New York Central Railroad
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Attacked By Tramps
An article about three tramps who attacked a New York Central Railroad train near Middleport, NY. Source: Orleans Republican, Albion, NY, 1 August 1888, p. 2, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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The New Central Depot
The news clipping below reports on the construction of the New York Central Railroad depot in Suspension Bridge, NY. This depot was being built to replace the former station that was destroyed in a January 1883 fire. Source: Suspension Bridge (NY) Journal. September 11, 1886.
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The New Depots
This article is about the aftermath of the fire in the New York Central union station in Suspension Bridge, NY. Supt. Burrows has shown great zoal in providing substitutes for our burned depot. He has had 25 or 30 carpenters at work ever since the fire and they have accomplished wonders, considering the inclement weather,…
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Disastrous Fire
The newspaper article below from the January 6, 1883 edition of the Suspension Bridge (NY) Journal describes the fire that destroyed the New York Central Railroad passenger depot in Suspension Bridge on the night of January 2, 1883. The same issue had the following smaller tidbits about the fire: The railroad authorities have gone to…
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A Fond Farewell
The William street depot will abandoned to-day so far as passenger business is concerned, and all the trains on the Vanderbilt roads and their amicable connections will arrive at and depart from Exchange street. The first train to be run in the city will be the St. Louis express which arrives from Now York at…
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Railroad War at Batavia
We have not before alluded to the difficulty between the New York Central and the Buffalo, New York and Erie Railroad, in reference to the crossing of the latter over the former’s track, at Batavia, because we have wished to do neither an in justice, and have not been able to fully get at the facts. Taking the statements…