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The Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad (reporting mark BPRR) is a Class II railroad [1] operating in New York and Pennsylvania. The BPRR is owned by Genesee & Wyoming. Its main line runs between Buffalo, New York, and Eidenau, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh. Here, connections are made to the city center via the Allegheny Valley Railroad.
The power used by the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway had a broader range than that of most Eastern roads of the steam era. [10] [11] From a tiny two-foot-gauge 0-4-0 switcher used in their cross-tie factory [note 17] and the eleven Brooks-built "American" style 4-4-0 engines inherited from the Rochester and State Line Railroad to the massive Alco 2-6-6-2 and 2-8-8-2 Mallets used as ...
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad Company was incorporated on August 18, 1881, under the general laws of the State of New York, for the purpose of building a railroad from the town of Machias, N. Y., to a connection with the railroad of the Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad Company (No. 1) in the city of Buffalo, N. Y.
It became the Pittsburgh and Western Railroad that same year, and in 1880 it was extended north to Wurtemberg (near Ellwood City) and southwest from Etna to Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh). [5] It was soon extended north to New Castle, [6] forming a line that includes today's P&W Subdivision from the 33rd Street Railroad Bridge to West ...
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The Allegheny and Eastern Railroad (reporting mark ALY) was a shortline railroad operating in Pennsylvania, owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It is now operated by the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad. Originally named the Allegheny Railroad, Genesee & Wyoming Inc. purchased the company in the early 1990s and renamed it the Allegheny and Eastern ...
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