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The New York & Lake Erie (reporting mark NYLE) is a class III railroad operating in Western New York. The NYLE was formed in 1978 to operate a portion of former Erie trackage that Conrail no longer wanted. Today, the railroad operates between Gowanda to Cherry Creek, New York.
The New York & Lake Erie Railroad has a depot in Gowanda, from which it runs both freight and occasional passenger rail service. The Cattaraugus Reservation is located to the northwest of the village.
Erie Railroad's 1834 rail line plan An 1855 map of the New York and Erie Railroad. The New York and Erie Rail Road was chartered on April 24, 1832, by New York governor Enos T. Throop to connect the Hudson River at Piermont, north of New York City, west to Lake Erie at Dunkirk.
The Blasdell station site in December 2014. Much of the line operated by the Buffalo and South Western Railroad still sees use. The Buffalo Southern Railroad operates the portion from Buffalo to the Erie County line at Gowanda and the New York and Lake Erie Railroad operates the line south from Gowanda to South Dayton, including an excursion train that runs in the summer.
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad: Erie and Black Rock Railroad: ERIE: 1882 1932 Erie Railroad: Erie and Central New York Railroad: DL&W: 1902 1945 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad: Erie and Central New York Railway: DL&W: 1863 1902 Erie and Central New York Railroad: Erie and Genesee Valley Railroad: ERIE: 1868 1891 Dansville ...
Much of the line originally built by the Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad still sees use. The Buffalo Southern Railroad operates the portion from Buffalo to the Erie County line at Gowanda, and the New York and Lake Erie Railroad operates the line south from Gowanda to South Dayton, including an excursion train that runs in the summer.
[12] [13] The last passenger train making stops there was the Lake Cities which was discontinued on January 6, 1970. The New York and Lake Erie Railroad operated between Salamanca and Gowanda until 1990. Today, the station houses the Salamanca Rail Museum.
A functional tunnel of the Underground Railroad, still in existence today, connects a former train drop-off area of the New York and Lake Erie Railroads near the foot of Gowanda-Zoar Road to an outlet on the property formerly owned by William and Evelyn (Merrill) Glazier, a local surgeon and nurse.