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142: 25: 366:, just north of the City of Warren, was a restaurant as of the spring of 2018. Two smaller stations which were once the stations for Cassadaga and Lily Dale are now combined to be one building, hardly recognizable, in Cassadaga, New York, part of a campground. The former DAVP freight station stands in good condition (2018) in Warren, Pennsylvania as well, though a freight station in Falconer, New York was torn down in 2006. 305:
A 1921 list of industries served by the DAVP, shows a wide variety of products moved by the railroad, including lumber, coal, oil, ice, produce, canned goods, grains, cattle, foundry goods, chemicals, etc. Maps of each station and siding in 1901 were posted to the internet as of 2014.
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The DAV&P Fredonia Depot and freight house sit just south of Route 20, but are suffering from neglect, the freight house being in better shape, having been used as a warehouse for a few years by a local business. North Warren Station (Pennsylvania) along the east side of
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The general balance sheet shows assets of $ 4,577,006.67, including $ 4,541,486.67, for cost of road and equipment; $ 10,562.74 cash on hand. The liabilities include $ 1,300,000 capital stock; $ 2,900,00 funded debt and $ 49,628.80 profit and loss
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just west of the DAVP Titusville Station. Originally intended to connect Erie with the Pennsylvania oil fields, the small amount of track it laid became a siding used by the DAVP to serve the Queen City Tannery.
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in Fredonia. However, this segment was cut off at Williams Street in Dunkirk NY in 2021 and is thus isolated from any other tracks. A small spur less than a mile long to serve a plastics company in
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Except for a brief revival during WWII, regular passenger service was dropped in 1937. Freight traffic continued along the length of the line through 1972 when the rail line was abandoned from
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The regular annual report of the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburg railroad company for the year ending June 10, has been filed with the state railroad commission. The report shows
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valley north toward Lake Erie. The idea produced no action until 1853, when 1700 shares of stock were sold, but it wasn't until the winter of 1866 that several influential men of
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in 1873 for a term of 501 years. It was later wholly absorbed by the New York Central. Passenger service ceased in 1937. Only a few structures built by the company are extant.
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Most rails were removed from the line in the late 1970s. A few small portions of the line still exist, including a short spur off the Dunkirk mainline of the former
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from the former PRR-DAVP junction near the Pennsylvania Railroad station in Titusville to an industrial customer just east of the Route 27 crossing.
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With the formation of Conrail, service was further cut from North Warren to Falconer. Service to North Warren ended in the early '90s
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to sell stock, and on June 17, 1867 that actual work began. The first passenger train ran over the line on June 22, 1871, from
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The Dunkirk, Allegheny (sometimes spelled "Allegany") and Pittsburgh incorporated on December 31, 1872 as a merger of the
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Chartered in 1867, its first passenger train ran in 1871. After several mergers and name changes, it was leased to the
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started stoking the fires of progress. By April 1867, the New York State Legislature issued a charter for the
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At some point, the DAV&P became wholly owned by the NYC, motive power bore the NYC logo, and as of 1968,
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Share of the Dunkirk, Warren & Pittsburgh Railway Company, unissued
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remains. An additional active segment is operated by the
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and tools are available to assist in formatting, such as
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The Evening Journal. Jamestown, NY. September 16, 1897
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Regular Annual Report to the State Railroad Commission
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due to a bridge washout just west of the village of
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New York Central and Hudson River RR

Warren, Pennsylvania
Conewango River
Chautauqua County, New York
Dunkirk, New York
Falconer, New York
New York Central and Hudson River RR
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
New York Central System
Nickel Plate
Erie Railroad
Jamestown, New York
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
Warren, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Titusville, Pennsylvania
Titusville, Cambridge and Lake Erie Railroad

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