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The Franklin Canal Company was chartered on May 21, 1844, and built a railroad from Erie, Pennsylvania, southwest to the Ohio border.The Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad was incorporated February 18, 1848, [2] to build northeast from Cleveland, to join the Canal Company's railroad at the state line, and the full line from Erie to Cleveland, opened November 20, 1852.
The power used by the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway had a broader range than that of most Eastern roads of the steam era. [10] [11] From a tiny two-foot-gauge 0-4-0 switcher used in their cross-tie factory [note 17] and the eleven Brooks-built "American" style 4-4-0 engines inherited from the Rochester and State Line Railroad to the massive Alco 2-6-6-2 and 2-8-8-2 Mallets used as ...
The Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier is located in the 1922-built Erie Railroad freight depot in North Tonawanda, New York. Operated by the Niagara Frontier Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society, its mission is to preserve the railroad history of the Buffalo, New York area, once the railroad hub of America. [1]
State Line Railroad: B&O: 1890 1895 Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad: State Line Railroad: B&O: 1884 1893 Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburg Railroad: State Line and Sullivan Railroad: LV: 1874 1949 Lehigh Valley Railroad: Stewart Railroad: NYC: 1887 1963 Mahoning and Shenango Valley Railway: Stewartstown Railroad: STRT 1884 1992 Continued as a ...
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.
The Buffalo and State Line Railroad completed a line between Buffalo, New York, and the New York/Pennsylvania state line in 1849. This line ran through both Dunkirk, New York, and Silver Creek, New York. [1] At the Pennsylvania border it connected with the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad. [2]
The Medina Railroad Museum is a railroad museum located at 530 West Avenue in Medina, New York, which is northeast of Buffalo and northwest of Rochester.. The museum is housed in one of the largest standing wooden freight depots, built in 1905.
In 1871 its name was changed to the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway, [12] and it was extended to Emporium, Pennsylvania in 1872, completing the line between Buffalo and Harrisburg. [13] The newest piece of the Buffalo Line, opened in 1909, is at Buffalo, running from the old main line at Gardenville southwest to Seneca Yard. [14]