Salamanca, NY: 1912 Museum/B&O Depot and Freight House

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That must have been the freight house on the left.

Street View, Sep 2022

A view of the backside of the museum. The freight house is on the right in this view.

Street View, Sep 2022

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"The Rail Museum building was acquired in 1980, a vandalized vacant shell that had stood idle for over 20 years.  Using a combination of private donations, government funds, and volunteer labor, the building was brought back to its original appearance.  From the brick-walled baggage room to the multi-windowed "Ladies Retiring Room", everything in the building is either a restored original or an exact duplicate based on the original architectural plans."

Matthew Schlaegel, Nov 2024

Roger Smith posted three photos with the comment:

Salamanca, NY played host to 3 Class 1 railroads, and had 3 major depots at one time; 2 remain. "East Salamanca" was detailed in previous post.

Here is the 1912 "Salamanca" depot on the Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh/B&O that now houses the Salamanca Rail Museum.

Erie had a depot just to the south here that was destroyed by fire in 2014.

Mike Felerski: I’ve visited there, it’s a great little museum.

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Stan Carlson commented on Roger's post
Here’s a company photo showing the passenger platform and awning.

Stan Carlson commented on Roger's post

Jim Dent posted seven photos with the comment: "The former Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad (later B&O) depot in Salamanca, NY.  Now restored as a museum. September 23, 2023.— in Salamanca, NY."

Stan Carlson: Currently the museum is closed, I’m not sure if it will be open this year. I’m not part of the museum anymore.

Thomas Dunne shared

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Stan Carlson commented on Jim's post
I was an original member of this society, and was assistant director for years, and interim director for a time. I have a large collection of railroad items, mainly B&O RR and BR&P Ry, and I set up displays with much of my collection, along with donated items. Here I am giving a speech to the B&O Historical Society in 2016. They toured the old Buffalo Division of the B&O that summer.

Aug 2025:

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railfan, courtesy photo
"The Salamanca Rail Museum’s collection of historic trains has been moved off of property controlled by the Seneca Nation onto an unused siding owned by Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad. The museum is currently searching for a new location to relocate the collection."
[So what do the Indians plan to do with the property? Are they going to reimburse the museum for the 2023 improvements?]