Guide to the Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Company papers,
1872-1960

Original timetable printed on red cardboard of the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Co. effective June 15, 1896. This is an oversize file.

Photocopy of the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Co. effective June 15, 1896.

A count of all the photographs and material other than actual text in these volumes follows. THESE PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER MATERIAL MUST BE COUNTED EACH TIME ANY OF THESE VOLUMES IS REMOVED FROM THE STACKS AND RECOUNTED BEFORE THEY ARE RETURNED TO THE STACKS (see note signed by E.M.F. in box with books).

Frontispiece - 2 photostats: 4 passes (on one sheet) to travel on various lines (issued to different individuals); map of Allegany County, N.Y. (1929) showing railroad lines.

Between pp.: 13 & 14 2 photos (1949) New York & Pennsylvania old roadbed near Swains

29 & 30 1 photo, Allegany Central #4 at Bolivar

35 & 36 1 photostat - map showing Rail lines in western New York State

42 & 43 2 pp. (3 photos) Piers of old bridge over Genesee River, Lackawanna & Pittsburgh RR.

49 & 50 1 photo - The "Cannonball", Rochester, Hornellsville & Lackawanna # 34 engine and crew

56 & 57 1 photo - Engine #201 (no other identification)

57 & 58 2 photos - Lackawanna & Pittsburgh engines #308, 310 that were transferred to Central Railway of New Brunswick.

Between pp.: 58 & 59 1 photo - Engine #43 and crew (no other identification)

64 & 65 1 photostat - Letter dated December 21, 1889 to M.S. Blair from George Chapman re settlement of debt owed to U.S. Rolling Stock Co. by Lackawanna & Southwestern RR. Co.

66 & 67 Photostat and original newspaper clipping of Lackawanna & Southwestern timetables for November 4, 1889 and June 24, 1890

pp. 86 Photostat - map of route of Clarion River Ry.

91 & 92 2 photos: "A mixed train near Arrozo August 1941"; "C.R.#17 formerly T.V. [Tionesta Valley] #17 at Carman 1941 "

92 & 93 2 photos: (one is slight enlargement of the other) engine #2 2-4-4T Baldwin 1892

93 & 94 1 photo - Engine #119 4-6-0 (Clarion River Ry.)

94 & 95 3 photos - Engine House at Hallton, Pa.; C. R. Caboose #108; C.R. #55 at Carman

95 & 96 2 photos - Engine #19 of T.V. [Tionesta Valley] Ry.

96 & 97 1 photo - "Caboose and a car of Acetic acid"

98 & 99 1 photo - "The Doodle Bug" (truck fitted with train wheels)

p. 99 1 photo - #55 at Hallton

100 & 101 1 photostat - Map of route of Mt. Jewett and Smethport RR

106 & 107 1 photo - Of Mitchell S. Blair

129 & 130 1 photo - "Filling trestle #51 (the famous horseshoe) at Swains, 1898 "

130 & 131 1 photo - "Horseshoe at Swains, 1945 "

132 & 133 1 photo - "Hornell to Nunda train Engine #12"

135 & 136 1 photo - "Trestle ready to be filled"

137 &138 1 photo "Stony Brook Bridge, winter 1899

1 photostat - Central N.Y. & Western RR. timetable #17, April 24, 1899

138 & 139 1 photo - Central N.Y. & W. Engine #32

Between pp.: p. 140 1 photo - Engine #26 (no other identification)

141 & 142 2 photos Hall & Kaul #70, First Engine Overhauled; Kaul & Hall #71

142 & 143 1 photo, Hall & Kaul Shay engines, St. Marys 1910

143 & 144 1 photo #7 St. Marys & South Western RR.

148 & 149 2 photos #5 St. M. & S.W. RR.; # 11 St.M. & S.W. RR.

Frontispiece (facing P. 157) - 1 photostat, map of The Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern RR. route.

Between pp.: p. 160 1 photo - Shawmut line trestle crossing Penn. RR. track and Allegheny River

169 & 170 2 photos - North and south views of West Notch, P.S. & N. RR.

176 & 177 1 photo - A work train on the P.S. & N. locomotive #1

1 photo - P.S. & N. engine #9

181 & 182 Map of P.S. & N. section of Main Line showing Palmerville Loop

182 & 183 4 photos: Kasson Loop before grown up

Rear end of freight train on the loop, 10/12/42

A double-headed freight northbound engine #51-74

Northern, lower end of loop in Oct. 1942

183 & 184 1 photo - "An excursion train at the loop"

1 photostat advertising excursion to St. Marys for the Shawmut opening

184 & 185 1 photo - "First train into Smethport 1902 #13"

185 & 186 1 photo - "Building the new bridge at Stony Brook"

186 & 187 5 photos: Test train crossing new bridge at Stony Brook

New bridge

Both old and new bridges

New bridge in 1946

Close up of new bridge

Between pp.: 187 & 188 1 photo - Unidentified (probably of Stony Brook bridge)

