Springville and Sardinia Railroad explained

Railroad Name:	Springville and Sardinia
Locale:	New York
Start Year:	1878
End Year:	1886
Hq City:	Springville

The Springville and Sardinia Railroad was an 11.57 mile narrow gauge railroad organized by Springville, New York interests on May 6, 1878 from Sardinia Junction (now the hamlet of Chaffee) with the Pennsylvania Railroad through Sardinia to Springville.^[1] It proved to be unprofitable once the Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway was completed in 1883 and the tracks were pulled up in 1886.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. https://www.dot.ny.gov/regional-offices/region5/project-repository/219%20Section%205%20DRPFIN.pdf US Route 219 Construction Section 5
2. http://history.rays-place.com/ny/sardinia-ny.htm History of Sardinia, NY
3. http://wnyheritagepress.org/photos_week_2005/springville/train_station.htm Western New York Heritage Press
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=7POj8GvF4sIC&pg=PA458 American Narrow Gauge Railroads