Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway
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New Sidings For Fruit Shippers
A short article about the Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway building sidings for fruit shippers along the line to enable those companies to load their fruit without blocking the main track. Source: The Daily Cataract-Journal, Niagara Falls, NY, 31 August 1900, p. 2, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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Trolley Freight Service
The one-page article from November 26, 1897 issue of The Railway Age magazine is a good description of the Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway and its freight-hauling electric motor car. Source: The Railway Age, 26 November 1897, p. 967. Found on Google Books.
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Electric Railways of the Niagara River Region
This long October 1897 article talks about the facilities, equipment and operation of a number of electric railways operating around Buffalo and Niagara Falls NY. The railroads mentioned include the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Electric Railway, the Buffalo and Williamsville Electric Railway, the Buffalo, Bellevue and Lancaster Railway, the Buffalo, Gardenville and Ebenezer Railway, the…
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Brill Cars in Buffalo and Vicinity
This two-page article from the October 1897 issue of the “Street Railway Journal” discusses different cars produced by the J. G. Brill Company on electric railway companies in and around Buffalo, NY. This includes the Buffalo Railway, the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Electric Railway, the Buffalo, Bellevue and Lancaster Railway, the Niagara Falls and Lewiston…
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The Lewiston Trolley Road
A September 23, 1896 article from “The Electrical Engineer” magazine about the Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway. I have pulled these pages from a larger PDF and blanked out other articles to make it easier to read. Source: The Electrical Engineer, 23 September 1896, p. 296. Found on Google Books.
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Another Frontier Railroad
The New Electric Line From Lewiston to Youngstown Formally Opened to the Public The Lewiston, Youngstown & Frontier Railroad, extending from Lewiston to Youngstown, was formally opened to the public yesteriday afternoon, The road, though operated by a different company, is really a continuation of the Niagara-Lewiston road, better known an the Gorge route, which…
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New Cars for the Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway
The Lewiston & Youngstown Frontier Railroad Company received Tuesday two of the six new electric motor cars ordered some time ago from the factory of the J. G. Brill Company of Philadelphia. They are open cars, about 22 feet long, with eight seats arranged cross- wise. They are painted a wine color handsomely finished. The…
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Cars Will Be Running August 1st
The Lewiston & Youngstown Frontier Railway Company contemplate operating trolley cars on that portion of their road running through the village of Lewiston on Wednesday next. R. B. Goodman, formerly associated with Chief Engineer George A. Ricker of the Gorge road as assistant engineer, has been appointed superintendent of the new road, and assumed the…
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Progress on the Lewiston and Youngstown Frontier Railway
A force of about 75 men began work on the Lewiston and Youngstown railroad Monday last near the New York Central freight depot at Lewiston. The Youngstown Frontier Railway Company has purchased the “Beals Grove” on the bank of Lake Ontario from Pierce and Philipot for $11,000. This will probably be the northern terminus of…
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To be Built at Once
The contract for the construction of the Lewiston, Youngstown & Frontier trolley live, was Wednesday awarded to Cragie & Tench of this city, who will at once let contracts for ties and iron. As soon as the track material is on the ground 100 men will begin the grading. The road is to be finished…