189 & 190 10 photos: The Y bridge at Olean over Haskell brook about 1908

Same as above, 1945

Track to Prosser

Passenger train at Olean

Old style switch

Bridge over Angelica Creek at County House

South of County House

Unidentified bridge

Bridge over Genesee River at Belvidere

Unidentified low bridge

192 & 193 1 photo - Shawmut engine #3

193 & 194 2 photos - Engine #8 on a train

Engine #9 at Olean

195 & 196 22 photos: Engine #12

(2 photos)

#13 on train

Engine #14

Wreck

Enlargement of derailed train #15

Second #15

(2 photos)

Engine #16

Engine #17

Builder's photo, engine #15

Builders photo, engine #16

Engine #20

(2 photos)

Electric headlight, Ray Lacy in cab

Engine #22

(2 photos)

Engine #23

(2 photos)

Engine #41

Engine #43 with first coal train arriving in Brookville

Engine #41 and caboose at Brookville, Pa.

196 & 197 Letter, dated Oct. 8, 1942, signed P.B. McBride granting Dr. Allen permission to photograph locomotives

197 & 198 29 photos: Engine #51

Engine #50

Engine #51

Engine #52

Engine #53

Engine #55

Engine #58

Engine #59

(2 photos)

Engine #60

Engine #61

Engine #62

Engine #63

Engine #67

Engine #68

Engine #69

Engine #70

Engine #68 with electric headlight

Engine #70

A Shawmut caboose at Olean

Engine #71

Engine #72

Engine #73

Engine #74

Engine #75

Engine #76

Engine #98

Engine #98

Engine #81

p. 198 1 photo - Engine #119, Buffalo & Susquehanna, used on P.S.&N. in 1905

198 & 199 2 photos -- gas-electric #91; Unidentified crane on flat car

205 & 206 2 photos -- shipment of five new engines nos. 62, 63, 64, 65, 66; telegraph crew, 1918, old wooden box car showing big letters

206 & 207 5 photos: Car #291

Passenger car open end #277

Combination car #290

Business car #299 "Janelyn" at Olean

#99 private car of Frank Sullivan Smith

210 & 211 27 photos: Smethport, Pa. station

Olean station

P.S. & N. station at Angelica

First, wooden station

After the fire

Brick station and old handcar

After abandonment

Little Genesee

Birdsall

Station at Friendship

(2 photos)

Station at Belvidere

Factory on the Shawmut

Coaling facilities at Angelica

(2 photos)

Car shop at Angelica, engines nos. 61, 63

Car shop yard engines #15, 16 or 17 & 14

Car shop at Angelica, engine #40

Shawmut boxcars by shops, engine of the #40-[UNK] series

Water tank at Angelica

Angelica shops after abandonment

Angelica shops before and after fire, May 15, 1917

(2 photos)

After Angelica shops fire, engines 56 and 20 or 21 burned

(2 photos)

Engine #56

Boilers from #1

p. 211 1 photo - Angelica office (9 people, all identified, in front)

211 & 212 1 photo - Engine #58 after St. Marys engine house burned

212 & 213 1 photo - Frank Sullivan Smith

215 & 216 3 photos - "An early freight near Belvidere;

At Bennett's, N. Y.

Locomotive #10 on train #7 southbound

216 & 217 2 photos - "Engine #71, Car #286 near Ceres;

Car #132"

217 & 218 2 photos - Engine #59 on train near Hornell;

Engine #68 on train near Richburg

218 & 219 Telegram dated 10/6/12 from J.A.B. to B. Moulton re removal of calf being pastured on right of way

219 & 220 Photostat of last timetable before Angelica-Bolivar link completed.

Photostat of P.S.&N. timetable (probably June 1902 )

Photostat of covers of three P.S.&N. timetables (Dec. 1903, Nov. 1906 and June 1935)

221 & 222 3 photos - #69 on freight approaching Angelica

# 71 and local freight along Allegheny River

A freight on the Shawmut view from the North [UNK]

222 & 222a 1 photo - A freight on the Portville bridge, engine #71

222a & 223 3 photos -- cabooses; a wooden coal car; a gondola

231 & 232 2 photos - Engine #72 and Car #290 salvaging rails near St. Marys

Near Weedsville

Between pp.: 232 & 233 2 photos - Engine #71 salvaging rails, leaving for Olean with a load of scrap

At West Eldred

235 & 236 Photostat - map of portion of line with location of Nile Wreck indicated

238 & 239 6 photos: Nile Wreck, Sept. 22, 1912,

What was left of #11.

#11

#68 with #63 in back

Tender of #68

Tender of #11

Scene of wreck (unidentified)

239 & 240 7 photos: [Nile Wreck cont.]

3 photos of #68 and right of way

Coach #107 was next to engine and casualties were in this car

Engine #68

2 photos, interior of wrecked coach #107

4 pcs. Mss. - inspection certificates for #11, last one prior to accident, and withdrawal from service.

