The Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Company was a short-lived (January 1881 to February 1883) railroad company which operated a number of lines in New York and Pennsylvania. In New York State, it operated the line between Corry, PA and Brocton, NY and constructed two new lines in New York State.
In 1881 and 1882 the company constructed a line from Brocton to Buffalo. Prior to building its own tracks, the railroad and its predecessors, including the Pittsburgh, Titusville & Buffalo Railway, ran over the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway from Buffalo to Brocton where they connected to their own tracks. The route from Corry to Buffalo via Brocton would eventualy become the Chautauqua Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
During the same period, the company built a line from Oil City, PA to Salamanca, NY where it connected with the line from Salamanca to Olean that was constructed by the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad in 1882/1883. This line would later be part of the Pennsylvania Railroad River Line.
History
On January 22, 1881 the Pittsburgh, Titusville and Buffalo Railway (Brocton to PA state line), the Salamanca, Bradford and Allegheny River Railroad Company of New York (Olean to Salamanca), and the Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railway in New York State and the Salamanca, Bradford and Allegheny River Railroad, and the Titusville and Oil City Railway in Pennsylvania merged to form the new Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Company.
Almost two years later, on February 14, 1883, the Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western merged with the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway, the Olean and Salamanca Railroad, and the Oil City and Chicago Railroad Company (of April, 1882) to form the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad. This was reorganized in late 1887 as the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad.
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