It used wood-burning locomotives and wooden passenger cars.
The original line had to skirt the hill at Fanwood because wood-burning locomotives of the time could not climb the steep grade.
And where on earth did you get that wood-burning locomotive?
"Is it true that you're using wood-burning locomotives?"
These very successful and reliable wood-burning locomotives pre-dated the first significant British domestic railway 4-6-0, the 'Jones Goods', by over 20 years.
The railroad began daily service on May 1, 1900 with two wood-burning locomotives.
The railroad owned one combine car, four open-sided excursion cars, and five cabooses in addition to the five wood-burning locomotives listed below.
It is notable for having been the last wood-burning locomotive built for an American company.
In a bit of delicious but not atypical irony, the Tonawanda's two wood-burning locomotives were delivered by canal boat five years after the company was chartered.
Initially a wood-burning locomotive, the Chesapeake was converted to burn anthracite coal in 1862, and ran for about another fifteen years.