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A fact from Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (2001) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 February 2008, and was viewed approximately 2,400 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in 2002 the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad bought 41½ miles (66.8 km) of track between Meadville and Corry, Pennsylvania for $1?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/February.

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34016 (2001): Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad to remain in control
34017 (2001): to lease line, owned by Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany and Steuben Southern Tier Extension Railroad Authority, leased by Pennsylvania Lines LLC, operated by NS:
- Hornell (332) - Corry (60.5) except overhead trackage rights, 394.9-395.2 and passing track 395.1-397.8; then out of service east of Olean (394.9) and west of Lakewood (36.9)
34176 (2002): to acquire from Northwest Pennsylvania Rail Authority, then operated by Oil Creek and Titusville Lines: Meadville (102.3) - Corry (60.5)
34470 (2004): NS to get overhead trackage rights, Hornell-Meadville, with ingress and egress at Hornell, Olean, Corry, Meadville
34801 (2006): to lease from NS:
- Meadville Industrial Track, 102.3-105.5 (NS retains overhead trackage rights)
- Franklin Secondary, 0.0 (Meadville Industrial Track)-23.0
- Franklin Industrial Track, 23.0-33.6
- Titus Industrial Track, 137.5-133.8
- Oil City Industrial Track, 0.0-2.0, 132.25-129.5 (end of track)
35019 (2007): to lease from Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany and Steuben Southern Tier Extension Railroad Authority (owns the part in Cattaraugus County) and NS (owns the rest and operates all); NS to retain detour rights
- Buffalo Line, Machias Junction (44.7) - Driftwood (134.0)
- Farmer's Valley Secondary, 0.0-6.6
- Olean Branch, 114.5-116.9

--NE2 00:36, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lines

(names are NS-era)

Buffalo Line: Machias (44.7) - North Driftwood (134.0)
Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railway (PRR/WNY&P), 1866-1872; Philadelphia and Erie Railroad (PRR), 1862-1864
- Farmers Valley Secondary: Larabee (0.0) - Farmers Valley (6.6)
  McKean and Buffalo Railroad (PRR/WNY&P), 1874-1875; Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad (PS&N), 1900 (acquored by PRR, probably in 1947, as Farmers Valley Secondary)

Olean Secondary: Hornell (332) - Salamanca (414.0), Salamanca (1.4) - Niobe (47.2), Niobe (0.0) - state line (1.8); Meadville Line (not in NS track charts; CR still used the name, once applied to the entire line, for this segment in 1999), state line (1.8) - Columbus (13.2); (not in any recent track charts, but labeled Meadville Line on 1997 breakup map), Columbus (56.3) - Corry (60.5)
New York and Erie Railroad (Erie), 1835-1851; Atlantic and Great Western Railroad in New York (Erie), 1861; Nypano Railroad (Erie), 1909; Columbus and Erie Railroad (Erie), 1906-1908; Atlantic and Great Western Railroad of Pennsylvania (Erie), 1861
- Meadville Line (last Conrail name before sold to OCTL): Corry (60.5) - Meadville (102.3); Meadville Line (name used by NS): Meadville (102.3) - Buchanan (105.5)
  Atlantic and Great Western Railroad of Pennsylvania (Erie), 1861
  - Franklin Secondary/Franklin Industrial Track: Buchanan (0.0) - Oil City (33.6)
    Atlantic and Great Western Railroad of Pennsylvania (Erie), 1865; Atlantic and Great Western Railway (Erie), 1866
    - Titus Industial Track: Oil City (137.5) - Rouseville (133.8)
      Farmer's Railroad (PRR/WNY&P), 1870-1871
      - Oil City Industrial Track: Oil City (0.0 - 2.0, 132.3 - 129.5)
        Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railroad (PRR/WNY&P), 1865-1866; Allegheny Valley Railroad (PRR), 1866-1870

--NE2 02:20, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]