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| The Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Company updated Telegraph office and water station at Beaver in the 1920’s. Beaver was located between West Valley and Ashford Junction on the Buffalo Division. There was a wye track here for turning helper locomotives that shoved trains up West Valley hill to Springville where they would cut off, turn on a wye there and return to Beaver. The BR&P didn’t like to have to run their pushers backwards if they could help it. Terry Sprague: The helpers were based AT Springville - they worked UP the hill to Beaver, returning light back down the hill to Springville. |
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| Satellite |
Beaver was south of Springville.
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| 1958 via Dennis DeBruler |
The southern part of the BR&P branch to Buffalo stills exists because of West Valley Nuclear Services.
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| gwrr_bprr via Dennis DeBruler |
I looked at a topo map to check out the contour lines. We can see how the railroad cuts across contour lines at regular intervals next to West Valley. Note that the helper station is called Beaver Siding on this map.
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| 1941/41 Ellicottvilee Quad @ 62,500 |
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