad has recently put on an extra cheese train, running Fridays only, from Collins to this city for the benefit of the large cheese dealers in that section who ship the bulk of their cheese each week on that day. Evening Courier & Republic, Buffalo, NY, 27 June 1874, p.…
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Changing the DL&W Utica Branch to Wide Gauge
Below are a series of articles on the Utica Branch of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. The line between Utica and Norwich was originally standard gauge, was changed to wide gauge in 1874, and changed back to standard gauge in 1876. All the articles are from the Utica Morning Herald in Utica, NY and…
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Suggestions for a Route to Connect the Cross-Cut and Buffalo & Jamestown Roads
This 1874 letter to the editor suggests the construction of a railroad to connect the Cross-Cut Railroad (a reference to the Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh Rail Road Company) and the Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad. This planning does not appear to have gotten any further than this letter as there was no record of this route…