Mark Fischer

  • Collision in West Valley

    An engine collided with a caboose near the depot, Saturday, causing quite a wreck and blocking the track for several hours; fortunately no one was injured Source: The Post, Ellicottville, NY, 13 September 1905. NYS Historic Newspapers

  • Fire Destroys BR&P Ashford Station

    About 11 o’clock Thursday morning the freight house and station of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg railroad at Ashford were entirely destroyed by fire. Help was sent from Salamanca, but too late to save the building. Source: The Olean [NY] Democrat, 3 May 1895, p. 5, NYS Historic Newspapers.

  • BP&W Railway Complete to Salamanca

    The B. P. & W Railway is now complete between Warren and Salamanca. The Company have erected good substantial depots on the whole line and, it is expected that regular trains will be running in a few days. It is supposed that a compromise has been made with the N. Y. P. & O., so…