The line ran from
Emporium, Pennsylvania, across the state line to
Olean,
Hinsdale,
Cuba,
Belfast, and
Rochester in New York. From Belfast north, it was laid on the bed of the abandoned
Genesee Valley Canal. In Rochester, a house of Italianate design was purchased on Main Street West at Trowbridge Street and converted for use as the railroad's station. From 1895 to 1899, the company drew too little revenue to pay the bond interest. At the time, the Pennsylvania Railroad was trying to expand into
western New York. On August 1, 1900, the WNY&PRY agreed to be operated by the PRR. The deal brought the WNY&PRY little profit, but it did improve revenues for the
Allegheny Valley and the
Philadelphia and Erie roads, so the net result was satisfactory to PRR executives. Eventually, the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway became the PRR's Buffalo and Allegheny Valley Division. Various sources date the small branch from
Scottsville to
Garbutt from 1900 and the summer of 1907. The branch was abandoned in 1944; no trace of it remains. The Pennsy station has disappeared – even photographs of it are rare – and the railbed cannot be discerned in aerial photographs of the area south of Oatka Creek. ==See also==