Erie Railroad Meadville Line
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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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Mechanics Lien
Timothy Burke and John M. Burke of Scranton, Pa., have filed against the Erie Railroad, the Nypano Railroad Company and the Erie Land and Improvement Company what is probably the largest sum in a mechanics lien ever received in this county. The property affected is the new roadbed of the Erie Railroad between Lakewood and…
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Erie Contracts for Columbus & Erie Railroad
A December 1905 article about the Erie Railroad awarding contracts to reroute part of the Meadville line in Chautauqua County and to build the Columbus and Erie Railroad. The article wrongly located Niobe in Pennsylvania; it is just north of the New York/Pennsylvania state line. —The Erie Railway company awarded contracts for the construction of…
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Plans for Third of Erie’s Cut-Offs
PLANS FOR THIRD OF ERIE’S CUT-OFFS.Double Track to Be Laid From Kennedy, N. Y., to Corry, Pa. (By Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 2.—Arrangements were perfected today for the third of the systems of cut-offs on the Erie railroad designed to reduce the grades as near to water level as possible. This calls for the…
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Reminiscences of the Atlantic & Great Western
Thirty Years Ago the Jamestown Freight Station Was an Insignificant Affair – Interviews With Veterans in the Service It was 30 years ago today that Frank S. Jones, ticket agent at the uptown office of the J. C. & L. E. railway and local freight manager for the Pennsylvania Railroad, began his career as a…
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Atlantic and Great Western Railroad!
Laying of the Rails to Jamestown to-day.Arrival of the First Train from New York.HISTORY OF THE ROADDinner to Mr. Kennard, Chief-Engineer.Speeches, Toasts, &c., &c. RECENT HISTORY OF THE WORK. This great enterprise, which has for a decade of years absorbed the interest of capitalists and commercial men, as well as the business public, both east…
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Look out for the Cars!!
The following article concerns the arrival of the tracks of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad. With the completion of this line, Jamestown had a rail connection to Salamanca, and from there to the Erie Railroad and New York City. “HERE SHE COMES !!”The Cars at Dexterville!!LIGHT IN THE EAST !! Hip, Hoorah! The cars…