Olean, Bradford and Warren Railroad
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To Buy Railroad Lands
The Olean, Rock City & Bradford Railroad Company wants to take lands of the Olean, Bradford & Warren Railroad Company by condemnation proceedings. This morning, on the application of attorneys for the company, Justice White sitting in Special Term, appointed J. R. Jewell, S. N. Wood and J. K. Van Campe commissioners to appraise the…
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Olean, Rock City & Bradford
ALBANY. Feb. 27 – The Olean, Rock City & Bradford Railroad Company was incorporated yesterday, with a capital stock of $110,000 to operate a road 11 miles long from a point in the town of Olean, along the line heretofore occupied by the Olean, Bradford & Warren Railroad Company to the State line in Cattaraugus…
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It Is All Talk
Nothing Settled Yet In Regard to the Olean Bradford Trolley Line. The Buffalo Express says: “Since the practical abandonment by the Western New York & Pennsylvania railway of its Olean, Warren & Bradford narrow gauge system several months ago, various rumors have been afloat in regard to the ultimate disposition of the property. The street…
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The Olean-Bradford Narrow Gauge
The Olean, Bradford & Warren narrow gauge railroad of the Western New York & Pennsylvania system was to have been abandoned this summer but the railway officials have decided to modify their previous determination to abandon the road entirely, and for a short time, at least, will keep it open, running one train a day…
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Over The Mountains To Bradford
One of the pleasantest excursions to Bradford has been arranged for tomorrow by N. Kuhn. The train will leave the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia depot at 8.30 and the passengers to Olean, where they will be transferred to the Olean, Bradford & Warren narrow guage road. The route thence over the mountains is very…
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1883 Inspection Report on the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad
The 1883/1884 report of the New York State Railroad Commissioners included the following report of the inspection of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad. BUFFALO, NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA RAILROAD. The Buffalo division is a single track line, extending from the city of Buffalo to Olean, and south to the Pennsylvania State line, a…
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The Grand Narrow Gauge Gridiron of Southwestern New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania
Comparatively few of our readers are aware of the extent to which the narrow gauge railroad system of northwestern Pennsylvania and southwestern New York has been carried, much less do they realize the extent of that system when pushed to perfection. Two interests, those of Erie and its allies, and the Buffalo, New York and…
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1881 NYS Report on the Olean, Bradford and Warren Railroad
The report below is from the 1881 annual report of the New York State Engineer and Surveyor. Source: Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor on the Railroads of the State of New York For the Year Ending June 30, 1881.
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Narrow Escape from a Terrible Death
NARROW ESCAPE FROM A TERRIBLE DEATH. A Car Jumps Off a Thirty Foot Embankment.[Special to the Telegram,] Olean, Aug. 14.- A terrible accident occurred yesterday at Four Mile Station, on the Olean, Bradford & Warren railroad. While Conductor Murphy, William Crane and George Cook, were attempting to run an empty car by gravity on the…
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Notes on the Olean, Bradford and Warren Railroad
The following notes about the Olean, Bradford and Warren Railroad are from the 1879 book by L. H. Everts entitled “History of Cattaraugus Co., New York with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers.” THE OLEAN, BRADFORD AND WARREN RAILROAD. The project of constructing a narrow-gauge road from Olean to…