The Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad was formed on February 26, 1859, by the merger of the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad

Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad

The Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad is a Class II railroad operating in New York and Pennsylvania.The BPRR is owned by Genesee and Wyoming Industries. Its main line runs between Buffalo, New York and Eidenau, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh. Here, connections are made to the city center via the...

 and the Buffalo and Bradford Railroad. The Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad was leased to the Erie Railroad

Erie Railroad

The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in New York State, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, originally connecting New York City with Lake Erie...

 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 30 miles (48.3 km) of track in New York and Pennsylvania. The main line ran 26 miles (41.8 km) from Carrollton, NY

Carrollton, New York

Carrollton is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 1,410 at the 2000 census. The name comes from an early settler.The Town of Carrollton is on the south border of Cattaraugus County...

 to Gilesville, PA. The Bradford Branch ran from Bradford

Bradford, Pennsylvania

Bradford is a small city located in rural McKean County, Pennsylvania, in the United States 78 miles south of Buffalo, New York. Settled in 1823, Bradford was chartered as a city in 1879 and emerged as a wild oil boomtown in the Pennsylvanian oil rush in the late 19th century...

 to Nusbaum, PA, a distance of about 5 miles (8 km).

External links

• Western New York Railroad Archive - Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad