Trains have played an important part in the history of Allegany County from the beginning of the 1800's when the Erie Railroad started laying track...(See "The Railroad") 

On this & the pages that follow are shown pictures taken in Allegany County of Trains thru the years.  Some are at unknown locations and others are easily identifiable.  If you spot a location of any un-captioned picture please drop me an email & I will credit that photo id to you. (email: Picture ID) 

Photos are from a part of personal collection of William A. Greene of Andover.  Also, a few have been added from the collections of Dan Nicholson, Richard Palmer & others, with thanks.

One of the most obvious scenes of the Erie Railroad in Allegany County was the trestle bridge near Belfast,NY.  It seems a great void exists when those of us who were accustomed to seeing this now drive through the area... Here is a postcard rendering of the giant bridge with two locomotives heading toward each other.......hope there were two tracks!
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From collection of Dan Nicholson c.1910; Largest Engine in the World	From collection of Dan Nicholson American Locomotive Works' #2600 of "The Erie"
Not to be outdone by others, Erie Railroad Company had it's own "Motor Car" #4002. This ran between Salamanca, NY & Bradford, PA. Postcard from Richard Palmer Collection

Unknown Location Contact Webmaster if you can identify.	A BLAST OF SMOKE & STEAM Believed to be Wellsville Freight Yard
& the Train goes on & on How many Engines were there?	ERIE CENTENNIAL SPECIAL At Wellsville Depot; per Richard Palmer: "a GP-7 with a string of Stillwell Erie commuter cars; The Erie Railroad's Centennial was in 1954."

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