Jamestown, Westfield & Northwestern
Portable Substations
This undated photograph shows Jamestown, Westfield & Northwestern portable substation "C" at the Bemus Point station.
The Jamestown, Westfield & Northwestern converted its cars 310 and 311 to portable substations to be used along the line. The substations were primarily used at Bemus Point and Mayville.
A May 1936 photo from the John Woodbury collection shows the portable sub station
at Bemus Point.
A February 1940 photo from the John Woodbury collection shows the second portable
sub station at Mayville.
References
- Photo used with the kind permission of Phil Soyring of Phil's Rail Photos.
- Woodbury, John. John Woodbury photo collection. Rochester Chapter, NRHS.