Franklinville, NY

The Pennsylvania Railroad station in Franklinville, NY as seen on a postcard mailed in October 1909. Found on eBay.

Franklinville was a station on the Buffalo line of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Cattaraugus County. The station was located on the east side of the tracks where Franklin Street intersects with West Avenue.

Map showing the area around the Pennsylvania Railroad station in Franklinville, NY. Detail of a Sanborn fire insurance map from the Library of Congress collection.

History

The Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway, formerly the Buffalo and Washington Railway, built the line through Franklinville in 1872. The line was operated by the BNY&P (1872 – 1887), the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (1887 – 1895), the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway (1895 – 1900), the Pennsylvania Railroad (1900 – 1968), the Penn Central Railroad (1968 – 1976), Conrail (1976 – 1999) and the Norfolk Southern Railroad (1999 – 2007). In 2007 the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad, a regional railroad, leased and began operating the line between Driftwood, PA and Machias, NY.

Clippings

Station Photographs

The Pennsylvania Railroad station in Franklinville, NY. eBay.com.

The Pennsylvania Railroad station in Franklinville, NY as seen on a postcard mailed in October 1909. Found on eBay.

The Pennsylvania Railroad station in Franklinville, NY at an unknown date. Photo from the Salamanca Rail Museum collection, posted by Terry Mott in the Facebook “Railroad Photos and Memories , Western NY and PA” group.

Other Photographs

A Pennsylvania Railroad M1 class locomotive pulls a train just south of Franklinville, NY. Photo from the Salamanca Rail Museum collection, posted by Terry Mott in the Facebook “Railroad Photos and Memories , Western NY and PA” group.

Maps

Map showing the area around the Pennsylvania Railroad station in Franklinville, NY. Detail of a Sanborn fire insurance map from the Library of Congress collection.

Detail of a 1952 Pennsylvania Railroad Central Region map showing the lines in Western New York. Pennsylvania Railroad. 1952. Found on Multimodalways.com.

Timetables

A summer 1873 timetable of trains departing Buffalo, NY on the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway. Evening Courier & Republic, Buffalo, NY, 15 August 1873, p. 4, NYS Historic Newspapers.

A July 3, 1881 timetable of trains between Eldred, PA and Buffalo, NY on the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway. The Official Railway Guide, January 1882, p. 77. Found on Google Books.

An October 13, 1881 timetable of trains on the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad. Olean [NY] Daily Herald, October 13, 1881. NYS Historic Newspapers.

A timetable of trains on the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad in Western New York State effective November 20, 1887. Olean Herald. Olean, NY. December 9, 1887

A May 3, 1891 timetable of trains on the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad Buffalo Division. Traveler’s Official Guide, June 1891. Google Books.

A June 1897 timetable of trains on the Buffalo Division of the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad. Travelers Official Guide of the Railway and Steam Navigation Lines, October 1897. Found on Google Books.

A timetable of trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad Buffalo Line effective November 29, 1903. Travelers Official Guide of the Railway and Steam Navigation Lines, February 1904. Found on Google Books.