New York Railroad Archive

Farnham, NY

Map showing the location of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (“L.S. & M.S. R.R.”), Nickel Plate (“N.Y.C. & ST L. R. R.”) and Pennsylvania Railroad (“PENN’A R.R.”) station in Farnham, NY. Author’s illustration from a 1909 map from Historic Map Works.

Farnham is a village in the town of Brant in the southwest corner of Erie County. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern (New York Central) and Pennsylvania Railroad had stations in the village. The Nickel Plate Railway also passed through town but I don’t know if they used the PRR station or did not service the village.

Clippings

Pennsylvania Railroad

An undated postcard showing the Pennsylvania Railroad station in Farnham, NY. Town of Brant web site.
The Pennsylvania Railroad station in Farnham, NY. Facebook.

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway

An undated photograph of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Station in Farnham, NY. ebay.com

The Buffalo and State Line Railroad completed its line through Farnham in February 1852. The line was later operated by the Buffalo and Erie Railroad (1867 – 1869), Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (1869 – 1877), New York Central and Hudson River Railroad (1877 – 1914), and New York Central Railroad (1914 – 1968).

As of 1860, the Buffalo and Erie Railroad station in Farnham was known as “Saw Mill”.

The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad freight house in Farnham, NY. Facebook.
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Station in Farnham, NY. Facebook.

Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company

Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company trolley car on Church Street in Farnham, NY. Facebook.

The Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company ran through Farnham on its line between Buffalo and Erie, PA. I don’t know if it had a station there but it appears to have stopped at the crossing of Church Street.

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