Dunkirk, Chautauqua Lake 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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Abandoned Cross-Cut Purchased and to be Re-opened
THE ABANDONED CROSS-CUT. The Road Purchased and to be Re-opened An associated press dispatch from Cleveland, Saturday night, gives the following: The railroad running from Brocton, N. Y., to Corry. Pa., and known as the cross-cut, was to-day sold with all the equipment to Wm E. Lewis of this city for $75,000. The original cost…
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Cross-Cut Railroad Shut Down
Westfield Items. On account of the Cross-cut railroad being closed, it has increased the business in this little sleeping city wonderfully. A stage line has been formed from this place to Mayville, and they have all they can do to accommodate the traveling public carrying from fifty to one hundred and fifty passengers every day.…
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Sale of the Cross-Cut Road
An April 20, 1878 article indicating that the cross-cut division of the Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh Railroad was sold and would continue to be operated as normal until further notice. The Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh Railroad was sold at foreclosure on December 7, 1872 and the New York portion was reorganized on April 28, 1873…