The Erie and New York City Railroad was a railroad that operated in
New York state.
Among the earliest supporters of the Erie and New York City Railroad were prominent
Jamestown, New York
Jamestown is a city in southern Chautauqua County, in the U.S. state of New York. The population was 28,712 at the 2020 census. Situated between Lake Erie to the north and the Allegheny National Forest to the south, Jamestown is the largest pop ...
residents who lobbied for the railroad to go through their town, but the route chosen by the railroad bypassed Jamestown by 35 miles in favor of
Salamanca,
Dayton, and
Dunkirk
Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.[Randolph Randolph may refer to:
Places In the United States
* Randolph, Alabama, an unincorporated community
* Randolph, Arizona, a populated place
* Randolph, California, a village merged into the city of Brea
* Randolph, Illinois, an unincorporated commun ...]
, and Jamestown, and then proceeding south to the New York state border with
Pennsylvania. Work began on the line began in Randolph on May 19, 1853, and was abandoned on January 5, 1855, for lack of funds.
On May 7, 1859, the
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad in New York
The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad began as three separate railroads: the Erie and New York City Railroad
The Erie and New York City Railroad was a railroad that operated in New York state.
Among the earliest supporters of the Erie and New ...
was chartered with William Reynolds as its president. One of the first actions of the A&GW was to purchase the Erie and New York City Railroad in 1860. According to the company's first annual report, the A&GW assumed $14,000 of 7 percent bonds upon the purchase of the Erie and New York City Railroad and received three locomotives, two passenger cars, and 40 freight cars from the contractors building the Erie and New York City.
External links
Western New York Railroad Archive
References
*Adams, William (editor). 1893. ''Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus County, N.Y.'' Syracuse, NY: Lyman, Horton & Co., Limited.
*Atlantic & Great Western Railway. 1863. ''First Annual Report of the Atlantic & Great Western Railway.'' Buffalo, NY: Wheeler, Mathews & Warren, Com'l Adv. Printing House.
*Mott, Edward. 1899. ''Between the Ocean and the Lakes - The Story of Erie.'' New York, NY: J.S. Collins.
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1860 disestablishments in New York (state)
1851 establishments in New York (state)
American companies disestablished in 1860
American companies established in 1851
Defunct New York (state) railroads
Predecessors of the Erie Railroad
Railway companies disestablished in 1860
Railway companies established in 1851