New York Central Railroad Hojack Line
The New York Central Railroad’s “Hojack Line” from Oswego to Niagara Falls, NY. This line was formerly part of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad.
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Locomotive Fire at Millers
The engine on train 52, due here at 7:50 a, m., back fired at Millers station one morning last week, due to a reversible blower. The cab of the engine caught fire but the blaze was promptly exetinguished by the heroic effort of the Millers fire department-but not until after the seat cusbions and some…
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Car Hit By Train in Elberta
Tuesday morning, Nov. 20, Ray Fitch suffered a fracture of both legs, one of them in two places, when his auto was hit by a New York Central freight train at Elberta station, three miles cast of here, on the R. W. & O. branch. The train stopped and he was picked up and taken…
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Ask West Somerset Station
Devoe P. Hodson, public service commissioner, today heard testimony on the application of the residents of Newfane, Sommerset and Hartland in Niagara county for the New York Central company to establish a regular station at West Somerset. Witnesses stated they would be greatly convenienced by the establishment of a station at this point. Decision was…
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Station Was on Fire
STATION WAS ON FIRE. Farmer Webb and Bucket Brigade Saved It. At about 5:30 o’clock Friday afternoon the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad station at Appleton, in the town of Newfane, caught afire from some unknown cause and was soon apparently beyond hopes of saving. When discovered a bucket brigade was hastily working some time…
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Derailment at Haywards
A large elm tree was blown across the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg railroad track at Haywards, on the Lewiston ridge. An east-bound freight, composed of between 80 and 40 cars, ran into the tree, and 18 cars were thrown from the track, some of which were badly damaged. Engineer D. F. Durling received quite severe…
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Derailment at River View Station
LEWISTON,-On Tuesday afternoon last an east bound freight train on the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg road was derailed by an open switch near River view station. The passenger and freight trains were obliged to use the N. Y. C. tracks until the wreck was cleared up. Source: Suspension Bridge Journal, Niagara Falls, NY, 9 February…
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The Verdict of the Coroner’s Jury in the Carlyon Accident
A long article about an accident at the Carlyon station on the “Hojack Line” of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad in which an unsecured freight car was blown from a siding onto the main track where it was hit by an ongoing train. Source: Niagara Falls [NY] Gazette, 3 August 1883, p. 1, NYS…
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RWO Station Agent Changes
-Mr. Ed. Dillingham, station agent on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad at Ransomville, has been transferred to Charlotte, Monroe county, His successor is D. G. Hitchcock, of Lyndonville, a gentleman thoroughly competent to fill that position. Source: Suspension Bridge Journal, Niagara Falls, NY, 14 January 1882, p. 2, NYS Historic Newspapers.