Little Valley, NY
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OB&S Application To Abandon Little Valley Branch
STATE OF NEW YORKPUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONALBANYCASE NO. 2203.October 15, 1924.NAME OF APPLICANT – OLEAN, BRADFORD AND SALAMANCA RAILWAY COMPANY.NATURE OF APPLICATION – For approval of a declaration of abandonment of a portion of its constructed route known as its “Little Valley Division” in the city of Salamanca, the towns of Salamanca and Little Valley and…
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Ten Freight Cars Derailed
A Wreck on the Erie Near LittleValley Thursday — No One Injured Trains from Dunkirk eastward on the Erie via Salamanca found it necessary Thursday to use that part of the B. & S. W. branch between Dayton and Jamestown and the main line between Jamestown and Salamanca in order to reach the latter place…
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Atlantic and Great Western Railroad!
Laying of the Rails to Jamestown to-day.Arrival of the First Train from New York.HISTORY OF THE ROADDinner to Mr. Kennard, Chief-Engineer.Speeches, Toasts, &c., &c. RECENT HISTORY OF THE WORK. This great enterprise, which has for a decade of years absorbed the interest of capitalists and commercial men, as well as the business public, both east…
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New Railroad Enterprise
When it was chartered by New York State, the New York and Erie Railroad was prohibited from running through other states or connecting to railroad in other states and was required to have its western terminus on Lake Erie. The railroad recognized that it would eventually need to expand westward and this 1852 article discusses…
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Erie & New York City Railroad
An editorial about the recent meeting of the Erie and New York City Railroad stockholders in Jamestown, NY discussing the status of the road and the challenges it has faced. Interestingly, this article talks about connecting with the New York and Erie railroad at Little Valley, NY though when the road was finally built it…