Protection, NY

The Pennsylvania Railroad station in Protection, NY as seen in an undated postcard photograph. Photo posted by Raymond Storey in the Facebook “Pennsylvania Railroad” group.

Protection, NY is a hamlet in the towns of Holland and Sardinia, Erie County, NY. It was a stop on the Buffalo Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. I believe that the railroad station was just south of the bend in Miller Avenue just south of where S Protection Road (shown as Main Street on the map below) crossed the tracks. View on Google Maps.

History

The Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway, formerly the Buffalo and Washington Railway, built the line through Protection 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 2008 Norfolk Southern leased the segment from Buffalo to Machias Junction to the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad.

Clippings

1886 Inspection Report of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad

October 26, 1886

Station Photographs

A 1908 postcard showing the Pennsylvania Railroad station in Protection, NY. eBay.com.

The Pennsylvania Railroad station in Protection, NY as seen in an undated postcard photograph. Photo posted by Raymond Storey in the Facebook “Pennsylvania Railroad” group.

Other Photographs

Maps

Detail of a 1909 map showing the location of the Pennsylvania Railroad station in Protection, NY. Century Map Company. 1909. “Erie County 1909, Chafee, Protection.” 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.