New York Central Railroad “Peanut Line”
The common name for the New York Central Railroad line between Canandaigua and North Tonawanda, NY.
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Commission Saved Depot Railroad Tried to Close
Decision Prevents Abandonment of Pembroke Station. Petition to the Public Service Commission be the United States Railroad Administration for the discontinuance of the Tonawanda branch of the New York Central station at Pembroke and the establishment of a non-agency station. dispensing with the services of Harold W. Baten, son of Dr. Rates of Batavia, and…
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Le Roy Railroad History
The article below gives the question and answer about Le Roy, NY history from a high school contest in 1916. QUESTION 17. Give the present and past names of the four railroads of Le Roy and the year that trains were first run on each of them. Answer. The first railroad to ran a train…
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Sunday Excursion to the Falls
The Central will run a cheap excursion to Niagara Falls on Sunday over the Peanut branch. Seventy-five cents will be the round-trip fare from all stations Canandaigua to Batavia, inclusive; 70 cents from East Pembroke and Pembroke; 65 cents from Falkirk; 60 cents from Akron. The train will leave Batavia at 9a. m, and, returning,…
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New Trains on the “Peanut” Branch
Two new passenger trains have been put on the “Peanut” branch of the Central between Buffalo and Batavia leaving here at 6:25 A.M. and Batavia at 2:10 P.M., and stopped at Pembroke, Richville, Falkirk, Akron, East Clarence, Clarence Center, Transit, Getzville, Tonawanda, North Buffalo and Black Rock. Source: Buffalo [NY] Evening News, 3 May 1883,…