Buffalo, NY
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Isn’t It About Time Lackawanna Railroad Is Ejected From Pier?
A January 8, 1910 article about arguing that the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad should be kicked out of their Lackawanna Terminal building because it was built on land that was illegally taken from the government.
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New LV Trains Between Buffalo and Suspension Bridge
The Lehigh’s Train Service Between Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge. Additional trains have commenced regular trips between Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge on the Lehigh Valley railroad as follows: Leave Buffalo 10:45 a. m.” Williamsville 11:09 “” North Tonawanda 11:22 ” Niagara Falls 11:40 “Arrive Suspension Bridge 11:45 ” Leave Suspension Bridge 6:00…
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1886 Inspection Report on the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad
Below is an inspection report of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad from the 1886/1887 Annual Report of the New York State Railroad Commissioners, Volume 1. It details the results of an inspection of the railroad in October 1886. Note: The report refers to it as the “Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway” but…
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West Shore’s First Train
Will Reach Bufalo at 3:30 P.M. Today, Coming From Syracuse. SYRACUSE, Nov. 16. – The first through train on the New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad from here to Buffalo left this morning at 8 o’clock. Among the officers on board were Theodore Houston, Vice-President of the road; J. E. Childs, Assistant General superintendent;…
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1883 Inspection Report on the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad
The 1883/1884 report of the New York State Railroad Commissioners included the following report of the inspection of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad. BUFFALO, NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA RAILROAD. The Buffalo division is a single track line, extending from the city of Buffalo to Olean, and south to the Pennsylvania State line, a…
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A Nice Little Scheme
This editorial from the February 3, 1882 Buffalo Evening News newspaper discusses a plan for the New York, Lackawanna and Western Railroad to acquire a piece of property on the waterfront from the City of Buffalo for, what the writer claims, is an artificially low price. This piece of property, where the Delaware, Lackawanna and…
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Main Street Bridge in Buffalo
The following is from the report of the Buffalo, NY city council on December 12, 1881 about a dispute between the city and the New York, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Source: Buffalo Evening News, 13 December 1881, second edition, p. 1.
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A Fond Farewell
The William street depot will abandoned to-day so far as passenger business is concerned, and all the trains on the Vanderbilt roads and their amicable connections will arrive at and depart from Exchange street. The first train to be run in the city will be the St. Louis express which arrives from Now York at…
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Buffalo and South Western Railroad Company
Here is a short blurb specifying the location of the Buffalo & South Western Railroad Company’s offices in Buffalo, NY. The Buffalo & South Western Railroad Company is moving its clerical department into the rear of store No. 193 Main street. The rear of 195 Main street is to be occupied by Mr. J. F.…
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Collision on the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia and Erie Railroads
The following (long) article includes testimony from passengers and crew involved in the July 27, 1873 collision of an Erie Railway train and a Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway passenger train at a junction between the two railroad in Buffalo, NY. It provides some interesting details on how the signals worked at the crossing…