Located behind that building was a large warehouse for the storage of incoming and outgoing freight. On a street in Honeoye Falls, appropriatedly named Railroad Avenue (now Norton Street), the New York Central constructed a depot for the convenience of its passengers. (Courtesy of Honeoye Falls/Mendon Historical Society) S Depot at the Honeoye Falls station of the Peanut Line.īuilding at left background is stone water tower. TheĮstimated cost of construction was two million five hundred thousand dollars. Porter of Niagaraįalls Benjamin Pringle of Batavia Samuel Rand of Mendon Francis Paul ofĬanandaigua George Wright of East Bloomfield and Ira Godfrey of Lima. To Isaac Seymour of Peekskill the noted surveyor, Augustus S. The first Board of Directors consisted of six men from New York City in addition Six feet to the standard four feet, eight and one-half inches shortly after (Author's Note: The gauge, the distance between the rails, was changed from Niagara Falls, a distance of ninety-eight and one-half miles. Relative to the construction of a six-foot gauge railroad from Canandaigua to The Peanut Line had its genesis at a meeting, held in Lima, NY, on March 4, 1851, (Courtesy of Honeoye Falls/Mendon Historical Official New York Central designation for the line was the "Batavia Branch."ġ887 photo of crew standing by engine No. Vice-president, referred to the acquisition as "only a peanut of a line." The InĪny event it became known as the "Peanut Line" after Dean Richmond, a company The line was acquired by the New York Central Railroad in 1855 or 1857. To Niagara Falls, and on July 28th, the first passenger train, operated asĪn excursion train, ran over the completed road. Peanut Line passenger train at the Honeoye Falls station.īy July 1st of that year the railroad was extended Large crowds turned out for the event and everyone was offered January 1, 1853, proved to be an exciting day for the residents of Honeoyeįalls when the first train of the newly built Canandaigua to Batavia Railroad Mendon - The Early Years The "Peanut Line" of the New York Central Railroad by John G. The "Peanut Line" of the New York Central Railroad by John G.