Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad

The Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad(also called the Falls Road Railroad) was a short-lived railroad in Western New York State during the early-1850s. The railroad was incorporated December 14, 1850. This company rebuilt and opened in July 1852, the road originally incorporated April 24, 1834, as the Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad. The original line was opened in 1838 and sold June 2, 1850. The railroad was consolidated into the New York Central Railroad under the act of 1853. A portion of the line is currently operated as the Falls Road Railroad.^[1]

References

↑ A History of Rochester, New York Railroads

New York Central Railroad subsidiaries

1850s	1853: Auburn Road Albany and Schenectady Falls Road Schenectady and Troy Buffalo and Lockport 1854: Lewiston 1855: Buffalo and Niagara Falls Rochester and Lake Ontario 1858: Niagara Bridge and Canandaigua

1860s	1869: Hudson River

1870s	1871: Canada Southern Michigan Central Spuyten Duyvil & Port Morris 1873: Harlem ca. 1877: Lake Shore 1878: Geneva and Lyons

1880s	1882: Nickel Plate 1885: West Shore

1890s	1891: Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad 1894: Putnam 1898: Gardenville

1900s	1900: Boston and Albany Railroad 1904: Rutland 1905: New York and Ottawa 1909: New York State Railways

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