Holland, NY

A southbound Pennsylvania Railroad “Flyer” heading from Buffalo to Washington, DC approaching the station in Holland, NY around 1905. Photo from the Holland Historical Society collection posted by Dan Hoffman Jr. in the Facebook “Pennsylvania Railroad” group.

Holland, NY, sometimes referred to as Holland Village, is a hamlet in the town of Holland, Erie County, NY. It was a stop on the Buffalo Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The railroad station was east of the downtown area and was on the west side of the tracks just north of Vermont Street.

An 1883 inspection report of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad by the New York State Railroad Commissioners noted that:

The station buildings at Ebenezer. Elma, South Wales and Holland are nothing more than small shanties, inconvenient, scantily furnished, with hard benches nailed to the side of the single waiting rooms, dirty, dingy and unwholesome; entirely unfit for the use of the public.

History

The Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway, formerly the Buffalo and Washington Railway, built the line through Holland in 1871. The line was operated by the BNY&P (1871 – 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 2008 Norfolk Southern leased the segment from Buffalo to Machias Junction to the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad.

Clippings

Station Photographs

Other Photographs

Original Caption: Snow’s a comin’! Better get ready. Back in the mid-’60s what’s left of the old PRR Buffalo-Harrisburg passenger service is running around an empty coal train during a western New York lake effect snowfall at Holland, NY. Ken Kraemer photograph posted by RR Trax Studios in the Facebook “Pennsylvania Railroad” group.

A southbound Pennsylvania Railroad freight train on the siding at Holland, NY. Photo from the Holland Historical Society collection posted by Dan Hoffman Jr. in the Facebook “Pennsylvania Railroad” group.

Maps

A portion of a 1909 map showing the Pennsylvania Railroad station just to the north of Vermont Street in Holland, NY. Century Map Company. 1909. “Erie County, 1909, Holland.” Historic Map Works.

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 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 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.