The Bath and Hammondsport Railroad was chartered by the State of New York in 1872 and began operations on July 5, 1875 as a three-foot narrow-gauge railroad. Running just over nine miles from it na...

The Columbia Wine Company, located in Rheims, NY. Notice the date on the roof shingles, 1886.

This photo is looking South through the covered wharf towards the curved freight house. We can see Keuka Lake to our left and a ramp up to the freight house. Crates of wine have presumably been shi...

When the Bath and Hammondsport was a 3’ narrow-gauge railroad the BH track extended behind the freight house to enable transloading from the Bath and Hammondsport’s equipment to the Erie’s

The freight house in use at Rheims, NY at the time of this photograph is an old box-car. Adjacent is the passenger station, a coal bin and a to be determined “winery” building (Stillhouse? - see Sa...

The initial freight house was attatched to the passenger station. plan view of station and freight house

The Erie Passenger Station was used by the Bath and Hammondsport until 1918, when passenger service ended in tandem with the steamboat service on Keuka Lake. The Erie Railroad maintained passenger ...

The Rheims Passenger Station was located just down the hill from the Columbia Wine Co. (later Taylor) located on the old Bath road. Erie Railroad Photographer J.E. Bailey’s plan drawing of the Rh...

The Station at Hammondsport was built with an attached freight depot. When the Bath and Hammondsport began operations it was a three-foot narrow-gauge railroad. The line widened to standard gauge (...

This is possibly the last time-table issued by the Erie Railroad, while they had control, of the Bath and Hammondsport. The title of the document is a whopper! The Erie Railroad Company, Eastern D...