Buffalo and Rochester Railroad
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The Buffalo and Rochester Railroad was a railroad company formed on December 7, 1850 by the merger of the
Attica and Buffalo Railroad. The company remained in business for three years before it was merged with other companies into the New York Central Railroad
.
History
Initially, the idea for this line came from the perceived need for a rail line to serve
Batavia. This would have been an alternative to the Erie Railroad's plan to end its line at Dunkirk. The Erie declined, and the projected line became the Buffalo and Cohocton Valley Railroad.[1] The side line from Avon to Batavia, however, became part of the Buffalo and Rochester Railroad.[2]
The primary accomplishment of the railroad was the construction of a new route between
six-foot gauge
.
The railroad was one of ten that merged on May 17, 1853 to form the New York Central Railroad.
References
Railways portal
- ^ "Buffalo and Cohocton Valley Railroad". Archived from the original on 2008-12-23. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
- ^ A History of Railroads in Western New York, Edward T Dunn, Canisius College Press, 2000, p.16
- ^ "Buffalo and New York City Railroad". wnyrails.org. Archived from the original on 2007-10-29.
External links
- Western New York Railroad Archive - Buffalo and Rochester Railroad
- All Railroads of New York as of 1850
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