More than 150 landowners in Erie and Cattaraugus Counties, New York have filed their inverse condemnation claims against the federal government. These landowners own land abutting a 27.6-mile right-of-way extending from Orchard Park to Ashford, New York.
The Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad originally acquired this rail line in the early 1900s. The railroad was subsequently acquired by Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc. in 1988.