Niagara Junction Railway
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1901 NYS Report on the Niagara Junction Railway
The report filed by the Niagara Junction Railway with the New York State Board of Railroad Commissioners for 1901. The report lists two locomotives; one with six drivers and one with four. This is the first mention in these reports of locomotive with six drivers and may reference locomotive #1, a 0-6-0 locomotive purchased in…
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New Locomotive
The new locomotive belonging to the Niagara Junction Railway Company was fired up for the first time today. A satisfactory test was made and it will be put into service at once. Source: The Buffalo [NY] Express, 2 November 1899, p. 3, Fultonhistory.com.
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A Train in the River
An article about an accident on the Niagara Junction Railway on August 31, 1899 that resulted in a steam engine and seven cars ran into the Niagara River in Niagara Falls, NY. An unusual accident happened on the Niagara Junction Railway, on the lands of the Niagara Falls Power Company, at Niagara Falls, on August…
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1899 NYS Report on the Niagara Junction Railway
The report filed by the Niagara Junction Railway with the New York State Board of Railroad Commissioners for 1899. The report notes the purchase of a new locomotive, but only shows one locomotive owned, with four driving wheels. This was down from the 2 in previous reports. It also listed 8 flat cars (6 in…
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Locomotive Ordered
Th[e] Niagara Junction Railway company have placed an order with the Baldwin Locomotive company for one locomotive. Source: The Daily Cataract, Niagara Falls, NY, 23 June 1899, p. 5, NYS Historic Newspapers.
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1898 NYS Report on the Niagara Junction Railway
The report filed by the Niagara Junction Railway with the New York State Board of Railroad Commissioners for 1898. The report lists the same equipment as in previous years: 2 locomotives with four driving wheels, 8 flat cars, and 8 dump cars. It notes that the railroad had 10.14 miles of track and listed no…
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1897 NYS Report on the Niagara Junction Railway
The report filed by the Niagara Junction Railway with the New York State Board of Railroad Commissioners for 1897. The report lists the same equipment as in previous years: 2 locomotives with four driving wheels, 8 flat cars, and 8 dump cars, now marked as unserviceable. It notes that the railroad built .8 miles of…
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1895 NYS Report on the Niagara Junction Railway
The report filed by the Niagara Junction Railway with the New York State Board of Railroad Commissioners for 1895. The railroad was listed as owning two locomotives with four driving wheels, eight flat cars, and eight service cars. Source: 13th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For…
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1894 NYS Report on the Niagara Junction Railway
The report filed by the Niagara Junction Railway with the New York State Board of Railroad Commissioners for 1894, the first year the railroad was in operation, though the report notes that it is still under construction. The railroad was listed as owning two locomotives with four driving wheels, eight flat cars, and eight service…
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The New Road
NIAGARA JUNCTION RAILWAY CO. INCORPORATED AT ALBANY. List of the Incorporators Capital Stock – Description of Road – Will Be Five and a Half Miles Long – Standard Guage – Construction to Commence at Once. The Niagara Junction Railway Company was incorporated yesterday. This is the road which the Cataract Construction Company intends to erect…