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1868 Poor’s Report on the Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh Railroad
This is the information from the 1868 edition of the Poor’s Railroad Manual of the United States on the Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh Railroad, which was formerly the Buffalo and Oil Creek Cross-Cut Railroad and eventually became part of the Chautauqua Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Source: Poor’s Manual of the Railroads. 1868.
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First Train on the Buffalo and Washington Railroad
The Buffalo and Washington railroad will be formally opened today to Aurora. A passenger train will leave Buffalo for Aurora at I0 a. m. The party will include the President, Directors and officers of the road, together with the members of the Common Council and citizens. Source: Lockport (NY) Daily Journal & Courier. December 7,…
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Buffalo and Washington Railroad, Its Progress and Prospects
An October 1867 article from a Buffalo newspaper about the progress of the construction of the Buffalo and Washington Railroad from Buffalo to East Aurora. BUFFALO AND WASHINGTON RAILROAD Its Progress and Prospects. Few persons, not immediately connected the enterprise, have any idea of the amount of heavy work which has been done on the…
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A Through Train
A THROUGH TRAIN. – On Monday, June 17th, a Through Train will be put on the Buffalo & Oil Creek Railroad, leaving Corry at 8:20 a. m, and pass Clymer at 9:05, Sherman 10:00, Mayville 10:40, and arrive at Brocton at 11:30, connecting with the New York Express on the Lake Shore Road. Returning, will…
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Proposed Extension of the Genesee Valley Railroad
There is a project on foot in Nunda for the extension of the Genesee Valley Railroad from Mount Morris, to connect with the Erie road near that place. A large and spirited meeting has been held, in that place, in which the question was discussed and endorsed. The proposed extension would be but 15 miles…
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Idea to Extend the Genesee Valley Railroad
The plan discussed in the article below never came to fruition and Mount Morris remained the southern terminus of the Genesee Valley Railroad. —There is a project on foot in Nunda for the extension of the Genesee Valley Railroad from Mount Morris, to connect with the Erie road near that place. A large and spirited…
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Funny Rather
This 1867 flame war between three newspapers revolves around a report that a locomotive from the Oswego and Syracuse Railroad was sent on the Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Railroad despite the fact that the Oswego and Syracuse was a standard-gauge railroad and the Syracuse and Binghamton was a wide-gauge line. It mentions that the…
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Terrible Collision on the Erie Railway
Dreadful Loss of Life Sixty-four Rebel and Union Soldiers Killed One Hundred and Twenty Wounded. Sadly familiar as the last three years have rendered the country and the public with tales of blood, scenes of slaughter, and the accumulated horrors of the battle-field, we are not yet so used to them as to feel unmoved…
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Novel Car on the Erie Railway
The Erie Railway company have placed upon the road a novel but convenient Car to run between this place (Binghamton) and Elmira as Way Train. The car is made in the shape of a canal boat, well-proportioned and and really beautiful. The Engine, Tender, Baggage and Passenger Car are combined, making a handsome Car, yet…