Salamanca, NY
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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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O. B. & S. Gets Bus Franchise
A franchise permitting the O., B. & S. Bus Lines, Inc., subsidiary of the Olean, Bradford & Salamanca Railway, to operate its busses over the highways of the town of Salamanca, was granted by the town board at a meeting held Monday evening. Mr. Quigley represented the O., B. & S. Previous petitions of the…
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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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O. B. & S. wants Bus Line Permit
The [Salamanca, NY] common council at an adjourned regular meeting Wednesday evening decided to submit to taxpayers a proposition to expend $4000 to motorize the aerial truck, which is advocated by the fire commission and the volunteer firemen of the city.The election will be held Tuesday, April 7. The council also took action on another…
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Cloudbursts on Southern Tier
Traffic on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg railway in standstill. The Erie, between Buffalo and Jamestown, is also tied up by floods and washouts. In Salamanca the Western New York & Pennsylvania Traction Company, which runs the trolley system in Salamanca and Olean, is badly crippled. A washout four miles East of Salamanca will prevent…
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Gasolene Vs Steam
This new Motor Power Seems to Solve Transportation Question For Branch Lines. The experiments with gasolene motor cars which the Erie railroad has been conducting for more than two years bidfair to be successful. The management realized some time ago the need of a frequent and economical passenger service on branch lines where the traffic…
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Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad News
Below are a selection of small news items related to the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad that appeared in the April 11, 1890 issue of the Cattaraugus Republican newspaper in Salamanca, NY. The net earning of the Wnyanp railroad for February were $251,872. The Western New York & Pennsylvania expects 75 cars a day…
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Erie News
Below are a selection of small news items related to the Erie Railroad that appeared in the April 11, 1890 issue of the Cattaraugus Republican newspaper in Salamanca, NY. The new Erie bridge at Batavia will be 190 feet long, the longest single span bridge on the road. The net earnings of the Erie railroad…
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A Train Load of Silk
A train load of silk passe through Salamanca recently enroute from San Francisco to New York. The train consisted of ten cars and was drawn by two engines. The silk was still in bond, and each car bore the seal of the U. S. custom-house at San Francisco, with a notice on each car that…
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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…