[PRCo] Re: Niagara Gorge Route

[Bill Robb]

The Niagara Falls Park & River Railway was originally incorporated by E. B. Osler and R. B. Angus, who were connected with the Canadian Pacific Railway, and opened May 24th, 1893 from Chippewa through Niagara Falls to Queenston.  With a terminal in Queenston it could secure steamer traffic from Toronto and Buffalo.  This was a time when people seeking to escape the summer heat would take a steamer and either the Niagara, St. Catherines & Toronto or the Niagara Falls Park & River Railway would connect them to Niagara Falls.
The NFP&R was acquired in April 1899 by the Buffalo Railway Company which was soon involved in a merger that produced the International Railway Company. It became a wholly subsidiary of IRC in 1901 and was thereafter referred to as the 'Park & River' Division of IRC. Last run was September 11, 1932.

Bill





Mr.Robb;


I am under the impression that these are two different systems;
or was the Gorge line a subsidiary of the St.Catherines?


Phil

http://www.iaw.com/~falls/greatgorge.html
All this has been published before.
Amazing number of 1-&2-sentence paragraphs isn't there.





> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Bill Robb <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Sunday, February 8, 2009 9:58:10 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Niagara Gorge Route
> 
> It's covered in this book.
> http://www.railfare.net/NS&T.html
> 
> Bill