Cuba, NY
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Old Route of the Erie Railroad
From a paper produced by William J. McNamara, April 29, 1956; provided by the Historical Society of Dunkirk, New York; comments added by Roy A. Davis, Railroad Vice President, Historical Society of Dunkirk, NY; edited by Cheryl Lopanik, September 28, 1997. The construction of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad from Dunkirk, New…
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Proposed WNY&P Traction Route to Cuba, NY
This clipping is the only reference I have found to the WN&P Traction Company thinking about expanding to Cuba. The plan does not appear to make economic sense as the main line of the Erie Railroad ran between Olean and Cuba and the Erie could meet any demand for passenger or freight service between the…
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Arcade, NY Railroad Facilities, 1912
The following description of the railroads is from a 1912 book on the history of Arcade, NY. In the early part of the year 1852 stock was subscribed along a proposed route by which the villages of Arcade and Attica were to be connected by rail. The roadbeds, culverts, etc., were completed in 1853 and…
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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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Genesee Valley Canal Railroad Approaches Cuba
-The construction train on the Genesee Valley Canal railroad has now reached what is known as Hicks’ corners, a point about two miles west of this village. Track is being laid at the rate of two-thirds of a mile per day. Although the smoking engine has not put in an appearance at Cuba as soon…
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Fast Train on the N. Y., P. & O. R. R.
A new through express train, No. 8, from Chicago to New York, is now running over the N. Y., P. & O. R. R., passing Jamestown at 7:38 a. m. The train stops only at Corry and Jamestown on the eastern division, and makes the trip from Meadville to Salamanca in two hours and 45…