Share of the Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Rail Road Company, issued 31 March 1860 The Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad was formed on February 26, 1859, by the merger of the

Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad The Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad is a Class II railroad operating in New York and Pennsylvania. The BPRR is owned by Genesee & Wyoming. Its main line runs between Buffalo, New York and Eidenau, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh. Here, conne ...

and the

Buffalo and Bradford Railroad Buffalo most commonly refers to: * Bubalina, including most "Old World" buffalo, such as water buffalo * Bison, including the American buffalo * Buffalo, New York Buffalo or buffaloes may also refer to: Animals * Bubalina, a subtribe of the t ...

. The Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad was leased to the

Erie Railroad The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in the northeastern United States, originally connecting New York City — more specifically Jersey City, New Jersey, where Erie's Pavonia Terminal, long demolished, used to stand — with Lake Erie ...

on January 6, 1866, for period of 499 years. It was most commonly known as the Bradford Branch of the Erie. The railroad operated about of track in New York and Pennsylvania. The main line ran from Carrollton, NY to Gilesville, PA. The Bradford Branch ran from

Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...

to Nusbaum, PA, a distance of about .

External links

Western New York Railroad Archive - Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad
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