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"The Niagara Junction was established in 1892 as a subsidiary of the
Niagara Falls Power Co., which was seeking to increase its business by
attracting industry to the area. The new railroad connected the
industrial area of Niagara Falls, New York, with the New York Central
and the Erie. The line was electrified in 1913 - a logical enough move
for a road owned by an electric company. The road's freight business
prospered."

"In 1948 the NYC, the Erie and the Lehigh Valley purchased the railroad.
Conrail absorbed...."

There you go. Oh, passenger car diagrams (tweak, tweak).

Regards,

Will Shultz

Schuyler G Larrabee wrote:
> 
> J. Henry Priebe Jr. wrote some interesting stuff about western New York
> rails and so on, which reminded me of a question that I know I have the
> answer to, somewhere in my library, but one of you is going to know the
> answer off the top of your head:
> 
> IIRC, the Niagara Junction was 50/50 owned by two railroads (or was it
> equally by more?).  So, which railroads was it?  And when was it built?  Was
> it built as an electric line origninally?
> 
> SGL
> 
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