Jamestown, NY
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Dolly Varden Passenger Train Makes Its Last Trip
The Dolly Varden passenger train making its last trip from Dunkirk to Titusville carried about 100 people. Hundreds of stations were filled with people to see the train go by. Claude Timmons, Conductor punches his last ticket. Dunkirk, 13 June 1937. Claude Timmons has punched his last passenger ticket as Conductor on the DAV&P Railroad.…
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Erie Equips Complete Division with Signals and Interlockers
This September 1929 article from the Railway Signaling magazine describes the installation of new signals and interlocking plants on the Erie Railroad‘s Meadville Line between Salamanca, NY and Meadville, PA.
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Has Bought The Rails
Panama Traction Company Preparing to Build Line From Sugar Grove to Jamestown. The Panama Traction company has closed the contracts for the rails necessary for the construction of the ten miles of railroad line between Sugar Grove and Jamestown. It was announced today that work upon the grading of the line would commence as soon…
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Settlement Not In Sight
A May 1913 article about the strike against the Chautauqua Traction company and Jamestown Street Railway company. This is too long of an article for me to retype and the scan is poor enough that the OCR software doesn’t do a good job so I won’t include the text of the article. Sorry! Source: Buffalo…
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Raise Tracks
J. C. & L. E. Railway to Make Many Improvements to Avoid the High Water. With the near approach of spring the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railway has commenced extensive operations with a view to raising the tracks between Jamestown and Clifton above high water mark. It will be remembered that during the recent…
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New Trolley Line Now Seems Assured
Below is are two articles from the same date about a new trolley line from Hamburg to Falconer, NY. The line was never built. Believed That Work on Extension fromFalconer to Hamburg will be Commencedin Near Future – Right of WayNegotiations On. Falconer, Jan. 10 – During the past few days there has been much…
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Fire Destroys Power House at Jamestown, N. Y.
FORCES PLANTS TO CLOSE Fire Destroys Power House at Jamestown, N. Y. Jamestown, N. Y., Aug. 12.—Exploding coal gas in the power plant of the Jamestown Street Railway company and the Jamestown Lighting and Power company set the building afire and caused damage estimated at $25,000. Traffic on the local street railway and the Chautauqua…
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New J., C. & L. E. Timetable
One Additional Train Daily in Each Direction is Provided for in the Summer Schedule. The new timetable on the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie railway went into effect last Monday, with one additional train daily in each direction. Trains leave Jamestown now at 8:10 and 10:40 a. m., and 1:25, 4:25 and 5:45 p. m…
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Jamestown Fire; Damage $5000
JAMESTOWN, June 24- (Special). – Fire broke out in the roundhouse of the Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railway yesterday and the damage amounted to between $3000 and $5000, which is covered by insurance. The fire started around the stack of the shops, which adjoin the roundhouse. Source: Buffalo [NY] Evening News, 24 June 1910,…
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New Timetable Effective
Source: Westfield [NY] Republican, 23 September 1908, p. 4, NYS Historic Newspapers.