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The Buffalo & Jamestown Railroad
A March 20, 1873 about the building of the Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad near Gowanda, NY. Source: Evening Courier & Republic, Buffalo, NY, 20 March 1873, p. 2, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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The Buffalo & Jamestown Railway
The Buffalo & Jamestown Railway has reached White’s Corners, twelve miles distant and a construction train leaves the depot of the B., N. Y. & P. Railroad at 6.30 o’clock overy morning, arriving here on its return every evening at 6.30. The train is used entirely in the work of construction, and offers no incidental…
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A Proposed Change of Gauge Upon the Erie
The Buffalo Express says: Mr. R.N. Brown, of this city, chief engineer of the Erie Railway Company, has just completed and submitted to the board of directors a special report upon the subject of changing the gauge of that road to correspond with the ordinary gauge. The report recommends laying of a third rail, and…
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Fire at Clymer
Yesterday, Sunday morning, the station building at Clymer, on the Buffalo, Corry & Pittsburgh R. R., was destroyed by fire, together with its contents. The fire was discovered about three o’clock in the morning, and its origin is unknown. The building and contents are a total loss, as there was no insurance on either. Source:…
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Valuable Property for Sale
Source: Lockport [NY] Daily Journal & Courier, 13 February 1872, p. 3, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Bond Offering for the Dunkirk, Warren and Pittsburgh Railway
This 1871 advertisement offered for sale bonds issued to finance the construction of the Dunkirk, Warren and Pittsburgh Railway (a predecessor of the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad.) The ad highlights that the New York Central and Lake Shore Railroad (New York Central) was a major investor in the company and that “arrangements” had…
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Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Public Meeting
This notice advertising a public meeting on December 14, 1870 in Lewiston, NY to discuss the Lake Ontario Shore Railroad, the predecessor to the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad. Source: Lockport [NY] Daily Journal & Courier, 12 December 1870, p. 2, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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The Suspension Bridge and Erie Junction Railway
The July 1870 article from the Niagara Falls Gazette goes into a great deal of detail about the building of the Suspension Bridge and Erie Junction Railway from Buffalo to Suspension Bridge, NY. The article notes that the company expected to have the line running by December of that year. Source: Niagara Falls [NY] Gazette,…
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Bond Offering for the Dunkirk, Warren and Pittsburgh Railroad
This July 1870 advertisement announced one million dollars of first mortgage bonds for the Dunkirk, Warren and Pittsburgh Railroad (a predecessor of the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad). Source: The Evening Post, New York City, NY, 27 July 1870, p. 3, NYS Historic Newspapers.