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Coudersport & Port Allegany and the New York & Pennsylvania by Paul Pietrak SC
Coudersport & Port Allegany and the New York & Pennsylvania by Paul Pietrak Soft cover
Copyright 1972
180 Pages
The following pages will be devoted to the history of two short line railroads that once operated in nothern Potter County, PA. These two lines, namely the Coudersport & Port Allegany and the New York & Pennsylvania, had no physical nor corporate ties. The only things they had in common was the fact that they were short line railroads, operating in a east-west direction and lumbering and tanning bore them both.
Contents
Narrow Gauge
Standard Gauge
Locomotive & Shops
Flood, Fire & Heavy Snow
A Trip Up to Newfield Junction
Last Days of the C. & P.A.
Schedules, Timetables, Ect..
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword I
Dedication IV
Chapter One - Coudersport & Port Allegany - Narrow Gauge 1
Chapter Two - Coudersport & Port Allegany - Standard Gauge 11
Chapter Three - Coudersport & Port Allegany - Locomotives & Shops 39
Chapter Four - Coudersport & Port Allegany - Flood, Fire & Heavy Snow 55
Chapter Five - Coudersport & Port Allegany - A Trip Up to Newfield Junction 69
Chapter Six - Coudersport & Port Allegany - Last Days of the C. & P.A 85
Chapter Seven - Coudersport & Port Allegany - Schedules, Timetables, Etc 103
Chapter Eight - New York & Pennsylvania - Olean, Oswayo & Eastern R.R 109
Chapter Nine - New York & Pennsylvania 117
Chapter Ten - New York & Pennsylvania - Wrecks & Runaways 139
Chapter Eleven - New York & Pennsylvania - Hard Times in the "NYP" 157
Chapter Twelve - New York & Pennsylvania - Schedules, Timetables, Etc 175
Foreword
Railroads have played an important role in the development of our country. All too frequent we think only of the large trunk lines and little attention is given to the small independent short line railroads. These obscure lines had their place in history also, for they opened an avenue from the rural communities they served to the outside world and presented a new and better life to their inhabitants.
Scores of these small railroads came into existence across the nation, existing inconspicuously for a time and then faded away into obscure history. Most of these were never well.known except to the communities they touched upon. Generally these lines were built to serve a particular industry and the people in the surrounding area. Once the industry was removed or displaced, the railroad would cease to function.
The following pages will be devoted to the history of two short line railroads that once operated in northern Potter County, Pennsylvania. These two lines, namely the Coudersport & Port Allegany and the New York & Pennsylvania, had no physical nor corporate ties. The only things they had in common was the fact that they were short line railroads, operating in a east-west direction and lumbering and tanning bore them both.
It must be remembered that the State of Pennsylvania led the nation in the lumber industry and its by-products from the early 1800's until the turn of the century. Although Potter County lay in one of the richest forest regions of the state, it was not until the 1880's that the lumber industry in this area emerged into a grand scale. The reason for this was the coming of the railroad which opened an avenue of good transportation to far off markets. There were two railroads that acted as these avenues. The first was the Erie. This road was built along the southern border of New York State prior to the Civil War and passed through Hornell, Wellsville and Olean. The second railroad was the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia. It was projected south out of Buffalo through Olean, Port Allegany to Emporium in the early 1870's. These two railroads could be referred to as trunk lines and because of these lines there could be built feeder railroads, like branches of a tree, to funnel produce to the trunk line then on to market.
Potter County, Pennsylvania and the surrounding area had a number of these so
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