Hoffman, NY

Detail of a 1901 topographic map showing the route of the Erie Railroad’s Lockport Branch passing through Hoffman, NY. Author’s illustration from a 1901 topographic map.

Hoffman, NY is hamlet in the towns of Pendleton and Wheatfield in Niagara County and was a station on the Erie Railroad‘s Lockport Branch. The station was on the north side of the tracks on the east side of Townline Road. I have not been able to find any photos of it.

History

The line was constructed in 1878 by the Lockport and Buffalo Railroad. In 1898 it was leased by the Buffalo and Lockport Railway, an electric railroad. The line was later operated by the Buffalo, Lockport and Olcott Beach Railway, the Buffalo & Niagara Electric Street Railway, and the International Railway Company. In 1951 the Erie Railroad began operating the line again and the line was operated by the Erie Lackawanna Railroad (1960 – 1976) before being abandoned in the mid-1970s with the creation of the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail).

Clippings

Stuck by Trolley

July 20, 1916

Photographs

Erie Lackawanna 454 leads a train west across Wheatfield / Pendleton Townline Rd. on its way back from Lockport to North Tonawanda, circa 1975. This location was once known as Hoffman on the IRC trolley line. Ken Kraemer photo that he posted in the Facebook “Abandoned Rails – Buffalo & Western New York” group.

Maps