Randolph, New York
Passenger Station
These photographs show the combination passenger and freight station in
Randolph, NY. I don't know when the station in Randolph
was constructed, but it was early in the building of the railroad. In the First
Annual Report of the Atlantic and Great
Western Railway in 1864, William Reynolds, president of the Atlantic and
Great Western Railway stated:
"Permanent passenger stations and freight-houses should be erected at
Randolph and Jamestown, at which places the present temporary buildings
are inadequate"
A February 1930 article in the
Erie Railroad Magazine describes a clock which was delivered to the Randolph
station on December 18, 1865, which was probably soon after it was built.
This 1909 photo shows the east end of the station.
This photo is from an undated postcard shows the station from the Main Street
crossing just to the west of the station.
This undated photo shows the station from the same angle. Notice the change
in color just past the bay window. The freight area on the far end was an
addition to the original, smaller station.
This undated photo shows the station in its later years and from the opposite
angle of the other photos. Notice that the concrete apron is gone
and that the station has been shortened considerably. The station
was torn down in the early(?) 1980s and all that remains is a vacant and
overgrown lot.
This undated postcard shows the station.
This 1906 postcard shows the station from the west side, likely from the
roof of the furniture factory on the other side of Main Street.
References
- Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company. 1964. First Annual
Report of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway - Year Ending December
31, 1863. Buffalo, NY: Wheeler, Mathews & Warren.
- Erie Railroad Company. 1930. Erie Railroad Magazine,
February 1930, p. 13.
- Syracuse University Library. 2001. Photo from the
Syracuse University Library's Erie Railroad Collection.