Erie Railroad
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Five Dead in Wreck at Tioga Center
Five Men Burned to Death.—-Train 12 on the Erie Railroad Wrecked and Burned. Express train 12, bound eastward, passes this station at 2:21. On Saturday last it passed here nearly on time. At Salamanca, it is transferred to the Erie track, and if no accident befalls it it reaches New York at 7:25 the following…
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The Erie Narrowed
Standard Gauge – A Day Without A Railroad Train – Waiting Passengers – Quick Work – An Ovation – Again On Time Never was the enterprise and push characteristic of our age more fully exemplified than in narrowing the gauge of the Erie last Tuesday. For the last few weeks extra gangs of men had…
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Narrow Gauging of the Erie Railroad
The western division of the Erie road was narrow gauged yesterday (Tuesday). The whole work was accomplished within twelve hours. The inside line of spikes were established ready to receive the rail, and it was quick work. All the broad gauge cars had been removed from the division before the gauge was changed. There was,…
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Fast Train on the N. Y., P. & O. R. R.
A new through express train, No. 8, from Chicago to New York, is now running over the N. Y., P. & O. R. R., passing Jamestown at 7:38 a. m. The train stops only at Corry and Jamestown on the eastern division, and makes the trip from Meadville to Salamanca in two hours and 45…
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A Dangerous Explosion on a R. R. Car
On Thursday night last, just after train 12 (which passed Randolph 4 hours late) reached Salamanca, the steam heater in a parlor car exploded with a terrific report. Every light of glass on the car was broken, a large hole blown through the roof, and the car otherwise shattered. At the time the car was…
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Erie’s Narrow Gauge
The Laying of the Third Rail Advantages of the New Gauge New York Tribune. – In April last of the Erie Railway reorganized, and under the new management the familiar name was changed to New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad. But the new management made other changes besides that of name. The most important…
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A Proposed Change of Gauge Upon the Erie
The Buffalo Express says: Mr. R.N. Brown, of this city, chief engineer of the Erie Railway Company, has just completed and submitted to the board of directors a special report upon the subject of changing the gauge of that road to correspond with the ordinary gauge. The report recommends laying of a third rail, and…
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Another Chapter of Erie
The 1869 book “Another Chapter of Erie” by George Crouch is a 48 page public defense of James Fisk, Jr and Jay Gould, two of the people accused of financial mismanagement of the Erie Railway. The author’s goals are not hidden, as he notes in his first section: They have been discussed and criticised as financiers and speculators ; some censuring their conduct, some applauding them, but all astounded at the grandeur of their schemes. Fisk has been ” written up ” repeatedly in his character of speculator, operatic manager, and admiral, but of his rendition of his principal role, that of a ” railway manager, ” little or no notice has been taken, So far as his connection with the…
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Proposed Extension of the Genesee Valley Railroad
There is a project on foot in Nunda for the extension of the Genesee Valley Railroad from Mount Morris, to connect with the Erie road near that place. A large and spirited meeting has been held, in that place, in which the question was discussed and endorsed. The proposed extension would be but 15 miles…
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Terrible Collision on the Erie Railway
Dreadful Loss of Life Sixty-four Rebel and Union Soldiers Killed One Hundred and Twenty Wounded. Sadly familiar as the last three years have rendered the country and the public with tales of blood, scenes of slaughter, and the accumulated horrors of the battle-field, we are not yet so used to them as to feel unmoved…