(rshsdepot) [Fwd: (erielack) Erie Depot in Forestville NY about to be demolished]

[Jim Dent <jdent1_@_optonline.net>]

 From the EL List...

The Erie Depot in Forestville, NY, on the original Erie Mainline / 
Dunkirk Branch, is in imminent danger of being demolished.  The story 
can be found in the link below:

http://www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/514326.html?nav=5047

Get your pictures now.

Unless there were others on the east end of the Erie that I don't know 
about, I believe the Forestville depot is the last surviving station of 
its type.  There were sister depots at Little Valley, Cattaraugus, and 
Perrysburg, on the Dunkirk Branch, as well as a series of related 
designs at Savona, Kanona, and Avoca on the Rochester Branch.  The Avoca 
depot may still be standing as well - a railroad building there is 
occupied by a small engine repair shop / dealership.  I'm not sure if 
the building is the depot or a freighthouse, or something else...it's 
almost unrecognizable.

Dave Green


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