Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad
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Buffalo & South-Western Railroad
This article in a Buffalo newspaper reprinted the official notice to the employees of the Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad that as of January 1, 1878 it would be operated by the new Buffalo and South Western Railroad Company. The Evening Republic, Buffalo, NY, 31 December 1877, p. 1, NYS Historic Newspapers
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Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad Accident
-Tuesday’s Jamestown Journal says: “This morning as the Buffalo & Jamestown train west was running between Lawton’s and North Alden, it ran into a drove of cattle which happened to be crossing the track. Six animals were killed instantly and they say that the price of beef is low in the vicinity of Alden. No…
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The City’s Railroad Stock
A newspaper article about a resolution before the Buffalo Common Council for the city to sell its stocks in the Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad and Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad. The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred a resolution directing the sale of the city’s stock in the Buffalo & Jamestown and Buffalo,…
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The County Fair
A notice about transportation from Buffalo to the Erie County Fair via the Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad. The Evening Republic, Buffalo, NY, 13 September 1876, p. 3, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad Freight Agent
A short 1875 article about the competition for freight business between Buffalo and Jamestown, NY. The “B. & J.” referenced is the Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad and the “other route to Falconer” refers to the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad. B. & J. RAILROAD FREIGHT AGENT – The Jamestown Journal states that C C…
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Cheese Train
CHEESE TRAIN.-The Buffalo & Jamestown Railroad has recently put on an extra cheese train, running Fridays only, from Collins to this city for the benefit of the large cheese dealers in that section who ship the bulk of their cheese each week on that day. Evening Courier & Republic, Buffalo, NY, 27 June 1874, p.…
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Suggestions for a Route to Connect the Cross-Cut and Buffalo & Jamestown Roads
This 1874 letter to the editor suggests the construction of a railroad to connect the Cross-Cut Railroad (a reference to the Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh Rail Road Company) and the Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad. This planning does not appear to have gotten any further than this letter as there was no record of this route…
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The Versailles Route Again
A May 1873 letter to the editor of the Evening Courier & Republic newspaper in Buffalo promoting the route Versailles, NY as the place for the Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad to cross Cattaraugus Creek rather than Gowanda. Source: Evening Courier & Republic, Buffalo, NY, 1 May 1873, p. 2, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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The Buffalo & Jamestown Railroad
A March 20, 1873 about the building of the Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad near Gowanda, NY. Source: Evening Courier & Republic, Buffalo, NY, 20 March 1873, p. 2, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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The Buffalo & Jamestown Railway
The Buffalo & Jamestown Railway has reached White’s Corners, twelve miles distant and a construction train leaves the depot of the B., N. Y. & P. Railroad at 6.30 o’clock overy morning, arriving here on its return every evening at 6.30. The train is used entirely in the work of construction, and offers no incidental…