This List has a way of making us into research assistants! I pulled out my copy of "Harper's New-York and Erie Railroad Guide" of April 1851, reprinted in 1976 by Aurelian Press in Port Jervis. The latter is non-existent today, as far as I know. This illustrated guidebook (176 pp) was designed specifically for the Erie traveller. Until Paul B's question, I had never noticed the ending: "A rail-road from Buffalo to Dunkirk is in progress, and another from Dunkirk to Erie, Pennsylvania, 50 miles distant. Many months will not elapse before there will be a continuous rail-road from New York to Cincinnati and to Chicago; and within two years a journey may be made from New York to the Mississippi in less time than was occupied 25 years ago in traveling from Boston to New York." The reprint also includes an appendix from the seventh edition in 1854: four pages of text about all the advances made by the NY and Erie up to 1854, including this statement: "A rail-road from Dunkirk to Buffalo was completed in the fall of 1851, and the trains run in connection with the trains on the Erie road." Actually these four pages contain a wealth of info about all the completed and planned construction and links to other railroads, especially in western NY State. If anyone is interested, let me know the best way to make these 4 pp available on the List and keep any copyright problems at bay ( I suspect they are minimal). I don't even mind typing these pages but that's a lot of real estate on the List. Joe The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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