Le Roy, NY
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Early History of Western New York’s Railroads
This long article from November 1937 is a hodgepodge of small factoids about railroad history in Western New York, including some that are wrong (the Erie Railroad reached Dunkirk in 1851, not Chicago). Nonetheless, there are some interesting little tidbits of interesting information in the article. By William H. Rial Batavia, NY The city of…
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Le Roy Railroad History
The article below gives the question and answer about Le Roy, NY history from a high school contest in 1916. QUESTION 17. Give the present and past names of the four railroads of Le Roy and the year that trains were first run on each of them. Answer. The first railroad to ran a train…