240 & 241 Train order #20 P.S.&N. for train #9 (Mar. 17, 1931)

241 & 242 Train order #5 P.S.&N. for engines # 51 & 74 (Apr.4, [UNK]

10 photos: [Wreck at County House]

2 photos - #65 at left, #226 in ditch

#226 at left and #65

#226

Crane #244 working on wreck

#63 clearing up #41 at right

2 photos - clearing up #72 on work train

#65 at Angelica after wreck

#226 at Angelica

(John L. Smith and Isaac B. Irwin in front of engine in above picture of #226)

Accident report of County House Wreck

(1 sheet)

Report of wreck; caboose jumped track and burned

(1 [UNK]

p. 248 1 photo, #71 picking up scrap after abandonment

248 & 249 1 photo - Dismantling Stony Brook Bridge, 1948

Book No. 3

frontispiece (preceding P. 255) - map of P.S. RR. and connections

Between pp.: 259 & 260 1 photo - P. & S. (Pittsburg & Shawmut) crossing over the highway and B. & O. near Brockway

p. 265 2 photos - Engine #577

p. 265 Text and page numbers end with this page. The balance of this book consists of photographs, railroad ephemera and letters. The following page numbers are, therefore, my own and serve only to locate the material listed. The pages bear no numbers or other means of identification. (The page numbers used indicate the number of the page following p. 265).

p. 1 3 photos - Engine #206

Engine #214

Engine #202

p. 2 3 photos - Engine #208

Engine #210

Engine #208

p. 3 3 photos - Engine #573

Engine #226

Engine #228

p. 4 2 photos - An early train (Shawmut RR. Station at West Kittanning, Pa.)

Engine #104, Schenectady

p. 5 3 photos - Engine #200

Engine #201 lettered Allegheny River Mining Co.

Engine #202

p. 6 2 photos - Train #17 (crew standing in front)

N.Y.C. #1669 became P. &S. #102

p. 7 2 photos - A caboose

P. & S. switch

p. 8 1 photo - Viaduct at Brookville, Pa., P. & S.

p. 9 1 photo - P. & S. viaduct at Brookville, Pa.

p. 10 1 photo - Sugar Camp viaduct

p. 11 1 photo - Mill Creek viaduct (north view)

p. 12 1 photo - Mill Creek viaduct (south view)

p. 13 1 photo - Viaduct at Sprankels Mills, Pa., P. & S.

p. 14 1 photo - Crossing the Allegheny river at Mahoning, Pa., P. & S.

p. 15 2 photo - Construction work at Mahoning by P.S.&N., now P. & S.

p. 16 1 photo - Mauk Tunnel, southend, P. & S.

p. 17 1 photo - Stock certificate for 3,992 shares P.S.&N. to A.G.McComb, July 1899, stock certificate for 125 shares P.S.&N. to Henry Marquand & Co., Dec. 1900.

p. 18 3 employees' passes issued to R. Soranson for year 1908 (nos. 107, 381, 946), P.S.&N. RR. Co.

p. 19 3 employees' passes issued to R. Soranson for year 1909 (nos. 96, 433, 729) P.S. & N. RR. Co.

p. 20 3 employees' passes: Central N.Y.&Western RR. Co. to E. C. Lapey (?) 1897; P. & S. RR. Co. to R. Soranson 1918 and 1919.

p. 21 1 employees' pass, P.S. & N. RR. Co. to R. Soranson, 1909 (for one trip only)

p. 22 P.S. & N. RR. Co. first timetable after Bolivar-Angelica linked Dec. 27, 1903.

p. 23 P.S. & N. RR. Co. timetable Nov. 25, 1906

p. 24 P.S. & N. RR. Co. timetable, June 16, 1935 (last timetable of line); clipping from St. Mary's Daily Press, Dec. 24, 1947 re approval of fees awarded to Shawmut receivers and trustees, and legal counsel

p. 25 P.S. & N. RR. Co. timetable #22 Dec. 15, 1940 (last timetable before Angelica-Bolivar linked)

p. 26 Page #287 of a record book indicating scrap salvage value of engine #2 (photostat of this sheet is in book #2 marked as P. 195 -- this was apparently the original P. 195)

p. 27 Letter dated April 27, 1912 to I. B. Irvin (foreman, Angelica Shops) from H. S. Wilgus (Engineer, Maintenance of way) re disposition of surplus boiler tubes

p. 28 Letter dated May 7, 1912 to H. S. Wilgus from J.A.B. indicates no use in Shops for boiler tubes

p. 29 Photostat of letter dated Jan. 28, 1919 to J. L. Smith (Sup't. Motive Power & Equipment) from (name illegible) re insurance on boilers damaged in Angelica Shops fire.

p. 30 Order dated April 30, 1912 signed J.A.B. for work train to load & distribute gravel

p. 31 & 32 2 page letter dated June 18, 1912 to H. S. Wilgus from Tait & Tait (attorneys) re responsibility of railroad for maintaining all highway crossings in good condition.

p. 33 Letter dated July 2, 1912 to J.A. Benson, roadmaster, from H.S. Wilgus notifying roadmaster of letter from Tait & Tait re crossings

p. 34 Letter dated July 13, 1912 to J. A. Benson from H.S. Wilgus asking about responsibility for large rock that cannot be extricated from car 4338; (also pencilled notes from Benson to Krebs and Krebs' reply)

p. 35