Lockport, NY

  • Plow Ripped Things Up

    LOCKPORT, Feb. 4 (Special) The Rochester snowplow, pushed by a heavy hog back engine ripped up tracks and signal wires at the east end of the Central yards yesterday, delaying traffic two hours and causing about $1000 damage. The locomotive left the track and dashed into a semaphore, mowing it down as if it were…

  • Blizzard is the Worst in Years

    Source: The Niagara Sun, Lockport, NY, 4 February 1902, p. 1, NYS Historic Newspapers.

  • The Buffalo and Lockport Railway

    The Buffalo Commercial of last evening says: “There is a good prospect that the proposed Buffalo and Lockport Railway will be constructed at an early day. The directors of the company have advertised for bids for grading the route. -A connection will be made at Tonawanda with the Niagara Falls branch of the Erie Railway,…

  • Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad Completed

    The Lockport and Niagara Falls railroad is now completed, and the first trip over it was made on the 28th ult. The distance to the Falls, 21 miles, was performed by horses in a little over two hours. When Locomotives are put upon the road, which will soon be done, the trip will be made…