The Nypano Railroad, earlier the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad, was organized from the bankrupt

Atlantic and Great Western Railroad The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad began as three separate railroads: the Erie and New York City Railroad based in Jamestown, New York; the Meadville Railroad based in Meadville, Pennsylvania (renamed A&GW in April 1858); and the Franklin ...

in March 1880. The road was owned by five of the English investors in the A&GW and ran from

Salamanca, New York Salamanca ( Seneca: ''Onë'dagö:h'') is a city in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States, inside the Allegany Indian Reservation, one of two governed by the Seneca Nation of New York. The population was 5,929 at the 2020 census. It was n ...

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. J. H. Devereaux, former president of the A&GW, was elected first president of the new company. Devereaux was succeeded by Jarvis M. Adams who, on March 6, 1883, leased the NYP&O to the

New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Northeastern United States, originally connecting Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey, with Lake Erie at Dunkirk, New York. The railroad expanded west to Chicago following its 1865 ...

. On February 27, 1896 the property was sold under foreclosure to representatives of the

Erie Railroad The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Northeastern United States, originally connecting Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey, with Lake Erie at Dunkirk, New York. The railroad expanded west to Chicago following its 1865 ...

, and subsequently reorganized as the Nypano. The company was merged into the Erie in 1941. The NYP&O was originally built as a

broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , more known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union countries ...

line. On June 22, 1880 the line was converted to .

External links

Western New York Railroad Archive

References

* *Mott, Edward. ''Between the Ocean and the Lakes - The Story of Erie.'' New York, NY: J.S. Collins. 1899. {{DEFAULTSORT:Nypano Railroad Defunct New York (state) railroads Defunct Pennsylvania railroads Defunct Ohio railroads Predecessors of the Erie Railroad Railway companies established in 1896 Railway companies disestablished in 1941 6 ft gauge railways in the United States