Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia
Railway/Railroad
History
The Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railway was formed on April 12, 1871 when the Buffalo and Washington Railway company changed its name.
During it explosive growth by acquisition phase, the BNY&P purchased the Olean, Bradford & Warren Railroad, the McKean & Buffalo Railroad, 16,000 acres of land, and the 121 mile main line of the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railway in Pennsylvania. During 1883 the BNY&P purchased the Kendall & Eldred Railroad, The Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad Company, The Olean and Salamanca Railroad Company, Bradford Railroad, Kinzua Railroad, Genesee Valley Canal Railroad, The Oil City and Chicago Railroad Company, and the Rochester, New York & Pennsylvania Railroad.
After this rash of purchases the company was reorganized on February 14, 1883 as the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railroad Company.
The Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad was purchased in the winter of 1887/88 by the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad Company which was, in turn, leased to the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1900.
Newspaper Articles
- June 11, 1881 - Early Railroad Profits - The Enormous Dividends of the Narrow Gauge Lines in the Bradford Oil Regions.
- October 31, 1882 - Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Timetable
Timetables
- November 1882 Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railway timetable
- June 1883 Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railroad timetable
References
- Kilmer, Lawrence W.
Bradford & Foster Brook Peg Leg Railroad. Interlaken,
NY: Empire State Books. 1993.
Note: This book also covers the St. Bonaventure Railroad, Olean-Bradford Traction System, South Vandalia and State Line R.R., Olean - Bradford & Warren Narrow Gauge. - Netzlof, Robert T. "Corporate History Western New York & Pennsylvania". http://rnetzlof.pennsyrr.com/corphist/WNY_P.html