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Fall Brook Railway

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Fall Brook System Map. Superintendent G. R. Brown. Conductor John H. Way. Glenfeld: Home of Geo. Magee. Investment Certificates of leased companies. Pine Creek Railway Company. First Mortgage Bond dated 3/20/1885. Signed by N. Vanderbilt and Chauncey W. Depew. Reverse bears signatures of George Magee and Daniel Beach, as. President and Secretary of the Corning, Cowanesque and Antrim. Syracuse, Geneva and Corning Railway Company. Stock Certificate dated 11/24/1885.

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Fall Brook Railway

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Fall Brook System Map. Superintendent G. R. Brown. Conductor John H. Way. Glenfeld: Home of Geo. Magee. Fall Brook System Map and Timeline. The Fall Brook Railway was the culmination of a series of acquisitions, leases and mergers begun by John Magee in the mid-1800s. The initial rail line from Blossburg to Corning, to transfer coal shipments to the canals, gave way to what was ultimately a 257 mile system stretching from Lyons, NY, to Williamsport, PA, handling both freight and passengers. Chartered 186...

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Fall Brook Railway | George J. Magee

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Fall Brook System Map. Superintendent G. R. Brown. Conductor John H. Way. Glenfeld: Home of Geo. Magee. General George J. Magee. Honored and respected by all, there has been no resident of Schuyler county who has occupied a more important position in industrial and commercial circles than did General George Jefferson Magee (b. 1840, d. 1897) of Watkins, not alone on account of the brilliant success he achieved, but also because of the honorable, straightforward business policy he ever followed. Which was...

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Fall Brook Railway | Conductor John H Way

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Fall Brook System Map. Superintendent G. R. Brown. Conductor John H. Way. Glenfeld: Home of Geo. Magee. Conductor John H. Way. Now the freight traffic is immense, great trains running over the road daily, and 200,000 tons of coal on an average passing each month through Corning. Written after his name. Corning Journal, January 19, 1888. Thanks to Richard Palmer for passing this on. July 4, 1867 -. Was in charge of the train. (. August 25, 1870. John H. Way. December 12, 1872. May 2, 1873. May 28, 1874.

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Fall Brook Railway | General Superintendent G. R. Brown

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Fall Brook System Map. Superintendent G. R. Brown. Conductor John H. Way. Glenfeld: Home of Geo. Magee. A working party on the Fall Brook Railway with the pony engine John. Photo courtesy Sornberger Photo Collection, New York State Library. General Superintendent G. R. Brown. And the Brown System of Discipline. His love of railroading and his solid control of the Fall Brook affected railroading across the country. Journal of Railroad and Locomotive Engineering. In the 1896 Volume of. And Engineer James N...

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Fall Brook Railway | 1892 Schedule

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Fall Brook System Map. Superintendent G. R. Brown. Conductor John H. Way. Glenfeld: Home of Geo. Magee. Schedule - December 4, 1892. 892 Schedule of the Fall Brook Railway Company. In the year that the lines of The Fall Brook Coal Company merged under the new name. Source: Traveler's Official Railway Guide.

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Fall Brook Railway | Col. John Magee

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Fall Brook System Map. Superintendent G. R. Brown. Conductor John H. Way. Glenfeld: Home of Geo. Magee. Following the death of his father, General George Magee, in 1897, Col. John Magee took over the Fall Brook interests as well as many others, to become the youngest railroad president in the country at 29 years of age. March 24, 1897). April 22, 1898. In 1891 he was appointed state engineer for New York by Governor Flower, and later resigned that position to accept the position of. Of Albany, New York; ...

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Fall Brook Railway | Other Key People

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Fall Brook System Map. Superintendent G. R. Brown. Conductor John H. Way. Glenfeld: Home of Geo. Magee. People of Fall Brook Organization. Needing a post-office, and a permanent name for the town where the mines were located, which had been known as Draketown, it became Arnot, in honor of John Arnot. (1). Wellsboro, PA), January 8, 1868). ROBERT H. CANFIELD. In the death of Commodore Foote Watkins loses one of its marked, and we may almost say, original characters, whose fidelity and attachment to his em...

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Fall Brook Railway | Resources and Additional Research

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Fall Brook System Map. Superintendent G. R. Brown. Conductor John H. Way. Glenfeld: Home of Geo. Magee. Thanks to everyone whose contributions and, best, enthusiasm has helped the substance and accuracy of this site immeasurably. Special Thanks to Richard Palmer. Of Syracuse, NY, who continues to share some of his extensive railroad research with us, and has come up with some wonderful, obscure, references;. For passing along some 130-year old papers;. To photogapher Richard Owlett. To Steve Ensminger Jr.

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Fall Brook Railway | Resources and Additional Research

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Fall Brook System Map. Superintendent G. R. Brown. Conductor John H. Way. Glenfeld: Home of Geo. Magee. Resources and Additional Research. The Watkins Glen viaduct, Syracuse, Geneva and Corning Railroad. Designed and constructed by Niagara Bridge Works, Buffalo NY. Total Length, 450 feet. Height from bed of stream to rail, 155 feet. Construction cost, $22,000. Photo taken late 1870s. The catalyst for this website was my reading of A Biography of John Magee. Gary M. Emerson -. Fall Brook Coal Company.