Share of the Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Rail Road Company, issued 31 March 1860
The Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad was formed on February 26, 1859, by the merger of the
Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad and the
Buffalo and Bradford Railroad. The Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad was leased to the
Erie Railroad
The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in the northeastern United States, originally connecting New York City — more specifically Jersey City, New Jersey, where Erie's Pavonia Terminal, long demolished, used to stand — with Lake Er ...
on January 6, 1866, for period of 499 years. It was most commonly known as the Bradford Branch of the Erie.
The railroad operated about of track in New York and Pennsylvania. The main line ran from
Carrollton, NY to
Gilesville, PA. The Bradford Branch ran from
Bradford to
Nusbaum, PA, a distance of about .
External links
Western New York Railroad Archive - Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad
Predecessors of the Erie Railroad
Defunct New York (state) railroads
Defunct Pennsylvania railroads
Railway companies established in 1859
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1859 establishments in New York (state)
American companies established in 1859
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