Conewango was a station on the Erie Railroad in Cattaraugus County. It was located on the east side of the tracks just to north of where the tracks crossed U.S. Route 62.
History
The line through Conewango was originally built by the Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad, which later became the Buffalo and Southwestern Railroad, before being merged into the Erie Railroad.
Clippings
Station Photographs
A 1948 view of the Erie Railroad station in Conewango, NY. Hippostcard.com
A circa 1910 view of the Erie Railroad station in Conewango, NY.
Other Photographs
Photo of a wreck on the Erie Railroad near Conewango, NY in September 1957 in which four locomotives and 34 out of the 148 cars on the trains were derailed. Facebook “Erie Lackawanna Railroad” group.
Maps
The area around the Erie Railroad station in Conewango, NY. Author’s illustration based on a 1917 Erie Railroad valuation map.
Timetables
A timetable on the Buffalo and Southwestern Railroad effective May 11, 1879. Jamestown [NY] Daily Journal, 25 October 1879.
Timetable showing the schedule of trains on the Buffalo and Southwestern Branch of the New York, Lake Erie and Western (Erie) Railroad. Jamestown [NY] Daily Journal, July 1, 1881.
Detail of an August 1887 Erie Railway timetable showing trains on the Buffalo and Southwestern Division. Erie Railway, August 1887, streamlinermemories.info.
A timetable, effective May 10, 1891, of trains on the Erie Railroad Buffalo and Southwestern Branch. Source Unknown.
Excerpt from a September 24, 1922 Erie Railroad timetable showing trains on the Buffalo and Southwestern Branch. Source unknown.
Other Interesting Things
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad freight waybill dated Sepember 10, 1886 for a shipment from Cattaraugua, NY to Conewango, NY. Facebook “Railroad Photos and Memories , Western NY and PA” group.
Learn More
- Wikipedia. “Conewango, New York“