Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad

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. Consolidated into the New York Central Railroad under the act of 1853.

New York Central Railroad subsidiaries
1850s 1853: Auburn Road · 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.
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.


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