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Home Page - Wellsville, Addison & Galeton Railroad

(On this website.......)

Map drawn by Otto M. Vondrak - Graphic Designer, Illustrator - http://otto.tsny.com  submitted by John Stewart.

Interesting Hobby Shop in Wellsville, Painted in the old WAG colors........They carry the WAG models & others.

The caboose along Route 19 north of Belmont is ex-WAG #2640; Baltimore & Ohio class I-10 # C2640 Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh # 289. It is wooden, built by Standard-Butler in 1923.    (- Info & Photo by Dick Palmer)

(A SUMMARY HISTORY OF WAG-RR)

Wellsville Addison & Galeton Railroad
"The Sole Leather Line" 1954 – 1979

(Credit for the following to Chris Bigham, ©1999 from his website on the WAG (link at bottom of page). 

“The Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad (WAG) was incorporated in 1954 to purchase 91 miles of former Buffalo and Susquehanna (B&S) trackage from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O). This former B&S trackage had seen dwindling profits for a number of years and the tracks were physically separated from the rest of the B&O system due to a flood that washed out track in 1942.

The B&O acquired this trackage back in 1932 when they merged with the B&S. The 37-mile Wellsville branch was built in 1895 between Wellsville , NY , and Galeton , PA , by the B&S and the Wellsville, Coudersport and Pine Creek Railroad. The Addsion and Northern Pennsylvania Railroad built the 54-mile Addsion Branch in 1883 between Addsion , NY and Galeton , Pa. The B&S built the 8-mile Ansonia Branch between Galeton and Ansonia , Pa in 1896.

The ICC approved the abandonment of the Wellsville Branch and the C&PA in May 1970. The Erie Lackawanna (EL) and several shippers filed objections immediately citing their concern over the loss of rail service. The ICC considered the objections but still ruled in favor of the abandonment. More objections were filed but there were no objections to the abandonment of the C&PA. The C&PA's last run was in December 1970 but WAG trains would continue on the Wellsville branch.  

The WAG filed its reply with the ICC to the PPUC's objections at the end of 1977. After looking at both sides' reports, the ICC again decided that the WAG could abandon in March 1978.  

The final freight run of the WAG occurred on March 13, 1979 .”

Chris Bigham's Website>: http://www.wagplow.org/WAGHistory.html

Other W.A.G. Items of Interest:

1. "The Last Run of the WAG" by Ron Stafford
    

2. COMPLETE BOOK: "Wellsville, Addison & Galeton Railroad; Sole Leather Line" by Edward A. Lewis.  Published here by permission of the author.  PRESS HERE
    

3. Orphan Railroad; Orphan Diesels....a tale by John Stewart
    

4. Wellsville, Addison & Galeton Honor Roll - Compiled by Ron Stafford - people who made it go.
    

5. Bibliography of WAG Articles-copyright 1998 railroad.net -submitted by Richard Palmer
    

6. B & O Railroad Time Tables; Includes Addison, NY & Galeton, PA; issued 4/25/1948
    

7. News items relating to the Wellsville, Addison & Galeton Railroad
   from the railfan magazine "The Shortline."

Links to other websites about WAG RR:

• Wellsville, Addison & Galeton Russell Snow Plow X-3710 -A website for the plow, Located at the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum
  Industry, New York
   

• Locomotive Roster (at "The Diesel Shop" Website)
   

• Feature article on modeling the WAG in the
  November/December 2006 issue of B&O Modeler Magazine

at Newfield Junction, PA.........

.........probably 1970's.

Below is the F7 - "2000" Transferred to L&NW RR; Gibsland, LA in 1969 Postcard a gift to webmaster by Dan Nicholson

Two Black & White Photos below submitted by John Stewart and are of

Only steam locomotive ever actually lettered for WAG....

Below are 2 Black & Whites of WAG Boxcar & Plow from Photo Collection of Richard Palmer..........

WAG 5067

WAG PLOW X33