B&H Rail Corporation

B&H Rail Corporation (reporting mark BH), formerly the Bath & Hammondsport Railroad, is a Class III shortline railroad. Initially the line served the communities of Bath, New York and Hammondsport, New York. In Bath, the railroad connected with the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. In 1996, the railroad was leased by the Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad.

History

It was chartered in 1872 as a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad running from the Erie and Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroads' interchange in Bath, New York, to Hammondsport, New York. In Hammondsport, passengers could continue North via a ferry on Keuka Lake. The railroad was converted to 4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) standard gauge in 1889. The line eventually came under control of the Erie Railroad. Passenger service ended in 1917, when 'Steamer' service on Keuka Lake was discontinued. The Erie Railroad disowned the line in 1937. The last B&H steam locomotive was #11, was built by Alco at its Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works in Paterson, NJ for a sugar railway in Cuba, but the order was never fulfilled. It was sold to the Narragansett Pier Railroad, before being sold to the Bath & Hammondsport. The B&H sold #11 to Rail City Railroad Museum's Sandy Pond & Lake Ontario, after Rail City closed was sold back to the Narragansett Pier Railroad, to be used in an excursion service, which never occurred. It was sold to the Middletown & New Jersey (M&NJ).

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B&H (disambiguation)

B&H commonly refers to B&H Photo Video, the largest photo and video equipment store in the United States.

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Besiyata Dishmaya

Besiyata Dishmaya (Aramaic: בסיעתא דשמיא) is an Aramaic phrase, meaning "with the help of Heaven". The acronym BS"D (Mostly written in Hebrew: בס"ד) has become a Jewish term amongst several orthodox religious denominations, reproduced at the top of every written document (beginnings of correspondences, letters, notes, etc.) as a reminder to them that all comes from God, including the following content and to contextualize what's really important in the text, that without God's help we can do nothing successfully. BS"D is not derived from any religious law of the Halakha but it's considered an old accepted tradition.

Acronym

The reason for the common use of the three-letter acronym, בס"ד (BS"D), is probably because it does not contain the Hebrew letter Hei (ה), that is used to imply the name of God, and for this reason, a page which contains the letters בס"ד (BS"D) without any other Torah content does not require Genizah (a process for writings that contain the name of God), and thus can be thrown away without a fear of violation.