Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh Railroad
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1885 Poor’s Report on the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad
The PDF below is the section of the 1885 Poor’s Manual of Railroads report on the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad for 1885. Below is an excerpt with the history of the company: In 1853 the Buffalo and Allegheny RR. Co. was chartered to build a line from Buffalo to Yorkshire, N. Y., 40…
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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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Fire at Clymer
Yesterday, Sunday morning, the station building at Clymer, on the Buffalo, Corry & Pittsburgh R. R., was destroyed by fire, together with its contents. The fire was discovered about three o’clock in the morning, and its origin is unknown. The building and contents are a total loss, as there was no insurance on either. Source:…
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1868 Poor’s Report on the Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh Railroad
This is the information from the 1868 edition of the Poor’s Railroad Manual of the United States on the Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh Railroad, which was formerly the Buffalo and Oil Creek Cross-Cut Railroad and eventually became part of the Chautauqua Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Source: Poor’s Manual of the Railroads. 1868.