1906 NYS Report on the Niagara Junction Railway

Below is the report filed by the Niagara Junction Railway with the New York State Board of Railroad Commissioners for the year ending June 30, 1906.

The report listed the same two locomotives, one with six drivers and one with four, and the same four flat cars as in previous years.

It notes that the railroad had 13.89 miles of track, the same as the previous year.

The report listed six unprotected highway crossings. The one highway that crossed over grade (the street went over the railroad) that was listed in 1905 was not included this year.

The report showed the same railroad crossings as in previous years: two steam railroad crossed under grade (the Niagara Junction Railroad crossed over the steam railroads), one street railroad crossed under grade, and one street railroad crossed unprotected at grade.

It appears that the Railroad Commissioners again changed the definitions. In 1905 “over grade” meant the railroad passed over the street or other railroad. This year, the term “under grade” is used to refer to the same thing.

The 1906 report also included the 375 foot long wooden trestle over the New York Central and Erie Railroad tracks. This was last noted in the 1899 report as being 690 feet long. Between 1900 and 1905 it was not listed among the railroad’s bridges.

Source: 24th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1906, Volume II. Google Books.